Currant Scones

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Title: CURRANT SCONES
Categories: Desserts, Breakfast, Breads
Yield: 15 Servings

3.00 c All purpose flour
3.00 tb Sugar
1.00 ts Baking soda
0.50 ts Salt
6.00 tb (3/4 stick) chilled unsalted
-butter, cut into pieces
0.33 c Dried currants
1.00 Egg, beaten to blend
0.75 c Plus 3 tablespoons (about)
-buttermilk
1.00 tb Milk
Butter or whipped cream
Assorted jams

Preheat oven to 425=B0F. Lightly flour large baking sheet. Mix 3
cups
flour, sugar, baking soda and salt in large bowl. Add butter and rub
in with fingertips until mixture resembles fine meal. Mix in
currants. Mix in egg and enough buttermilk to form soft dough. Turn
dough out onto floured surface. Pat dough into 3/4-inch-thick round.
Cut out rounds, using 2 1/2-inch round cookie cutter. Gather scraps,
press together and pat out to 3/4-inch-thick round. Cut out
additional rounds. Transfer scones to prepared baking sheet. Brush
tops with milk. Bake until scones are golden brown and cooked
through, about 18 minutes. Serve warm with butter or whipped cream
and jam. Bon Appetit May 1996

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