Recipe - Scones Number 12

3 cup Unbleached flour
One half teaspoon Salt
1 tablespoon Sugar
1 tablespoon Baking powder
One half cup Currants
3 lg Eggs
One half cup Cold sweet butter 1/4" cubes
1 cup Whole milk

Preheat oven to 450 deg.Line baking sheet with parchment paper.In large
mixing bowl,place flour,salt,sugar and baking powder.Using an electric
mixer with paddle attachment,blend fflour mixture at low speed.Add butter
cubes and mix until butter is nearly blended.You should be able to see
small chips of butter in mixture.Add currants. In a seperate bowl,beat 2
eggs lightly and add 1 cup milk.Add quickly to flour mixture,blending just
until smooth.The dough will be sticky. Scrape dough onto heavily floured
work surface.Generously sprinkle dough and rolling pin with flour.Roll out
dough into a circle 1/3" to 1/2" thick,rolling from doughs center to
edges.Cut dough into rounds with 2 1/2" biscuit cutter and place 2" apart
on baking sheet.Beat remaining egg with 1 tabls. milk.Brush tops of scones
with mixture... Bake scones in lower 1/3 of hot oven for 25 minutes.They
should be well risen with golden brown tops. Serve warm with softened
butter and preserves.

Irwin Solomon

MC formatted/busted by Martha Hicks 4/98

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Apr 5, 1998