Cooking with Grandpa

For cooking class today, we had a guest chef . . . Grandpa!!! He and Caroline made some very delicious scones. Yummm . . .

Here is the recipe :

2 cups of flour

1/3 cup plus 1 tsp. sugar

1 tsp. baking powder

1/4 tsp. baking soda

1/2 tsp. salt

8 Tbsp. unsalted butter (frozen and grated through the large holes of a hand grater)

1/2 cup raisins

1/2 cup sour cream

1 large egg

In medium bowl, mix together the first 5 ingredients minus the 1 tsp. of sugar.

Grate the butter into the flour mixture and use your fingers to work butter into flour mixture . . . the mixture should resemble course meal. Add raisins.

In a small bowl, whisk sour cream and egg until smooth. Using a fork, stir mixture and add to flour mixture.

Use your hands to press the dough against the sides of the bowl into a ball. The dough will be sticky in places and there may not seem to be enough liquid at first, but as you press the dough it will come together.

On a floured surface, pat the dough into a 7-8 inch circle. Sprinkle with remaining tsp. of sugar and cut into 8 triangles. Bake on a baking stone if you have one at 400* for about 15 - 17 minutes and serve nice and warm.

Enjoy this delicious blessing!!!