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Recipe courtesy of Alton Brown

Show: Good Eats

Episode: Cable in the Classroom

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Yield:: 1 dozen

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.

My Private Notes

Name: Scones
Yield: 1 dozen
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