Drop Scones

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

Ingredients

• 3 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup butter or 3/4 cup margarine
• 1 egg, well beaten plus
• milk, to make 1 cup
• 1 cup raisins (my favorite) or 1 cup dried cranberries (my favorite) or 1 cup mini chocolate chip (my favorite)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 450. grease or spray a large cookie sheet.
• 2 stir together dry ingredients including the sugar. cut butter into flour mixture. add raisins (or whatever you use), stir to mix well.
• 3 beat egg in measuring cup. add milk to make 1 cup. stir into flour.
• 4 drop roughly tablespoon size scoops on cookie sheet. bake for 10-12 minutes.
• 5 (you can knead 15-20 times and roll out and cut if you wish -- but i prefer the ease of the drop method.).