TWD: Buttermilk Scones

Scones are one of my favourite kind of baking-goods. I am really no gifted baker (although I practice since more than four years now. Four years! Unbelievable!). But I guess I have a bit of a "biscuit hand", what applies, I believe, also to scones. The bad I am at mastering cakes with creams and tartes, the better I am when it comes to "dry" things like shortbread, breakfast treats or easy-fast recipes like brownies. And cheesecakes. But that's another story, I am deviating, sorry. This should be about the fabulous Buttermilk Scones, and not about me :-)

So, Buttermilk Scones are a fast and easy recipe as most scones are. I like the buttermilk flavour and consider this to be on my top-3-scones recipe list. The basic dough can be combined with almost everything that goes with scones, I guess. I gave dried apricots a try (one of my all-time-favourite ingredients for scones). Baking time was a bit longer, more like 17 mins. And I didn't glaze them as I don't like them too much on the sweet side.

If you like scones - do them! They are as fast and easy that you can even do them before Sunday breakfast and end up with a wonderful treat in the morning.

For the recipe, have a look at Dorie Greenspan's book. And to see what the rest of the TWD-group made out of this simple, basic but nevertheless delicious recipe, visit the blog!

(belated) TWD: Buttermilk-Crumb Muffins

I have to bake a week behind the rest of the group in November, therefore I'm not going to leave my link. But at least I want to have the record I made it for myself.

When I read the recipe for Buttermilk-Crumb Muffins I thought "How boring". I regularily tend to forget that it is very often the oddest-sounding recipes that turn out best.

And: These muffins are really a hit and a alltime-favourite!

They are more than easy in the making, delicious due to the crumbs and moist and soft on the inside. Perfect. Who needs more from a muffin?

For the recipe, got to Alisa's page Easier Than Pie  who hosted the November 6-recipe of TWD-"Baking with Julia"- or have a look at Dorie Greenspans book.