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["Preheat oven to 400; set aside a lightly greased baking stone or cookie sheet.", "In a large bowl, combine dry ingredients; cut in butter to resemble coarse crumbs; select one or more Optional Add-In from the list above (equalling about 1 cup total); make well in the center.", "In a measuring cup, mix milk and eggs, pour into well in flour mixture EXCEPT -- reserve about 1 tablespoon of egg-milk; add flavoring of choice.", "Stir flour-milk mixture with a fork, it will be slightly dry and rather stiff (add a bit extra milk if it appears ""too"" dry).", "Dump dough onto a floured surface, incorporating any dry crumbs from the bottom of the bowl; knead several times but DO NOT OVERWORK the dough.", "Divide into two balls; place one on either end of the baking stone or cookie sheet; pat into an 8-inch disk, about half-inch thick.", "Using a pastry brush, spread the reserved egg-milk over the tops of both disks; sprinkle with Topping of Choice covering thoroughly.", "With a pizza cutter or big knife, cut each cake into wedges (four large or six small), LEAVE IN PLACE.", "Bake for 20-25 minutes (tops will be golden brown); separate wedges and check that dough is ""dry"" -- if not, pop back in oven & give it 2-3 more minutes; then serve immediately.", "SERVE WITH: Recipe #186965 or Recipe #208437.", "LEFTOVER SCONES: as if -- but okay IF you have leftovers, cut horizontally, spread with butter and toast lightly.", "GREAT COMBINATIONS:", "chocolate chips with cranberries & brown sugar topping.", "chocolate chips with orange zest & orange flavoring.", "cranberries with walnuts.", "cranberries with apricots.", "apricots with nuts.", "poppyseeds with lemon flavoring & zest.", "cheese with nuts or chocolate chips."]
