Sweet Scones

These are a quick simple biscuit/scones.

Here's what you need 

2 cups of flour plus more for kneading 

4 teaspoons of baking powder

1 teaspoon of salt 

1/3 cup of shorting 

1 egg 

2 teaspoons of vanilla 

1/4 of sugar plus more for dusting 

3/4 cup of cream plus more for topping

 Whisk all the dry ingredients together in a mixing bowl. Cut shorting into flour mixture until resembles course crumbs.

 Add in eggs, cream, and vanilla until combined. 

Dust dough with flour and knead briefly.

 Roll out into a disk about 1 inch thick and cut with a cookie cutter or biscuit cutter. 

Place on a cookie sheet. Brush with cream and sprinkle with sugar. Bake at 400 for 15 minutes or until slightly golden.

Cool and served with sweetened cream and jam or lemon curd and of course coffee.