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Prep Time: 10 Minutes Cook Time: 18 Minutes |
Ready In: 28 Minutes Servings: 9 |
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Top these with Strawberry Preserves and Double Cream. Ingredients:
2 cups all-purpose flour |
1/4 cup sugar |
1 tablespoon baking powder |
1/2 teaspoon salt |
1/4 cup chilled butter, cut into bits |
1/2 cup dried currant |
1 teaspoon grated orange zest |
1 egg |
1 egg, separated |
3/4 cup cream |
sugar |
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
2. Combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in a large bowl.
3. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse meal.
4. Mix in currants and zest.
5. Beat 1 egg with 1 egg yolk in small bowl; whisk in cream.
6. Add to flour-butter mixture and stir until dough pulls away from sides of bowl.
7. Turn out on lightly-floured surface and knead gently until smooth.
8. Roll out to thickness of 1 inch.
9. Cut into 3 inch rounds with cookie cutter.
10. Transfer to baking sheet, spacing 1 inch apart.
11. Brush tops with egg white and sprinkle lightly with sugar.
12. Bake until puffy and light-brown, about 18 minutes.
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