SCONES

By csch1960

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
• 1/2 cup cake flour ( not self-rising)
• 3 tlbs sugar
• 2 1/2 tea baking powder
• 1/4 tea salt
• 1 stick unsalted butter, cut into small cubes
• 1/2 cup; low-fat buttermilk
• 1 large egg plus 1 large egg lightly beaten for egg wash
• 1/2 tea vanilla extract
• Fine sanding sugar for sprinkling
• OPTIONS: 1 cup Rasins or blurberries or dried cranberries

Preparation

Step 1

PREHEAT oven to 375*
LINE a baking sheet with parchment paper
WHISK flours, sugar, bakling powder and salt in large bowl
CUT butter cubed into flour mixture with a pastry cutter unmtil mixture has the texture of coarse meal
STIR in option
WHISH buttermilk, 1 egg and vanilla together and drizzle over flour mixture
STIR using fork until dough comes together and a small amount of flour remains in bowl
TURN dopugh out onto work surface and knead twice
PAT dough into a 1 inch thick round and cut into 12 wedges
Put wedges on baking sheet and brush with egg wash and sprinle with sanding sugar
Bake 22 minutes until golded brown