Rich Jelly Scones

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour 
• 0.3 cup granulated sugar white
• 2 teaspoons double-acting baking powder 
• 0.3 teaspoon baking soda 
• 0.3 teaspoon salt 
• 0.5 cup butter unsalted very cold
• 2  eggs 
• 1 cup milk 
• 1.5 teaspoons vanilla extract pure
• 4 servings fruit thick
• 1 large eggs beaten well
• 1 tablespoon milk 

Equipment

• baking sheet
• oven
• knife
• blender

Directions

1. Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees.
2. Mix dry ingredients together.
3. Cut butter into the dry ingredients using a fork or hand-held pastry blender. When well blended, the mixture will have the look of crumbly sand.
4. Add the vanilla, eggs, and milk, mixing only long enough to blend the ingredients. *You do not want to begin to melt the butter into the flour mixture by over-mixing.
5. Turn the dough onto a lightly floured counter top or pastry board. Shape it into a round disc 8 inches across, slightly thicker in the center.
6. Using a long knife, cut the dough into eight even pie-shaped portions.
7. Place scones on a lightly greased baking sheet. Using a spoon, press a well into the wide end of each triangle, and fill the well with a spoonful of fruit jam.
8. Brush the exposed surface of each scone with the milk/egg mixture,
9. Bake for twenty-five minutes, until scones are a beautiful golden brown.