Strawberry Almond Scones

Ingredients:

• 1½ to 2 cups strawberries, cut into small pieces
• 1/2 cup chopped almonds
• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 2 tsp baking powder
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 1 egg
• 6 tablespoons butter
• ⅔ cup milk
• 1 egg for egg wash
• Crystalized sugar (optional to sprinkle on top)

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 375 F degrees.
2. Cut up the strawberries into small pieces and add 1 tbsp of the sugar  to them.
3. In a large bowl, add the flour, salt, baking powder and remaining sugar. Add the butter and using 2 knives to start cutting into the butter. Use your hands if necessary but the mixture needs to resemble small peas.
4. Add the strawberries and almonds to the bowl and coat them well with the flour mixture. In a small bowl mix the egg and milk together then add to the flour bowl. Using a spatula mix everything well. Add more flour as needed if dough is too wet and sticks to hands too much. Turn dough over onto a floured surface and shape into a round 8 inch ball.
5. Cut the dough into 8 triangles, just like you would cut pizza and place the triangles over a cookie tray lined with parchment paper. Brush with the egg wash. You may at this point, sprinkle the scones with additional sugar if you wish.
6. Bake for 15 minutes recut the dough and place bak in oven for another 10-15 minutes or until golden brown. This will allow the scones to break cleaner and easier.

Tip: Once cooked and cooled you can wrap each scone individually with plastic wrap and place in freezer. Remove scone 1 hour prior to eating to become room temperature.