Yesterday, I decided that today was baking day.
I haven’t baked in more than four months. It doesn’t seem that long… I nearly never bake in the summertime anyway, but yesterday we had one of our first tastes of fall weather here in Paris: a drizzle that lasted all day and turned the skies gray and dreary, and the first thing I thought of was pulling something hot and delicious out of the oven to share with Em, Alex, and anyone else who happened to drop by my apartment, which, as of late, is quite a few people.
But what to bake? I knew I wanted to try a new recipe: it’s been awhile since I checked something off my “to try” list, and that always makes me a bit anxious. But I also knew that I wanted something that would definitely work, something that wouldn’t leave me depressed at the end with a bitter (or burnt) taste in my mouth and mountains of wasted flour and sugar.
My first instinct when I get a craving like this is usually to make muffins or cupcakes. They’re easy, they’re permissible as both breakfast and dessert (so they get finished more quickly), and I have tons of recipes on my list of things to try. But my new roomie had something else in mind: scones.
I love scones, but I have never attempted to make one… I guess I was a little bit intimidated by what seemed like such a difficult thing to make. Now I have no idea what was stopping me: the recipe I tried from Foodie Farmgirl was one of the easiest baking recipes I have ever attempted. The dough came together in a flash, and the scones baked as I was making my pasta dinner (a new recipe that I’ll share tomorrow… so good!). The scones themselves were buttery without being greasy and quite tasty. The recipe says to split the dough in two and cut each dough into six pieces for twelve small scones, but instead, I made one circle of dough and cut it into eight medium scones: for me, this was just the right size for breakfast.
In the future, I may add a little bit more sugar, but mostly because, unlike many others, I don’t like to enjoy my scones with jam, but simply warm and plain with a bit of clotted cream, if it’s available.
Head over to get the recipe and try these scones out for yourself. I promise, you won’t regret it.
