Scones With Sugar-nut Toppping

Total Time: 27 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups unbleached flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 6 tablespoons butter, cut up into small pieces
• 1 large egg
• 1/2 cup half-and-half or 1/2 cup whole milk
• 3 tablespoons packed brown sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 dash of freshly grated nutmeg
• 3 tablespoons pecans, coarsely chopped (or other nut of your choice)

Recipe

• 1 scones: preheat oven to 425 degrees.
• 2 combine the dry ingredients in a mixing bowl. cut in the butter using a pastry blender until you have coarse crumbs.
• 3 in a small bowl, whisk together the egg and half and half.
• 4 add the egg mixture to the flour mixture and stir with a fork [[just]] until ingredients are moistened and hold together.
• 5 gather dough into a ball and knead several times on a floured surface.
• 6 pat the ball into an 8 inch round.
• 7 sugar-nut mixture: combine the ingredients in a small bowl. yield 1/4 cup.
• 8 sprinkle dough round with the sugar-nut topping.
• 9 cut into 8 wedges. place the wedges slightly apart on an ungreased parchment lined baking sheet.
• 10 bake the scones until golden brown, about 12 minutes.