Irish Soda Bread Scones

🧂 Ingredients

• 4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup unsalted butter

  cold
• 1 large egg
• 2 cups buttermilk*
• 1 cup raisins

Instructions

• 1 Pre-heat your oven to 400° F, and either grease a baking sheet or add parchment
  paper to it.
• 2 In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients, including the flour,
  sugar, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
• 3 Using a pastry blender (or table knife), cut the cold, sliced butter into the
  dry ingredients until the mixture has fine crumbles.
• 4 In a separate measuring cup or bowl, beat the egg and buttermilk together..
• 5 Mix the egg mixture into the dry ingredients.
• 6 Then fold the raisins into your batter.
• 7 Drop the dough, by the spoonful, onto your parchment paper covered baking sheet,
  and bake at 400° F for about 30-40 minutes, or 'til your scones turn a nice
  golden brown.
• 8 Serve the scones warm with butter, apple butter, etc.

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