My life. My kitchen. My thoughts.: SCONES!

My wish was granted...a day off to make scones, go to the beach, and finish my book!

During summer school, there were mornings when we were all scatter-brained, tired, and anticipating the weekend. On such mornings, we needed a jolt of something, and more than once, Amanda saved us by walking in with warm scones. She would walk in with the scones, still in their warm pan, covered in a towel to keep them warm. They were as fresh from the oven as you could get without burning your mouth. Mmmm, mmm. They made our mornings, for sure.

Luckily, she passed along the recipe. Now, I can bring warm scones from my oven and, hopefully, brighten someone's day and maybe help them make it through "one of those mornings".

Scones

2 cups flour

1/4 cup sugar

2 1/2 tsp. baking powder

1/8 tsp. salt

1/3 cup cold butter, cut into small pieces

1 egg

1/2 cup whipping cream

1 1/2 tsp. vanilla

Berries (I used roughly 1 cup berries, mixing ollalieberries and blueberries)

In large bowl, mix flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Using a pastry cutter, cut in butter into the mixture is crumbly. Create a well in the flour mixture and set aside. In a small bowl, whisk the egg, whipping cream, and vanilla. Stir in berries. Pour creamed mixture into the well in the flour and, using a fork, stir until it forms a moist dough.

Place dough on floured surface and knead a few times, folding over each time. Pat dough into a circle and roughly divide into 8 sections. Place sections in greased scone pan...if you don't have a scone pan, get one! Just kidding. If you don't have a scone pan, simple place the dough circle on a greased cookie sheet, cut into sections and bake.