February 22, 2011

TWD: Toasted Almond Scones

For this week's Toasted Almond Scones, we have marvelous Mike of Living Out West  to thank. Mike's blog always has gorgeous photography, witty write-ups, and thoughtful comments. Apparently he has great taste, too, because these scones were really good. Ground and chopped toasted almonds and a touch of almond extract make a surprisingly delicate, tasty scone. You'll notice that mine are speckly, because I used almonds with skins instead of blanched.

I made my scones in the wee dark hours of the morning, with my almost-two-year-old attached at the hip (as usual). This was easy to do because I had ground the almonds and prepped the dry ingredients the night before. I'm usually very lazy when it comes to scone dough; I like to let the food processor do the work of cutting in butter. But not wanting to wake the slumbering members of my family, I used my fingers instead. I learned that tiny fingers are great for patting scone dough into the triangles of my miniature scone pan. The dough is like a super-sticky, nutty play dough, after all.

After about nineteen minutes in the oven, we had some lovely, soft little scones for breakfast. Traditional scones are not aggressively sweet, as a rule, and these were no exception; the toasted nuts lent a hint of savory to the scones. I wonder if there's a soup that would suit these?

Thanks, Mike - excellent choice!

Next week: Chocolate Pots de Creme, chosen by Christine of BlackCatCooking


Last week: Chocolate Oatmeal Drops

9 comments:

  1. I love your scone pan! I've never seen anything like it. Here in the UK we are very boring and always use cookie cutters to make round scones. They look yummy :)

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  2. Hey...I liked these too. Is that a silicone scone pan? Do you like it? Should I get it? :)

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  3. Nothing better than having help in the kitchen. Enjoy!

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  4. These look great, I am wishing I have all the ingredients so I could bake me some!

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  5. Jessica - they look great! And what a perfect thing to have in the early morning! Others thought they weren't very sweet, but I though they were just right. Glad you used your hands - truly homemade and they look fantastic. Thanks so much for the bake-a-long this week. --- marvelous mike

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  6. I loved these too! Your scones look great, glad you enjoyed he recipe too!!

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  7. The scones look great! I usually use my hand pastry blender for scones (and I did with these ones), but your post made me realize I should have just used the food processor since it was already out to grind the almonds.

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  8. i let my food processor do the work for me on this one ;) but then again i was home alone and could make all the noise i wanted! your scones look great!

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  9. Ok after seeing both you and Mary with the mini scone pans I want one! I was so tempted to make the dough for the scones in my FP since I had it out for the almonds. It's definitely the route I'd take with this recipe next time.

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