Strawberry scones and tea...photo by Kristin
This past weekend I decided to try a little baking. My friend sent me a recipe from her sister's bed and breakfast in Vermont. Although I haven't yet been to the Ardmore Inn in Woodstock, Vermont, I've been to Vermont in the fall and it's as amazing as they say. I'd love to stay at the inn sometime and take a zillion photos of the fall foliage.
I pretty much followed the recipe as follows, except I added fresh strawberries in place of the dried fruit and nuts.
"Ardmore Inn Scones
2 c. flour (i do half ww and half white, what i have on hand)
1 T. baking powder
1/4 c. sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
mix the above together and cut in:
1 cube* butter until the flour mix is like the size of rice grains or a little bigger.
mix up:
1 lg. egg and
1/2 c. light cream (i use 1/2 and 1/2 or milk)
before you mix the wet in add whatever you like. this am we had cranberries and pecan pieces in the scone.
then mix the wet in until just mixed. knead a few times and pat out into two circles. cut the circles in fourths, you'll end up with 8 scones.
bake at 400 or 450, depending on how hot your oven is. ours does well at 400 for 12 minutes.
then major yum.. "
* 1 stick of butter (1/2 cup)
The scones were slightly crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. They weren't so dry that I needed to immediately take a drink of something after a bite, like some scones from some coffee places. I will definitely make these again, maybe with some different fillings. I will also store them in a location out of reach from our dog! He thought they were irresistible!
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