i decided to make scones for my unit on friday. If you are like me, most scones are just glorified biscuits with nothing special about them. I have these specific Orange currant scones that i seriously would sell a first born for and have never found another to replace it…until now 
i knew what i wanted, flakey, dense, rich, melt in your mouth buttery goodness. These little critters are packed with so much cream and butter you cant go wrong and then i took the left over cream and added a little powdered sugar and grand marnier to it and DAMN! i do not like icing in general but i ate this stuff by the spoonful. I felt i needed to share so here you are
2 Cups of Flour
1/2 Cup of Sugar
1 Tablespoon of Baking Powder
1/2 teaspoon of salt
stick of butter
1 Cup of whipping cream
big handful of Currants
1 Tablespoon of orange zest
powdered sugar
vanilla or hooch of choice
425 degree oven.
Mix the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in a large bowl.
Cut the butter into tiny pieces and add to the mixture.
Using your hands, break up the butter into even smaller pieces while tossing with the flour until the largest pieces are no bigger than a pea.
Make a well in the center of the mixture and pour the cream into the well.
Using your hands, mix by hand until the dry ingredients are all moistened.
Gather into a ball and place on a lightly floured board.
Knead 10 times, pushing the dough with the heel of your hand and folding over until the dough is smooth.
the less kneading you do, the lighter the dogh will be
Pat the ball into a 9-inch circle about 1/2 to 3/4 inch thick.
Cut into 12 wedges like a pizza
Put the triangles on an ungreased cookie sheet.
Brush the top with a little cream and sprinkle with sugar
Bake for 15 minutes or until golden brown and still slightly moist in the center
let cool for 5 minutes while you combine just enough cream and powdered sugar and vanilla (or hooch) to make a thick icing. Drizzle your scones with icing and PLEASE eat them warm. you wont regret eating at least 2 of them right off the cookie sheet.
