Buttermilk Raisin Scones

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 6 tablespoons chilled butter, cut into pieces
• 2/3 cup buttermilk
• 2 large eggs
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 4 tablespoons golden raisins, plumped in hot water for 15 minutes, drained, patted dry

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 330 degrees f.
• 2 grease large cookie sheet.
• 3 mix first 5 ingredients in large bowl.
• 4 add butter and rub with fingertips until mixture resembles fine meal.
• 5 whisk buttermilk, eggs and vanilla in medium bowl to blend.
• 6 gradually add to flour mixture along with raisins and stir until moist clumps form.
• 7 turn dough out onto lightly-floured surface.
• 8 knead 4 times to blend.
• 9 transfer to prepared cookie sheet and press into 8 inch round.
• 10 using small, sharp knife, score dough into 8 wedges.
• 11 bake until golden-brown and tester comes out clean, about 25 minutes.
• 12 cool slightly.
• 13 re-cut.