{"id":596,"date":"2007-02-25T13:20:19","date_gmt":"2007-02-25T18:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/example.org\/scones"},"modified":"2007-02-25T13:20:19","modified_gmt":"2007-02-25T18:20:19","slug":"scones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/?p=596","title":{"rendered":"Scones!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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While I was writing the earlier post, Gretchen was happily occupied in the kitchen making scones. This was her first effort and they are fantastic!<\/p>\n

We have always enjoyed eating them at our favorite local coffee shops and she has been looking for a recipe that appealed to her for many months.<\/p>\n

The confluence of an ice storm and the recent arrival of the March issue of Southern Living provided the perfect opportunity to try out the recipe on a willing subject.<\/p>\n

Since I took this picture, I chomped off the end of one of these scones and they are exactly what I have wanted for years. Slightly sweet, with lots of currants and they have the perfect fresh scone texture, firm but crumbly when you bite into them.<\/p>\n

I know that scones can be eaten when they have assumed the consistency of well-fired bricks. I have done this on a number of occasions and lived to tell the tale. I am not sure that scones even have a sell-by date, as long as you have a cuppa coffee to dip them in.<\/p>\n

These scones, however, will not last through the day unless I am physically restrained from eating them. Oops! Somebody seems to have eaten the one I was writing about! Time to get another and make sure they are all up to snuff.<\/p>\n

UPDATE: <\/strong><\/span>Reader Christine Kim requested that we share the recipe for the scones and we are happy to do so. You will note that Gretchen made a few small changes in the recipe, so you might want to try the original version also. See complete recipe after the jump:<\/p>\n

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\"Scones6385\"<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

While I was writing the earlier post, Gretchen was happily occupied in the kitchen making scones. This was her first effort and they are fantastic!<\/p>\n

We have always enjoyed eating them at our favorite local coffee shops and she has been looking for a recipe that appealed to her for many months.<\/p>\n

The confluence of an ice storm and the recent arrival of the March issue of Southern Living provided the perfect opportunity to try out the recipe on a willing subject.<\/p>\n

Since I took this picture, I chomped off the end of one of these scones and they are exactly what I have wanted for years. Slightly sweet, with lots of currants and they have the perfect fresh scone texture, firm but crumbly when you bite into them.<\/p>\n

I know that scones can be eaten when they have assumed the consistency of well-fired bricks. I have done this on a number of occasions and lived to tell the tale. I am not sure that scones even have a sell-by date, as long as you have a cuppa coffee to dip them in.<\/p>\n

These scones, however, will not last through the day unless I am physically restrained from eating them. Oops! Somebody seems to have eaten the one I was writing about! Time to get another and make sure they are all up to snuff.<\/p>\n

UPDATE: <\/strong><\/span>Reader Christine Kim requested that we share the recipe for the scones and we are happy to do so. You will note that Gretchen made a few small changes in the recipe, so you might want to try the original version also. See complete recipe after the jump:<\/p>\n

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