Mommy's scones

By tlshinnick

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
• pinch salt
• 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1/4 cup dried fruit
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 5 ounces buttermilk
• 3 tablespoons milk

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 425 degrees.

Combine first 5 ingredients until crumbly. (Food processor works best.)
Combine dried fruit and sugar. Blend into other dry ingredients. Add
buttermilk and mix until just moistened.

Form into a ball with your hand and then pat into a flat 1/2 inch thick
"pancake." Cut into eight triangles and put on cookie sheet. Brush tops
with mlk. Bake for 10 minutes, until tops are light brown.


NOTES : I often replace the dried fruit with cinnamon or mini chocolate
chips. If I use dried cherries I will add a 1/2 teaspoon of
almond extract to the buttermilk before mixing it in.