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Mix dry ingredients together [flour, baking powder, salt and sugar] and cut in shortening.
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Stir in lemon rind or other optional ingredient.
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Create a divot in the centre.
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Place milk and egg in the divot.
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Use fork or pasty cutter to break up egg before gently stirring it all together until just moist.
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Knead a few times just until it all sticks together.
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[This isn't bread.
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You want it to remain light and fluffy with layers.
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Place on ungreased baking sheet.
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Shape into circle.
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Working from the centre out, using heel of hand to flatten, gently pat dough to about 3/4 inch thick.
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Cut into 8 wedges.
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Bake at 400F for 15-20 minutes, until golden.
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For special occasions pour on glaze while still warm: Lemon Glaze: Place in jar, a 1/2 cup of icing sugar and 2 teaspoons of fresh lemon juice.
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Shake jar until combined.
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For plain glaze mix icing sugar with milk.
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For chocolate glaze add cocoa powder.
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For cinnamon glaze add cinnamon.
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You get the idea.
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Be creative.Another way to finish them off nicely is to brush the top with milk and sprinkle on sugar before baking.
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Optional Ideas: Chocolate chips / raisins or chopped dried apricots or dried cranberries with 1 teaspoon of cinnamon and a 1/4 teaspoon of nutmeg / 1/4 cup of cocoa / blueberries [try to keep them whole while mixing] / shredded cheddar cheese and herbs [may want to use less sugar] / orange rind / orange rind and dried cranberries/ haven't tried this one yet but would like to: orange rind and chocolate chips and/or cocoa.
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I would love to hear about your options you've tried.
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Post them in the comments.
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Good luck!
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psst!
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I tried adding fresh strawberries once and it didn't work.
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It messed with the liquid content.
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They were flat and mushy.
