Recipe: Orange-Currant Scones (similar to LA's Buttercake Bakery)

ORANGE-CURRANT SCONES
(similar to LA's Buttercake Bakery)

1/2 cup currants
1 3/4 cups Gold Medal all-purpose flour
3 tablespoons sugar
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup butter or margarine
1 tablespoon grated orange peel
1 egg, beaten
4 to 6 tablespoons half-and-half
1 egg white, beaten

Heat oven to 400 degrees F.

Soak currants in enough warm water to cover 10 minutes to soften; drain.

Mix flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in medium bowl. Cut in butter, using pastry blender or crisscrossing 2 knives, until mixture looks like fine crumbs. Stir in orange peel, egg, currants and just enough half-and-half until dough leaves side of bowl.

Turn dough onto lightly floured surface. Knead lightly 10 times. Divide dough in half. Roll or pat each half into 6-inch circle, about 1/2-inch thick. Place on ungreased cookie sheet; brush with egg white.

Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until golden brown. Immediately remove from cookie sheet. Cut each circle into 10 wedges.

Makes 10 scones
Source: Betty Crocker