Killer buttermilk scones

1 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
2¼ cup Flour
2½ teaspoon Baking powder
½ teaspoon Salt
½ cup Currants
1 Egg, slightly beaten
2 tablespoons Sugar
½ teaspoon Baking soda
½ cup Cold butter, cubed
1 cup Buttermilk

Directions

Preheat oven to 425. Mix flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, & salt in the bowl of a food processor; add butter & process until the mixture ressembles coarsely ground meal. Transfer to a bowl. [Use a pastry cutter if you don't have a food processor.] Add currants, then buttermilk, stirring quickly with a fork until the dough is soft & slightly sticky. With floured hANDs, press the dough into a ball.

Knead delicately a dozen times. Flatten the dough into a 1" thick circle. Cut into 3" disks. Repeat this with remaining dough. Paint the scones with egg. Bake 12-15 minutes.

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