Recipe for a Snowy Morning

Cherry Vanilla Scones

2 cups all purpose flour

7 tsp sugar

2 tsp baking powder

¼ baking soda

1/3 cup cold butter

¼ cup milk, buttermilk, half and half, cream or soymilk

1 egg

1 cup dried cherries

2tsp vanilla extract or 1 tsp fresh vanilla bean

Combine dry ingredients and set aside (if you like you can add the zest of lemon or orange to these dry ingredients.) Cut in the butter until mixture is crumbly. In a separate bowl combine wet ingredients. Add cherries and wet ingredients to dry bowl, stirring until soft dough is formed. Dump out onto a floured surface and knead gently 8 times or so. Pat into a circle and cut into wedges. Makes 8 to 10 scones. Place one inch apart on an ungreased baking sheet. Brush with milk and dust with fine grade baker's sugar (or larger crystals if you like.) Bake at 400 degrees for 13-15 minutes or until golden. Place on wire rack to cool and serve. Yum!