Recipe(tried): Mandarin Orange Scones

These are fantastic!

From: Stolen Recipes and Saucy Stories
By: Kay Morse

Mandarin Orange Scones

Ingredients:
1 cup flour
2 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoons baking powder
teaspoon baking soda
teaspoon salt
6 tablespoons butter (3/4 stick)
cup buttermilk
Zest of one orange (save 1 teaspoon for glaze)
1 can (11-oz) Mandarin oranges, drained and chopped (save 8 mandarin slices for garnish)Glaze:
1 cup powdered sugar
1 teaspoon reserved orange zest
Enough juice from orange to make glaze consistency (about half of orange)
3 drops orange flavoring Preheat oven to 425 degrees
 By hand, mix dry ingredients, cut in butter until dough is pea size, add buttermilk, chopped mandarin orange pieces and orange zest. Dough will be sticky. Turn out onto well-floured board, add flour as needed to make manageable. Knead lightly a couple of times and form into 8-inch round. Place round on greased cookie sheet. With a spatula, score 8 wedges on the round and bake for 12 to 16 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from oven and glaze. Glaze:
 Combine powdered sugar, zest, orange flavoring and enough freshly squeezed orange juice to make a runny glaze. Pour glaze over rounds; garnish each wedge with one mandarin slice.
 Makes 8 scones.