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Drop Scones

Southern Living

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Yield: 10 scones

Ingredients

  • 1/2  cup  milk
  • 1 1/2  teaspoons  white vinegar
  • 1/2  cup  butter or margarine, softened
  • 1/2  cup  sugar
  • 2  cups  all-purpose flour
  • 1  teaspoon  baking soda
  • 2  teaspoons  cream of tartar
  • 1/4  teaspoon  salt
  • Sugar

Preparation

Stir together milk and vinegar; set aside.

Stir together butter and 1/2 cup sugar in a large bowl.

Combine flour and next 3 ingredients; stir into butter mixture alternately with milk mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture, until dry ingredients are moistened. Drop by rounded 2 tablespoonfuls onto an ungreased baking sheet; sprinkle with additional sugar.

Bake at 450° for 12 to 14 minutes or until golden.

Jean Campbell, Titusville, Florida, Southern Living, OCTOBER 2000