Last August, we had a little flurry of scone making in the blogosphere.
From memory, Heidi, Joanna, Cindy and several other bloggers all made their own versions, and we contributed our lemonade scone recipe to the mix. At the time we joked about designating the second week in August as “Scone Week”, and sure enough, up popped the reminder in my Outlook calender a few days ago.
So I made a batch of scones – savoury ones this time – by adding grated cheddar cheese, a little salt and some chopped spring onions to our lemonade scone recipe. I also substituted soda water for the lemonade, and I probably could have added a little paprika to the dough. Either way, they were very easy to make…
…cooked to a golden brown in 25 minutes in our 200C fan-forced oven…
…and made a perfect hot lunch slathered with a little butter!
Anyone else feel like making scones this week?
I’d love to see what you come up with this year!
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Oh, yes! I’ll see if I can find a recipe on The Guardian newspaper’s website where Dan (so to speak) lives. What a brilliant idea. :D
Misk, this was great fun last year! I’d love to see what you come up with.. :)
Dan has just done some awesome vanilla scones in the Guardian, so you’re right it is definitely scone week :) I nearly made them on Saturday for tea..
Here’s the link to my post from last year, what a good memory you have :D thanks for mentioning me xx
http://zebbakes.com/2010/08/11/scone-week/
Joanna, I think scone week last year was sparked by one of Dan’s recipes too. I don’t have a good memory, I have a good computer programme.. ;-)
I’m afraid my track record with scone making is not very good, your batch look good enough to eat!
Cindy, the only scones I seem to be able to make are the lemonade ones. The ones I try to make following the more traditional method of rubbing in the butter always turn into hockey pucks. The lemonade ones are pretty foolproof – the dough is quite sticky, but just keep flouring the top and the cutter and they’ll work out fine.
Scone Week!
You remembered- I forgot! But I will make some up today and post them!
I have had a hankering for scones, lately- and savory sounds good.
I make one with bacon bits (of course!) that my mother called begonya- all short vowels. It is some sort of Eastern European savory scone from her grandmother’s cookbook.
Thanks for the reminder, Celia- yours look really fine- I like your substitutions. I make crepes with soda water as the leavening- I think it is a great substitute.
Heidi darling, as I said to Joanna, I didn’t remember, my computer did. :)
Your scones look wonderful!
They look lovely and golden. I don’t think I’ve ever made savoury scones, but I bet I’m missing out, given my proclaimed love of sweet scones!
Scone week is just up my street – and I’ve got a really amazing recipe to contribute this year (well, it’s not my recipe, but it’s great anyway, and I don’t often boast!)
http://cakecrumbsandcooking.blogspot.com/2011/08/mm8-crunchy-crusted-citrus-scones.html
C, you’re so cute, I love that it’s now “international” scone week! ;-)
What a fabulous recipe you’ve baked up! I love the idea of adding ricotta to the scone mix – there’s almost always some floating around in my fridge!
I always think of you when I buy ricotta – there was a post you did ages ago (can’t remember which one) where you gave a recipe for using up ricotta (I think it was a bread, possibly Dan Lepards) and commented that it was really hard to resist the fresh ricotta you can get. I loved the idea of fresh ricotta (the only ricotta I’ve ever seen is chilled in the supermarket!) and so always think of you when I see it. This would be a great recipe for using some of your older ricotta up!
And international is right, we’re in different countries :-) Makes it sound more official too!
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Well I have just made some chocolate scones – I’ll see if I can manage to write the post before the end of the week. Your cheese scones look most delicious.
Chocolate scones…hehehe…why am I not surprised, Choc? Look forward to seeing them!
Big smile here as it looks like International Scone Week just got a whole lot bigger. I’m intrigued by the vanilla ones Joanna mentioned…
I’ll see if I can rattle some up.
Brydie, Dan’s recipe does look interesting, and I’m sure you’ll do something clever with it! :)
Every time I think of scones I start laughing. Some years ago I had visitors coming and I thought scones would be the perfect afternoon tea. The resulting scones were the worst disaster you could possibly imagine. I was using a convection microwave oven and got the settings wrong. The guests arrived before I could dispose of the scones and make a new batch. “They’ll be fine” insisted one of the guests. Against my better judgement I served them up and we all ended up laughing so much we had tears running down our cheeks. They were like rocks! I threw one to the dog and he carried it away as if it was a bone and the next one I threw to him instead of jumping for it he actually ducked. As you can imagine I have never been allowed to forget those ill fated scones!
