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
- Handful dried currants or dried cranberries
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. Stir in fruit. Turn dough out onto a floured surface. Roll dough out and cut into biscuit size rounds. Bake for 15 minutes or until brown.
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By SweetSusie120
on February 05, 2012
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I followed the advice of previous reviews and increased the sugar to 1/2 cup. I was glad I did. The scones were just right and still not too sweet. They were flaky and buttery. Otherwise, I followed the recipe exactly. Thanks Alton! Delicious.
By grace44062
Middlefield, OH
on January 24, 2012
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WOW, sorry biscuits, I just found a new love, they are fabulous and easy!
By troublelvu
Orange, NJ
on January 20, 2012
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Love love these scones was very simple to make......
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