Of Mice And Menus
After consulting with my co-judge, a winner has been chosen.
Marie in Florida took the gold with her PG-rated joke involving mice and lightbulbs. Very funny, Marie. I got a good laugh out of it. I also chose a second winner at random from all the entries. So there’ll be some sock yarn headed to Libby, too. Thanks to everyone for playing along.
While you all were busy leaving happy thoughts, I was doing a lot of knitting. Yes, really! In the last week I finished two pairs of mittens, two pairs of socks, and I cast on for a scarf and a third pair of mittens. Oh, and I swatched for a sweater too. Regrettably, I have no photos of the FOs since my weekend was spent either attending or hosting Hanukkah parties.
I do have a photo of my latkes cooking. 
Anyway, in lieu of FO photos and details, I thought I’d share a recipe for cookie-like scones. My kids love them. I have a hard time bringing myself to eat a whole one since, as you’ll soon see, the reason they taste so good is because they’re loaded with fat and calories. But, I guess it’s the season for such things, huh.
I can’t remember where I first saw this recipe, but I’ve tweaked it a bit over the years until it’s the way my family likes it.
Scones:
1/2 cup half-and-half
1 large egg
2 1/2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 stick cold butter, cut into small pieces
3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips (I prefer mine with dried cranberries or dried cherries cut into small pieces)
2/3 cup sugar
Heat oven to 375-400 degrees (This may be something I changed from the original recipe since I’m at a high altitude. So you may need to play around with the temperature of the oven.). Beat the half-and-half and the egg together in a small bowl and set aside. Sift the flour, baking powder, and baking soda together into the mixing bowl of a Kitchen Aid mixer. Cut the butter into the dry ingredients with a pastry blender until the mixture resembles course meal. I’ve used the pastry blender method but I prefer using my hands to blend it together. Add the sugar and the chocolate chips and mix until everything is incorporated. Slowly pour in the egg/half-and-half mixture, and mix until it forms a dough. It will be slightly sticky.
Turn the dough onto a lightly floured surface and form it into a 9-inch circle. I use a nine-inch pie plate to gauge the correct size. Cut the circle into 12 wedges.
Place the wedges onto a greased cookie sheet. Bake 12-15 minutes, or until golden brown. Cool on a wire rack.
I prefer mine with a light glaze made from orange extract, water (or milk), and confectioner’s sugar. Use about a cup of confectioner’s sugar, 1 teaspoon of orange extract, and about 2-3 Tablespoons milk, mixing everything together until you get a thin paste that you can drizzle over the top of the cooled scones.
Yum!
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The scones sound wonderful but I’ll take the latkes any day!
Darn, I was hoping for the latke recipe. I see that like me you prefer shredded potato rather than grated potato mush. Happy Chanukah, Susan!
My Starbucks has really yummy scones. Seeing yours makes me want one!
I know how yummy they both are!!
Nice recipe! Thank you.
Happy Hanukkah!
The scones look yummy! I can almost smell them!
How funny! I made both latkes and scones this weekend too.
Mittens: Being a fairly new knitter, I’m looking for a 2-needle mitten pattern. Would anyone have one to share? I had one and lost it. It will probably come up to the surface about the time I finish making the mittens. Any help would be appreciated. Somewhere to look for a pattern would be fine.
Happy Hanukkah, Susan! Hope you can join us up in Park City next Saturday, weather permitting. I’m still trying to decide between brunch or lunch, but will be in touch when we get there (Wednesday) and see what the weather guessers are saying!
yay! i’m stupid with happiness!
Happy Hannukah! I am looking forward to trying this recipe and several other fattening ones through the holiday season (oh, and I guess to extra exercise and dieting later:)
I’m with Carole! Latkes rock. Yum.
Woohoo!! I won something!
I never win anything! Hooray!!
Happy Hanukkah! I don’t think there is a significant calorie difference between the latkes and the scones.
Back to say the scones were a resounding success! The kids and I give them a thumbs up!
Oh, you’re making me hungry.
Sounds yummy! Thanks for the recipe.
Oh yum, latkes! I’m Catholic and when I was a kid, it was still no-meat on Fridays. Every Friday my Mom made the much-despised-by-me fish. At some point, my friend Ellen’s Mom must have taken pity on me and she started inviting me to their Friday night dinners. What did she make? Latkes! After lighting the Sabbath candle, we’d stuff ourselves with latkes. I still remember them as the best-ever latkes I’ve ever had.
Ummm…..latkes! It’s been a long time since I have some………YUMMMMMMMMM
Add me to the choir of voices clamoring for your latke recipe.
Missed ya’ll last night. In any case, thanks for the recipe. I’m totally going to make these!
Just wanted you to let know that I received many compliments on a Forest Canopy Shawl that I wore to a recent holiday party. It was knitted with Fino in the Champagne colorway. Thanks to your wonderful pattern, I love knitting lace. I have never received so many compliments on any other project.
I think i just gained 4 pounds looking at the photos! Yum!
Congrats to the winners!
Oh, that would be perfect with my coffee right now. Yum.
I am looking at wheels to purchase. A friend has a flock of sheep whose roving just came back and it’s gorgeous! Now I guess I need to learn to spin…. What kind do you use? Any recommendations?
Thanks.