Baking Season- again!

A couple months ago I swore up and down I would be back. Although I haven't been baking I have certainly been cooking. That is all about to change because it is in fact baking season. It's hard to talk yourself into slaving away in a hot kitchen the summer. The last few weeks or so it's finally been cooling down enough that I'm dying to get my hands covered in flour.

Initial thoughts- Scones.

I'm not sure what brought those into my head but I thinking scones would be a fun thing to tackle in the kitchen and I'm already mentally concocting festive flavors. Pumpkin obviously because 'tis the season. Maybe a white chocolate, cranberry? The BF is a big white chocolate fan so I try and incorporate the flavor into as many desserts as possible. Thus far I'm enjoying the challenge. My white chocolate, almond, sea salt cupcakes were something to brag about.

Back to the scones. I've been Googling to find a decent recipe but I'm torn. I saw one that mentioned refrigerating the dough before baking as it allows the dough to rise a little better. Most others don't recommend the step however in the comments section everyone discussed how important the 30 minute cooling was to the texture. That was a King Arthur recipe found here.

I keep promising the BF I'm going to send him into work with some goodies but I've been slacking. We have a Saint Bernard puppy (Kona) who demands a lot of my time.

But I adamant this time- I have the itch. We have a wedding we're going to this weekend in PA so I unfortunately won't be able to start playing in the kitchen until Sunday. Stay tuned!