Huckleberry Scones

Instructions

• Scone Part - Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Stir together in a large bowl the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Cut the cold butter into small pieces. Cut butter into flour mixture with a pastry blender or two table knives until the mixture resembles crumbs. Add the chopped pecans to the flour mixture and stir them in. Add the egg and cream to the bowl. Stir together until just combined. Turn the mixture out onto a cutting board. The dough may be crumbly. Cut dough in half. With your hands, gently push half of the dough together to make a circle. Then, with a rolling pin, roll the dough out gently into a circle about 9 or 10 inches around. With a sharp knife or a pizza cutter, cut the circle into 8 wedges.
• Do the same thing with the other half of the dough and cut into another 8 wedges. Transfer the wedges to two greased baking sheet. Bake for 15 minutes or until they are just barely starting to brown. Allow the scones to cool completely before icing.
• Icing part - In a small saucepan, cook 1 cup of huckleberries over medium heat for 10-15 minutes. Huckleberries will release a good amount of their juice. Using a fine mesh strainer, pour cooked huckleberries into the strainer and collect the huckleberry juice in a small bowl underneath the strainer. Gently press whole huckleberries in the strainer with the back side of a spoon to get any residual juice. In a medium mixing bowl, put in powdered sugar, melted butter, salt, and vanilla extract. Gradually pour in the huckleberry juice. Stir. Continue adding juice until icing is spreadable consistency. Add milk if more liquid is needed. Spread generously over the scones. Allow the icing to set before serving or storing.