It has begun. I’m going to figure out – once and for all – if I like scones. Tonight we’re making cranberry oat scones. Wish the scones luck.
Preheat the oven to 375.

I laid a piece of parchment paper on a baking sheet. I set it aside.

Then I removed all cats from your kitchen. (No cats. Cats are bad for food. But cats are good all other times.)

Here is a shot of all the ingredients I needed to make the horrid scones.

I mixed together all the dry ingredients. (Flour, sugar, salt, baking soda, and baking powder.)

I sifted them together.
Cutting it into pieces, I added my cold, unsalted butter.

Using two knives I cut it up so it formed a crumb-like mixture.

I added my rolled oats.

I added the dried cranberries.

I added some zest. (Lemon or orange. I used an orange).

Here is what it looked like. Pretty!

Then, I ruined it and mixed it together.

I added buttermilk. This is me with the buttermilk. I had trouble finding it. Whole Food’s was sold out. Shocking.


I stirred it all together.
And then I floured my surface.

I kneaded it lightly. (4 or 5 times.)

I formed a 7-inch circle and cut into 8 triangles. (We used a pizza cutter. Cool, eh? Misshapen, but cool!)

I took the triangles and placed them on the parchment covered cookie sheet.

I took a large egg and cracked that bitch into a bowl.

I added a tablespoon of milk. Wisked them together like one might a scrambled egg for breakfast. (We used buttermilk because we don’t have any milk. We carry soy milk but no milk).

I painted the mixture onto the top of the scones. (This was super fun.)

And then I baked it for 15 – 18 minutes. (I always err on the side of caution.)

When they were finished, I removed them and turned the oven on broil.

I sifted quite a bit of powdered sugar onto the top of each one.

Finally, I broiled them for no more than a minute or two.
And look! A SCONE!

Technically, the sugar should have caramelized more but I’m a moron and didn’t realize where the broiler was on our oven. Toby figured out what I had done, but it was too late. I was worried that they would overcook, so we only broiled them for about 30 seconds. This is why the tops aren’t totally caramelized.
To view the recipe, click here.


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