White Chocolate Almond Scones - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/3 cup butter
1 3/4 cups flour
3 tablespoons sugar
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 egg, beaten
6 tablespoons half-and-half (can use milk, but 1/2 and 1/2 is better)
1 teaspoon almond extract
white chocolate chips (as many as desired)
sliced almonds (optional)
1 egg white (just the whites)

Preparation

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Cut butter into flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt with a pastry blender until mixture resembles fine crumbs.
Stir in one egg, almond extract, and half and half. (Can add more half and half if the dough isn't coming away from the bowl.)
Add white chocolate chips and almonds. I find it easiest to mix the dough with my hands.
Take the dough in your hands and form 8 large balls. Set the balls on an ungreased cookie sheet. They don't have to be smooth -- the dough will be sticky to work with.
Brush scones with egg white.
Bake for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown.
Immediately remove from the cookie sheet and cool on a cooling rack.