<3 Mimi
Mimi, that’s too funny! Sounds like you had lovely guests, but your poor dog! :) I can’t make scones the traditional way either – I can only ever seem to make the cream and lemonade version work.
oooh lovely!
Lemonade scones even work well gluten-free. littlej is having a scone lesson this weekend, she’s really into baking at the moment and a great always-comes-out-perfect recipe like this is great for morale.
Just one thing though Celia, I’ve got to stop reading your posts before breakfast- cereal just won’t cut it now I’ve seen those scones :(
Becca, I’ve tried the lemonade scones with gf flour and they were great! Must make them again for my friend PeteA… x
Ooh, dear, this could be very challenging to my waistline. I do love a scone with plenty of lovely, fresh butter. I’ll have a look and see what I can rustle up, too.
Amanda, looking forward to seeing what you come up with! I’m sure they’ll be amazing.. :)
they look so good..ii’s perfect weather for them..hot..buttered..yum..i often make savoury scones to serve with soup instead of bread..just amps it up a bit..jane
Hazel, I don’t make them nearly often enough, which makes scone week a good thing for me. It reminds me how much easier they are to make than bread! And as you say, perfect accompaniment to a simple dinner! :)
Nice looking scones Celia. I don’t have much success with scones, even the lemonade recipe. Sigh. Should try again.
Reminds me of a comment made by this horrible dragon of a woman I used to work with. For some reason she was telling me something personal (nomally I kept our interactions to a minimum). She commented that her sister-in-law was “thick as two planks but could whip up the most amazing scones in just a few minutes”. It was one of those compliment-insults and struck me as something really quite ridiculous to say of anyone. And we all know that making perfect scones is pure genius don’t we?!!
SG, are you changing up the recipes? I know how you are about following them verbatim… ;-) What a bizarre insult! :)
Oh I can’t wait to give these a go!
Your lemonade scones were great!
Claire, my sister makes them with chives and smoked salmon!
Hey, I must’ve sensed scone week in the atmosphere…I needed a treat for a work meeting and whipped up a batch of our favorite butterscotch chocolate chip scones this morning…yum! Love scones…can’t wait to read about everyone’s.
Abby, they sound delicious! Did you take photos? :)
Hello Celia,
Oh scone week. What a name for a week. I LOVE scones, they are pretty much my favourite baked item, and my favourite thing to bake (aside from nice bread of course). I prefer the butter-buttermilk variety that are nice and flaky when done well, rather than the cream-based ones which tend to be abit more “cakey.” One of the nice things about my sojourn to the US is the popularity of scones. They are abit different to the Commonwealth’s variety, and there are plenty of dodgy mass-produced ones but some good individuals amongst them. Actually had an unusual and excellent savoury one today – walnut, rosemary and asiago. It was flaky, very savoury and very good – looking as good as yours above.
Cheers,
Craig
Craig, that’s a gorgeous sounding combination – I love asiago cheese in any baked savoury treat. If you get around to baking any scones, please send me a pic and I’ll upload it with your comment.. :)
mmm Love savoury scones. I make cheese and chive ones sometimes. I tend to be a ‘rub the butter in the flour’ girl as I can get mine heaps fluffy (very light hand and changeout some of the milk for water). I’ve never made the lemonade ones, though I had some day-old ones made by a gf and they do last much much better! (mine are fairly much stale rocks by the next day!) I’ve never tried buttermilk (mentioned by Craig above), I’ll have to give that a go!
Kat, I am really heavy handed with the butter rubbing bit, and usually end up with rocks. I wonder if we could use the food processor to rub the butter in? Hmm…
Just happened on your beautiful blog while having a break from literature. Thank you for such serenity [ah food!]
Norman, thanks for stopping by! :)
I am not at home but if I can, I will do a late entry into this great idea :) Have a good Census day today :)
Tandy, you are a sweetheart for reminding me, or I would have forgotten last night! :)
Haha well NOW I feel like making scones especially after seeing that last pic of one slathered with butter! :P
Do make some! It’s scone week! :)
Oh I know… BUCKWHEAT scones coming up (with the moulinex) why hasn’t anyone thought of it before!
