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    Buttery Scones


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    List of Ingredients




    2 cups All-purpose flour
    2 tablespoons Sugar
    1 tablespoon Baking powder
    1/4 teaspoon Salt
    1/2 cup Veg. shortening
    1/2 cup Currants
    1 Egg -- beaten
    1/2 Half-and-half
    Extra flour for kneading

    Recipe



    Sift together dry ingredients. Using pastry blender cut the shortening into dry ingredients until mixture resembles coarse cornmeal. Stir in currants. Make a well in center of mixture and add, all at once, the mixture of egg and cream. Stir with fork until dough follows fork. Form dough into a ball and put on lighly floured surface. Knead LIGHTLY with fingertips 10-15 times. Roll dough into a 2-inch thick round. Cut into 12 wedges. Bake at 425 deg. on ungreased baking sheet 15-20 minutes or until golden.

    NOTE: For Sugared Scones: Omit currants, and before baking brush top with melted butter and sprinkle with sugar.

 

 

 

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