Scones

For ZAAR World Tour - England Recipe source: Saveur (May 2005)

• Ready In: 55 mins
• Yields: 12 scones

Ingredients

• 6 3⁄4 cups self-rising flour
• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 1  lb butter, cold, cut into pieces
• 1  egg
• 1  cup milk

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400- degrees F.
2. In a large bowl whisk together flour and sugar.
3. Using a pastry cutter or two knives, work butter into flour until it resembles coarse meal.
4. In a small bowl whisk egg and milk together.
5. Add one cup of the milk/egg mixture to the flour/butter mixture, mixing with your hands until a soft dough is formed, adding milk by the tablespoons if needed. Reserve remaining milk mixture.
6. Transfer dough to a floured board.
7. Pat dough into 1-inch thick rectangle.
8. Using a 3-inch round cookie cutter (or a coffee mug), cut out the scones. Gather remaining dough and repeat until you use up all the dough. You should get 12 scones.
9. Put scones on a lightly floured cookie sheet about 1/2 inch apart. Brush tops of scones with remaining milk mixture.
10. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown.
11. Transfer to a cooling rack to cool.
12. Serve scones with jam or cream.