Buttermilk Scones

Serves: 12 scones  
Prep time: 20 minutes
Cooking time: 12 minutes 
 
INGREDIENTS:
 
3 cups of flour
¾ cup firm butter, cut up
¹/³ cup sugar
¾ cup currants or raisins
½ tsp soda
1 t grated orange peel
2½ tsp baking powder
1 cup buttermilk
¾ tsp salt
1 tbsp milk or cream
Cinnamon sugar

DIRECTIONS:

In a large bowl, stir together flour, sugar, baking powder, soda and salt. Using a pastry blender, cut butter into flour mixture until it resembles coarse cornmeal; stir in currants and orange peel.

Make a well in the center of the mixture; add buttermilk all at once. Stir with fork until dough cleans the sides of the bowl. Gather dough into a ball, and turn out onto a floured surface. Roll or pat into a ½ inch-thick circle. Cut out shapes using a 2½ inch cookie cutter. Brush with cream and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar.

Bake in oven 425° for 12 minutes or until lightly browned.