2½ cups all-purpose Flour
1 tablespoon Baking Powder
½ teaspoon Salt
8 tablespoons cold Unsalted Butter, cut up
¼ cup granulated Sugar, (use ⅓ for slightly sweeter scones)
⅔ cup Milk
Heat oven to 425°F
Put flour, baking powder and salt into a large bowl; stir mix well Add butter and cut in with a pastry blender or rub in with your fingers, until the mixture looks like fine crumbs.
Add sugar; toss to mix.
Add milk and stir with a wooden spoon until dough forms,(the dough may be a bit crumbly).
Place dough on floured counter and knead gently until the dough comes together in a ball.
Pat or roll into a circle about 1½ inches thick.
Cut each circle into 6 or 8 wedges.
Place wedges on a greased cookie sheet- slightly apart for crisp sides, touching for soft.
Bake about 12 minutes, or until medium brown on top.