Best In Show Scones by MrsM

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Best In Show Scones
Submitted by MrsM

Ingredients
2 cups (9 ounces) AP flour
2 1/4 ounces sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
3/8 teaspoon salt
6 tablespoons unsalted butter
7/8 - 1 cup (7- 8 ounces) heavy cream (light cream is good, but not as good as HC)
1 teaspoon vanilla
2/3 cup (4 ounces) add-ins

Egg wash: 1 egg, well beaten with 1 teaspoon water

Coarse sugar for decorating tops (optional, cinnamon sugar would be nice too)

Instructions

Preheat to 425 degrees. Line baking sheet with parchment paper as egg wash sticks, really bad!

Combine dry ingredients in a bowl. Cut in butter until the mixture has the appearance of meal. Add any chips, fruit or nuts as desired. Stir in 7 ounces of the cream, adding the last ounce if the dough appears too dry. the dough will be shaggy. A KAF dough whisk works really well for this.

Using a 1/4 cup measuring cup or an ice cream scoop, pack with 3 ounces of dough, and scoop out onto the parchment paper. Flatten slightly with your fingers, just enough so you don't have rounded tops. (If you like your scones cut with a biscuit cutter, or have a scone pan, you can do it that way as well. )

Brush the tops with egg wash, and decorate with coarse sugar, if using.

Bake for 15 to 18 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean. Be careful that they do not color too deeply.

ADD-INS:
Chips, nuts or raisins: 2/3 cups (4 ounces, or more if you want to be really bad!)

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