Things with things in it.
Today I made nutmeg scones, because I was so fond of the scone with butter and jam breakfasts, and I needed a recipe that had only things I had on hand. Nutmeg is nice and autumny, too. (Hey, it’s almost December which means eggnog in stores. Yum.)
I’m not sure if I like this recipe as much as the other, but I think one problem is that my jam isn’t the best combination. It’s not a sweet jam, and my scones were a bit short on sugar (things I had at least partially on hand, I guess). They smell really good, though. I need more different scone recipes. Then I can get the really good jams that don’t last because there are no preservatives that I’ve been wanting to buy from this nice place on Laurier. On the other hand my mother much prefers this recipe, because she doesn’t like food that has things in it — INCLUDING CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES! I am the child of the devil.
November 27th, 2004 at 9:24 pm
Reminds me of a Pogo cartoon: Churchy La Femme reads a box and exclaims, “I can’t eat this — it’s all full of ingrediments!” (sic)
Churchy wasn’t complaining about chocolate chips, though.
November 28th, 2004 at 2:54 pm
I may be making more scones in the near future (when I get home). Will share the recipes for sure.
November 29th, 2004 at 5:51 am
I’ve been reluctant to admit it, but I’d much prefer my chocolate chip cookies without the chocolate chips.
But I do very much love those pepperidge farm cookies with the white chocolate + macadamias (Tahoe? I think?). So it’s just a bias against normal chocolate chips.
November 29th, 2004 at 1:15 pm
Oh, good, I look forward to the recipes.
I like raw cookie dough without the chocolate chips. But not cooked: that needs chocolate. But the chips need to be good and not cheap storebrand chocolate. My mother just doesn’t like food with things in it — nothing with nuts, no chocolate chips in anything (including ice cream), etc.
November 30th, 2004 at 12:27 am
I used cinnamon chips in cookies last week. I bet they would be good in scones (like the Starbucks cinnamon scones?) I have ginger chips I’ve been hanging onto as well, not sure what I want to do with them. Thinking maybe scones again. It might be a month for scones.
And I agree — good chocolate makes a huge difference.