Old Fashioned Cream Scones

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Title: Old Fashioned Cream Scones
Categories: Breads, Breakfast
Yield: 1 servings

2 c Unsifted all purpose flour
3 ts Baking powder
2 tb Sugar
1/2 ts Salt
4 tb Butter
2 Eggs, beaten; see note
1/3 c Heavy cream
2 ts Sugar

Recipe by: From the 1966 _SUNSET_Cook_Book_of_Breads_
I often add dried cranberries and minced orange zest to the dry ingredien=
ts
before adding the eggs and cream.

Note: Reserve 1 Tablespoon egg white for brushing on top.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Combine flour, baking powder, 2 Tablespoons sugar and salt. Cut in butte=
r
with your fingers, a fork or two knives. Beat eggs slightly with cream, =
and
stir into flour mixture. Turn out onto a lightly floured surface and kne=
ad
only until dough sticks together. Divide in two parts. Rolls each part =
out
into a circle that is 1" thick and 6" in diameter. Cut each circle into =
4
wedges, and put wedges on ungreased baking sheet. Bake for 15 minutes.

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