Simple Scones

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 8 tablespoons unsalted butter, frozen
• 1/2 cup raisins (or dried currants)
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 1 large egg

Recipe

• adjust oven rack to lower-middle position and preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• in a medium bowl, mix flour, 1/3 cup sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt. grate butter into flour mixture on the large holes of a box grater; use your fingers to work in butter (mixture should resemble coarse meal), then stir in raisins.
• in a small bowl, whisk sour cream and egg until smooth.
• using a fork, stir sour cream mixture into flour mixture until large dough clumps form. use your hands to press the dough against the bowl into a ball. (the dough will be sticky in places, and there may not seem to be enough liquid at first, but as you press, the dough will come together.)
• place on a lightly floured surface and pat into a 7- to 8-inch circle about 3/4-inch thick. sprinkle with remaining 1 tsp. of sugar. use a sharp knife to cut into 8 triangles; place on a cookie sheet (preferably lined with parchment paper), about 1 inch apart. bake until golden, about 15 to 17 minutes. cool for 5 minutes and serve warm or at room temperature.