Super Easy Scones

Blueberry scones closest, chocolate chip scones farther.

I've just been craving scones, so this seemed a good idea.  Easy, pretty quick, and versatile.

You'll need (for 8 good sized scones):

• 3 cups flour
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 5 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon (or another nice seasoning, depending upon your add-ins)
• dash salt
• 3/4 cups butter (at room temperature)
• 1 egg
• 3/4 cup milk
• 1/4 cup half 'n half (if you don't have half 'n half, just sub milk)
• something tasty to add.  

The steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Combine dry ingredients
• Cut in butter using a pastry cutter, fork, hands, or food processor.  Easiest if you cut the butter into smaller pieces before adding.
• In a measuring cup, beat together egg & milk
• Make a well in the dry mixture and gradually add egg & milk mixture.  You likely will not use all of the liquid mixture.  Add it little bits at a time, mix in using a fork, and just keep adding until moist.  The consistency should be conducive to rolling out.
• Add your goodies.  I added blueberries to some and chocolate chips to others.  Cranberries and orange zest is a good choice.  If you want something not so sweet, try dill or cardamom.  
• You can either roll out the dough and cut it into triangle pieces or just grab it by the handful and shape it into triangles (I chose the latter).
• Bake on a greased cookie sheet for 15 minutes.
• Enjoy for breakfast, brunch, mid-morning snack, mid-afternoon snack.