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SuperSimple RECIPES
ORANGE SCONES
From the recipe box of travel writer Carole Terwilliger Meyers.
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These are usually in the array of goodies featured in the stupendous breakfast buffet at Elk Cove Inn, in the teeny town of Elk located just south of Mendocino. Since I have a bountifully producing Meyer lemon tree, I’ve also changed them to Lemon Scones with great success.
½ cup butter, room temperature
1¾ cup flour
Mix in large bowl using a pastry cutter or your hands, until it resembles coarse meal.
1½ tsp. baking powder
½ tsp. baking soda
1/3 cup sugar
grated zest of 1 orange
Add to mix and combine well.
½ cup orange juice
1 egg, beaten
Combine. Drop in 12 equal mounds onto a greased cookie sheet. Or do as they usually do at the inn and divide into 24 mounds so you “don’t have to make a commitment,” as inn owner Elaine Bryant enthuses.
375 degrees, 12-15 minutes, or until golden brown. Cool.
Glaze
½ cup confectioner’s powdered sugar
1 Tbl. orange juice
Mix until smooth. Spread a dab of glaze on each. Serve. Makes 1 (or 2) dozen.
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