Recipes

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper, or grease it lighlty. In a mixing bowl, or food processor fitted with the steel blade, combine flour, sugar (not the sugar for topping), baking powder, zest, salt and butter pieces. Use a pastry cutter,or process in short bursts, until the butter looks like crumbs.

2. Seperate the eggs, setting aside one egg white; beat the whole egg and extra yolk together in a small bowl. add sour cream (or yogurt) and dried fruit. Stir these with wet ingredients into the dry ingredients to make a sticky dough.

3. Turn out onto a lightly floured surface and pat dough into a cricle about 1 inch thick. Cut out eith a heart-shaped (or round) 2 1/2-inch cutter. Place 1 inch apart on the baking sheet. Beat the reserved egg white with a fork until frothy; brush over the top of the sconces. Sprinkle with 1 Tablespoon sugar.

4. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, until puffed and lighlty browned.