Fluffy Brown Sugar Scones

At Harrod's I bought a jar of lemon curd that's been sitting on my coffee table for 2 weeks beckoning to be spread on a warm fresh-out-of-the-oven scone. Today was the day. Fluffy scone recipe tweaked with brown sugar instead of white:

• 1 cup sour cream
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 4 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup butter
• 1 egg
• 2 tablespoons vanilla bean paste
  

Mixing the sour cream and baking soda and setting aside allows the mixture to expand. In a separate bowl, mix the butter, brown sugar and vanilla paste with a wooden spoon. In yet another bowl, mix all the dry ingredients. Whisk the egg before stirring into the butter and sugar mixture. Then fold in the dry ingredients and finally the sour cream mixture, making sure not to overmix. Dallops on a floured baking sheet will bake in about 20 minutes at 350º in my oven (which is ANCIENT).

Lemon curd, Dalynn's strawberry jam and butter were perfect accompaniments to the warm and fluffy scones.