Eric makes these, and they are the best scones ever. No, I'm not biased, why do you ask?

Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour

1/3 cup plus 1 tsp sugar

1 tsp baking powder

0.25 tsp baking soda

0.5 tsp salt

8 tbsp butter, frozen and cut into pieces

0.5 c raisins or dried currants or dried cranberries

0.5 c sour cream

1 large egg

Equipment

Directions

Set oven rack to middle position and preheat to 400°.

Mix flour, 1/3 cup sugar, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Grate butter into the flour mixture and work in with your fingers. Stir in raisins/currants/cranberries.

Whisk together egg and sour cream until smooth.

Using a fork, stir together the sour cream mixture with the flour mixture until large dough clumps form. Press together with your hands to form a ball.

Place on a lightly floured surface and pat into a 7 to 8 inch circle. Sprinkle with 1 tsp sugar. Use a sharp knife to cut into 8 triangles.

Place on a lined cookie sheet about 1 inch apart. Bake until golden, about 15 to 17 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes then serve.

Notes

One of the commenters on Allrecipes recommends doing this all in your food processor. Works like a charm!

• "I mixed these up using my food processor and the results were fantastic... and so easy.. put flour and dry ingredients in first... spin the butter around til it flakes... then add the sour cream, eggs and dried fruit..til it forms a ball... then proceed with the recipe as written."

Some flavor profile suggestions from Allrecipes:

• Cranberry-Orange Scones
  • Follow the recipe for Simple Scones, adding a generous teaspoon of finely grated orange rind (zest) to the dry ingredients and substituting dried cranberries for the raisins.
• Lemon-Blueberry Scones
  • Follow the recipe for Simple Scones, adding a generous teaspoon of finely grated lemon rind (zest) to the dry ingredients and substituting dried blueberries for the raisins.
• Cherry-Almond Scones
  • Follow the recipe for Simple Scones, adding 1/2 tsp. almond extract to the sour cream mixture and substituting dried cherries for the raisins.