Ingredients

• 1c sour cream
• 1t baking soda
• 4c flour
• 1c sugar
• 2t baking powder
• 1/4 t cream of tarter
• 1 t salt
• 1c butter
• 1 egg
• 1t vanilla
• additions (chocolate chips, blueberries etc…)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 and lightly grease a cookie sheet
2. In a small bowl combine the sour cream and baking soda, set aside
3. In a large mixing bowl combine next 5 ingredients (flour, sugar, baking powder, cream of tarter and salt)
4. Cut in butter with a pastry cutter or two knives until it resembles course sand
5. mix in egg and vanilla until the dough will stay together if pressed into a ball. (It will still be dry and a little crumbly, it’s ok I promise.)
6. Add whatever ingredients you want.
7. Knead a few times on floured surface, flatten into a 3/4 inch round
8. Cut into 12 wedges and shape if you want. (Hearts are fun!)
9. Arrange on cookie sheet two inches apart (they puff up a fair amount)
10. Bake 12-15 minutes until the bottoms are brown. (You can check by lifting one with a spatula, but be careful, scones will break easy when they’re hot.)
11. Let cool on a wire rack (If you don’t have one, don’t freak out. It’s not a necessity for these guys.)

Share with people because otherwise you’ll end up eating, like, 5 in one night and want to die…. I mean, that’s what someone told me. Also, they’re amazing and everyone will think you’re brilliant for making scones!

(This one is for Amber, more to come…)