Cape Breton Scones

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
• 1 1/2 cups unbleached flour
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter
• 3/4 cup dark brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 3/4 cup milk

Recipe

• 1 sift the flours, baking powder and salt.
• 2 set them aside.
• 3 cream the butter.
• 4 beat in the brown sugar and then the egg.
• 5 mix the dry ingredients in alternately with the milk to make a soft biscuit-like dough.
• 6 pat it out to about 1 inch thick on a floured board, and form it into a neat circle.
• 7 cut it into 8 or 12 wedges, and bake them at 350°f on a lightly greased cookie sheet, until golden brown, about 12 to 15 minutes.
• 8 less traditional but speedier is to scoop them out with an ice-cream scoop from the mixing bowl onto the cookie sheet.
• 9 flatten them slightly, and bake as above.
• 10 using this method, you will probably get 8 scones.