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Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
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Cover a baking sheet with foil.
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Combine flour, cornmeal, baking powder, salt, cayenne pepper and sugar in a food processor and process to blend.
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Add the butter and pulse until the mixture is uniformly crumbly.
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Transfer to a mixing bowl.
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Mix the egg and buttermilk together.
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Using a fork or your fingertips, lightly stir them into the dry ingredients so the mixture can be gathered together to form a ball of soft dough.
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Turn out onto a lightly floured board.
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Pat the dough until it is uniformly one-half-inch thick or a shade thicker.
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Cut into one-and-one-half-inch rounds.
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You can re-form the scraps and cut those.
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Place the dough rounds on the baking sheet and bake until medium brown on the bottom and just beginning to brown on top, about 15 minutes.
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Remove from the oven and serve, or allow to cool, then warm before serving.
