Zesty Scones

Zesty Scones

Ingredients:
2 cups flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup sugar
4 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons shortening
3/4 cup cream
1 egg

Directions:
Handful dried currants or dried cranberries
1) Heat oven to 375 degrees.
2) In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt and sugar. Mix well.
3) Cut in butter and shortening.
4) In a separate bowl, combine cream with beaten egg then add to dry ingredients.
5) Stir in fruit.
6) Turn dough out onto a floured surface.
7) Roll dough out and cut into biscuit size rounds.
8) Bake for 15 minutes or until brown.
Yield: 1 dozen
SCONES 67
SCRAMBLED EGGS UNSCRAMBLED