That would be an interesting scone, Frances! If you’re avoiding wheat, have you ever tried using chestnut flour? It’s pretty heavy, but has a lovely flavour..
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Ooh,those do look yummers. I’ve been futzing with my biscuit recipe, tried a cake flour recipe that was okay but not as fluffy as I would have liked.
Made pizza dough last night. It was pretty good, I’m still trying to get a good thin crust.
Bake on!
Maz
Maz, I read recently about someone (might be Oz the Kitchen Butterfly?) who was using their pasta rolling machine to get their pizza dough really really thin…
Celia, here’s my contribution to Scone Week. :D
http://miskcooks.wordpress.com/2011/08/09/the-letter-h-is-for-scones-and-to-heck-with-the-diet/
Misk, they look absolutely perfect! Can’t believe they’re your first scones ever! :)
To be honest, I can’t believe that they turned out so well either. I put my luck down to a very good recipe. ;)
Loved your latest posts Celia, sorry I haven’t been commenting lately, although I have been reading, missed ya lol. Have been sooooo busy. But all is back to normal now. Hope you’re well!!! Queen of Scones! :)
Lovely to hear from you Dakota! Looks like you’ve been having fun!
Yum – a perfect winter lunch! I don’t think there could be a better week than Scone Week (except maybe a Chocolate Week). One of my favs is pumpkin scones with a cream cheese and chive spread ..
Keely, I have to agree – Chocolate Week would be mighty fine.. :) I’ve never made pumpkin scones before, will have to give them a go!
I was wondering why you would have scone week in August? But of course, it’s your winter. I just love scones, what a great idea. now I’m wondering what local Breton ingredient I could use in a scone…
Actually, I think it’s a bit driven by Dan Lepard in the UK – he seems to post a scone recipe on his Guardian page at the beginning of each August! :)
Hehe how funny – I just posted about scones this week without realising! I adore scones. These looks delicious – I’ve never made savoury scones.
Snap! :) Your scones look lovely too!
Your lemonade scones are the only ones I make now! A savoury version will definitely be on the cards now too.
Have a happy day.
:-) Mandy
Mandy, they’re so easy, aren’t they? There the only ones I make too these days, but I’ve been thinking of trying my hand again at traditional ones… :)
Fabulous looking scones, I am a scone-aholic and these looked amazing!
Thanks Karen! They’re fun to make! :)
Do you know, I have never ever ever made scones. Never. I should be banned from motherhood, what sort of mother doesn’t bake scones as an integral part of her day?
Sheesh… I’d like to have a go at the lemonade ones you have linked to… but not the savoury ones… euww… I have a problem with savory scones. If they are not a vehicle for jam and cream, they have no business being called a scone.
Ooo what a little ranter I am!
Ali, I hadn’t made scones before yesterday, so you’re not alone. :D And my husband also agrees on the savoury flavouring – he wants no part of it. He thought my Claridge’s scones were pretty tasty though. I’m going to make the lemonade scones (but using soda water) during the weekend.
Ali, the lemonade scones are a good kid project too! :)
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Oh, I am partial to a good scone, Celia – sweet or savoury, it doesn’t matter. Top tip for substituting soda water for the lemonade. The smaller people seem to keep finding my (not so) secret stash of lemonade bought for just such purposes!
Chris, they also work well with leftover champagne!! :)
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I haven’t been baking scones Celia but I’ve been eating lots of them…with clotted cream and jam plus a hot pot of tea. http://mycustardpie.com/2011/08/11/in-search-of-the-perfect-scone/
That’s the other important bit about scone week, Sally – eating scones! :)
Those savoury scones sound delicious – just the thing for dunking in a nice bowl of pumpkin soup.
It seems scones are everywhere at the moment – Joy the Baker has posted her mouthwatering recipe for lavender and walnut scones, which I would love to try, if only I knew where to get some lavender! http://www.joythebaker.com/blog/2011/08/lavender-and-toasted-walnut-scones/#more-5852
Kate, thanks for the link. It really does look like scones are everywhere this week! :)
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