Scones

i made these for valentines day <3  they never made it past Friday night....
Courtesy of Alton Brown


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

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Directions

Heat oven to 375 degrees.

In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt and sugar. Mix well. Cut in butter and shortening. In a separate bowl, combine cream with beaten egg then add to dry ingredients.  Turn dough out onto a floured surface. Roll dough out and cut into biscuit size rounds. Bake for 15 minutes or until brown.