Post from Dec 15th: Cinnamon Scones. Eat! Drink! Be Merry!

This morning I'm sipping on Constant Comment tea and eating a couple of these baby scones. Mmm, it's a happy day. I'm not going to lie, I'll probably have more later too. I must confess, I was never much of a scone girl. I'd rather have a muffin or coffee cake. Those semi-sweet crumbly dry scones just never did it for me. Then I thought, I've judged so harshly! I'm not a judger. What's the matter with me? I then got my computer out and starting searching for scone recipes but most of them just seemed too dull or dry or plain or... yuck! But, remember, in the spirit of the Holidays, I'm giving them a chance. So I took a few recipes that I thought sounded ok and adapted them to my craving and what I like.

Here's what you do...

Preheat that oven of yours to 400 degrees and get all this stuff out and flour a surface to lay out the dough so it's ready when you are.

Put all the dry stuff in a bowl. Note: you can make these with all white flour if that's your thing.

and make it look like this.

throw in some semi-cold slabs of butter

and with your clean hands knead that butter in a little. Don't go crazy, just break it up a bit.

Then, half at a time I add the cream and knead it all in. Dough will be sticky and fall-aparty.

it should look like this.

Since you were smart and floured a surface before you started, you don't even need to wash your hands again. Throw down the dough and show it who the boss is. Shape the dough how you want it.

then score and cut it with a big ol' knife

pop them on a greased pan or a pan with parchment paper. Put those bad boys in the oven and set your timer for 11-12 minutes. If you're making mini scones it might be more like 9-11 minutes. Just keep an eye on them and when a tooth-pick and inserted and comes out clean you're A-OK to pull them out.

And Viola! You get these. BUT, don't dive in yet they get better! Let them start cooling and make your icing then drizzle. While the icing is setting up a little start the water for your tea or coffee and call some friends over for some good times. We all need those.