Bacon cornmeal scones - country cooking

8 scones

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
2 cups Unsifted all-purpose flour
2 cups Yellow cornmeal
4 teaspoons Baking powder
1 tablespoon Sugar
4 teaspoons Baking soda
½ teaspoon Salt
⅔ cup Vegetable shortening
8 Slices bacon, cooked and crumbled
1⅓ cup Buttermilk

Directions

1. Heat oven to 425'F. Grease large baking sheet. In large bowl, combine flour, cornmeal, baking powder, sugar, baking soda, and salt.

With pastry blender or 2 knives, cut the shortening in until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.

2. Set aside 2 T crumbled bacon. Add buttermilk and remaining bacon to dry ingredients and mix lightly with fork until mixture clings together and forms a soft dough.

3. Turn dough out onto lightly floured surface and knead gently 5 or 6 times. Divide dough in half. With lightly floured rolling pin, roll one half of dough into a 7-inch round. Cut into 4 wedges. Repeat with remaining half of dough.

4. Place scones, 1 inch apart, on greased baking sheet. Pierce tops with tines of fork. Brush tops with water and sprinkle with reserved bacon.

5. Bake scones 15 to 18 minutes or until golden brown. Serve warm.

Country Cooking/Summer/94 Scanned & fixed by Di and Gary

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