Rich Jelly Scones

Ingredients

• •2 cups all purpose flour
• •¼ cup granulated sugar
• •2 teaspoons baking powder
• •¼ teaspoon baking soda
• •¼ teaspoon salt
• •½ cup butter
• •2 eggs
• •1 cup milk
• •1 tablespoon milk
• •1½ teaspoons vanilla extract
• •fruit preserves
• •1 large egg

Method

Adapted from foodista.com

1. 1Pre-heat oven to 400°F.
2. 2Mix dry ingredients together.
3. 3Cut 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.
4. 4Add the vanilla, eggs, and milk, mixing only long enough to blend the ingredients.
5. 5You do not want to begin to melt the butter into the flour mixture by over-mixing.
6. 6Turn the dough onto a lightly floured counter top or pastry board.
7. 7Shape it into a round disc 8 inches across, slightly thicker in the center.
8. 8Using a long knife, cut the dough into eight even pie-shaped portions.
9. 9Place scones on a lightly greased baking sheet.
10. 10Using a spoon, press a well into the wide end of each triangle.
11. 11Fill the well with a spoonful of fruit jam.
12. 12Brush the exposed surface of each scone with the milk/egg mixture,.
13. 13Bake for twenty-five minutes, until scones are a beautiful golden brown.