Brown Sugar Cherry Scones

I made this as part of a breakfast for dinner meal - chorizo hash, eggs, and brown sugar cherry scones - and here's the best part of the meal:

Brown Sugar Cherry Scones

• 2 c. flour
• 4 tsp baking powder
• 3/4 tsp salt
• 1/3 c brown sugar
• 3/4 cup cream
• 1 egg
• 4 tbsp cold butter
• 2 tbsp shortening
• 1/3 cup dried cherries
• raw sugar (optional)

1. Preheat oven to 375.
2. Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt into a large bowl. Mix in sugar with a big wooden spoon and make sure all the chunks are broken up. In a mug, mix together the egg and cream and set aside.
3. Cut the butter into small pieces. (i.e. 1/2 in cubed chunks). Throw the butter and shortening into the dry ingredients and use the wooden spoon to break up the butter and shortening into even smaller pieces. The mixture should be very chunky - the mixture will never be smooth. Mix in the mug of cream/egg until the batter just starts to come together - there will definitely be dry chunks still there. Break the cherries up into the batter and mix until just distributed throughout - if you don't break the cherries up, they'll stick together and make little cherry deposits in your scones...
4. Spread a small handful of flour on a dry flat surface. Dump the mixture onto the surface and flatten out with your hands until it's about an inch thick all around, incorporating the dry pieces. Use a glass to cut out circles and place on a baking sheet about an inch apart from each other. Keep flattening and cutting the pieces of batter until the it's finished. If you have raw sugar, sprinkle over the prepared scones and gently press into the batter
5. Bake for 12-15 minutes or until brown. Scones will have a biscuity texture.

Enjoy!