Nova Scotia Scones - cooking recipe

Ingredients

Dry Ingredients
4 cups flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons sugar
1/3 cup butter, cut into pieces
1/4 cup currants
Wet Ingredients
1 egg
1 1/2 cups buttermilk
2 tablespoons milk, to brush on scones
clotted cream or whipped cream, to serve
preserves, to serve

Preparation

Preheat oven to 425.
Lightly flour a baking sheet.
Combine dry ingredients in a large bowl.
Sprinkle the butter pieces over the flour mixture and cut with pastry blender until it resembles coarse crumbs.
Blend in currants and make a well in the centre.
Beat the egg with one cup of the buttermilk in a small bowl and pour into the well.
Stir the flour mixture until just combined adding more buttermilk if too dry.
Form the dough into a rough ball and knead 8- 10 times until blended.
Roll and pat dough to 3/4\" thickness and cut into 2 1/2\" rounds being careful not to twist the cutter.
Transfer rounds to baking sheet.
Brush tops with milk and bake until golden for 15 minutes.
Transfer to cooling rack and serve warm with clotted cream or whip cream and preserves.