INGREDIENTS

  • 3 cups flour
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 lemon, zest of (grated peel)
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 3/4 cup butter
  • 1 egg
  • 1lemon, juice of
  • milk
  • 1 cup dried blueberries

DIRECTIONS

  1. Turn your oven on to 375 degrees.
  2. Combine the dry ingredients in a bowl.
  3. Slice in the cold butter and blend with a pastry blender till the mixture is like a coarse meal texture. (You may use two knives and "cut" the butter in by slicing in an "X" pattern if you don’t have a pastry blender.).
  4. Pour the squeezed lemon juice in a measuring cup.
  5. Crack the egg in the measuring cup with the lemon juice.
  6. Pour in enough milk into the SAME measuring cup until you have about 1 cup of liquid total.
  7. Gently mix the wet and dry ingredients.
  8. Mix in the blueberries.
  9. Knead the dough on floured board 4 to 5 times and pat out to about 1" thick.
  10. Cut with cookie cutter or slice into triangles and place on greased cookie sheet.
  11. Bake for 12-15 minutes or until done.
  12. *You may sprinkle sliced almonds on before baking*.