2 cups flour
1/3 cup cold butter, cut into pieces
¼ cup sugar, plus more for dusting
2 tsp. baking powder
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla
½ cup milk or cream
Sour cream
Cut butter into flour. Whisk in sugar and baking powder. Add egg, vanilla and milk or cream, stirring until just combined. Do not overmix.
Turn the dough out and pat into a rough disc about ½- to 1-inch thick. To create flaky layers, fold dough in half and make a quarter turn, patting dough down to make another disc. Repeat four or five times. Wrap dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
Cut dough into wedges. Brush tops with sour cream and dust with sugar (try coarse sanding sugar). Bake at 375 degrees for 15-18 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
TEST KITCHEN NOTE: Serve with jam, honey, butter or traditional clotted cream, as the English do! This would be a great base recipe if you wanted to add other mix-ins to the dough. White chocolate and blueberry? Cranberry orange? Yes, please!
Recipe by Rebekah Engebretson, McKenzie Electric Cooperative
