Categories: Breads

Ingredients

• 2 c. flour
• 2 1/2 tsp. baking powder
• 2 tbsp. sugar
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1/4 c. shortening
• 1/2 c. milk
• 1 egg, slightly beaten
• 1/2 c. (+/-) frozen blueberries or cruisers

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 450

2. Combine flour, baking powder, sugar, salt in large mixing bowl. Stir w/ fork or small whisk to mix and aerate.

3. Add shortening and cut in w/ pastry cutter or fork til crumbly.

4. Stir in fruit.

5. Stir in milk & egg only until dry ingredients. are moistened.

6. Turn out dough onto lightly floured surface and knead gently about 12 times.

7. Pat into circle about 1/2" thick (optional: you may add glaze here by brushing milk over dough and sprinkle w/ sugar).

8. Cut dough into pie-shaped pieces.

9. Place 1" apart on cookie sheet

10. Bake 10-12 min. or til golden brown.

11. Serve hot.

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