Orange Poppyseed Scones

I'm thinking of making these scones and having tea for my moms upcoming birthday.I found the recipe on a wonderful site called ladies historic tea.You have to look through some of the older posts to find it ,but they have some really great recipes! I love this site.

It gives the history of scones and alot of information on teas.

ORANGE POPPYSEED SCONES Ingredients:

2 1/4 cups flour

1/2 cup sugar

1/4 cups poppy seed

1 tsp cream of tartar

3/4 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 cup butter

1/4 cup orange juice

1 large egg

1 tsp orange peel

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

2. Mix all dry ingredients together. Cut butter into flour mixtureuntil it resembles cornmeal.

3. Beat the egg slightly into the orange juice; add liquid mixture todry mix and gently shape dough into a ball.

4. Cut the ball in half, and pat each half out on a floured surface into a circle about 1/2 inch thick, and 8 inches around. Cut into wedges and place on a baking sheet.

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