Ingredients: 2 cups all purpose flour,1/4 cup granulated white sugar,2 teaspoons baking powder,1/4 teaspoon baking soda,1/4 teaspoon salt,1/2 cup unsalted butter, very cold,2 eggs,cup milk,1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract,Thick jam or fruit preserves,1 large egg, beaten well,1 tablespoon milk
Instructions:
- Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees.
- Mix dry ingredients together.
- Cut butter into the dry ingredients using a fork or hand-held pastry blender. When well blended, the mixture will have the look of crumbly sand.
- Add the vanilla, eggs, and milk, mixing only long enough to blend the ingredients. *You do not want to begin to melt the butter into the flour mixture by over-mixing.
- Turn the dough onto a lightly floured counter top or pastry board. Shape it into a round disc 8 inches across, slightly thicker in the center.
- Using a long knife, cut the dough into eight even pie-shaped portions.
- Place scones on a lightly greased baking sheet. Using a spoon, press a well into the wide end of each triangle, and fill the well with a spoonful of fruit jam.
- Brush the exposed surface of each scone with the milk/egg mixture,
- Bake for twenty-five minutes, until scones are a beautiful golden brown.
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