Tuesdays with Dorie: Toasted Almond Scones
February 22, 2011 at 12:01 am | Posted in biscuits/scones, breakfast things, groups, tuesdays with dorie | 22 Comments
A warm scone and a hot cup of coffee (and a giant bowl of fruit salad!) sounds great to me on a chilly morning. Good call on the Toasted Almond Scones, Mike! These scones, with their trifecta of almond flavor (ground, chopped and extract), sounded so appealing to me that instead of making my usual half-batch, I went nuts and did a whole thing. Freezer food is oh-so conveinent.
I haven’t had the best luck getting my scones and biscuits to rise mightily (in fact, some could be mistaken for pancakes), so I patted these out a little bigger and fatter than Dorie suggests. As a result, I didn’t get the full twelve the recipe yields, but I did get my most successful batch of scones to date! Flaky and tall. These are sooo much better than the coffee shop variety. They are barely sweet, and we ate ours with blueberry jam.
For the recipe, see Baking: From My Home to Yours by Dorie Greenspan or read Living Out West. Don’t forget to check out the TWD Blogroll!
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your scone looks perfect! Nice and puffy! I thought these were delicious too!
Comment by Lauryn— February 22, 2011 #
Steph – what beauts! I agree – the higher and “fatter” the better. AND frozen worked better too – so glad you went the “full batch” route. They look beautiful! Thanks for the bake-along!
Comment by mike— February 22, 2011 #
I agree – these beat coffee shop scones hands down. Your scone looks so tall – perfect for splitting open and spreading with jam.
Comment by Cakelaw— February 22, 2011 #
You could never tell that your previous scones didn’t rise enough from these because this one looks picture perfect.
Comment by Eliana— February 22, 2011 #
This was a yummy treat. Yours look beautiful. I also baked a ‘full batch’ so I have some in the freezer, waiting for the perfect day.
Comment by cindy harris— February 22, 2011 #
Oh yea homemade scones are much better then coffee shop scones! They look perfect1 Congrat’s on your best scone ever! I love the picture with the bowl of fruit in the back ground.
Comment by Flourchild— February 22, 2011 #
Very nice, Steph! Look at the heighth! Beautiful job–could go for one right now.
Comment by Nina— February 22, 2011 #
I love making scones. I want to try these because I’ve never made almond ones with almond flour. Great post!
Comment by yummychunklet— February 22, 2011 #
wish I had made mine fatter- they look so good. just like the coffee house
Comment by Spike— February 22, 2011 #
I love scones! Ever since I moved a few months ago I haven’t been able to find my favorite scone mix in the grocery store and have been kicking myself to try one from scratch. Thanks for the post!
Comment by Sammie— February 22, 2011 #
Yours do look so tall and layered. Lovely job!
Comment by Elaine— February 22, 2011 #
Ooooh nice! Very nice and puffy. I liked that they were barely sweet too.
Comment by Jessica— February 22, 2011 #
A beauty of a scone! Seriously, so pretty. I missed out on this one since I’m all packed up to move. I am dying to try.
Comment by Becky O.— February 23, 2011 #
wow!! your scones look amazing. i patted mine a bit taller as well, but yours trump mine 🙂 glad you liked them!
Comment by Jeannette— February 23, 2011 #
Oh yum these scones look amazing, I love the look of the fruit salad hiding behind it too hehe.
Comment by Lot-O-Choc— February 24, 2011 #
I love that bowl!! And your scone looks wonderful.
Comment by Pamela— February 24, 2011 #
Those look great – I can see why you went whole hog and did a full batch (I did too – I usually halve everything). Nice job!
Comment by Jessica— February 25, 2011 #
That scone looks just brilliant!
Comment by Dharm— February 25, 2011 #
Your food always is so delicious! Whenever I need to impress the boyfriend or family, your blog is my first stop! My second stop is the grocery store of course to pick up any ingredients I don’t have to make your blogged recipes :).
Comment by Anne— February 26, 2011 #
Thanks, Anne!!
Comment by steph (whisk/spoon)— February 26, 2011 #
Sounds good to me on any type of morning…love this photo, so bright and cheery and just the thing for a morning to wake everyone up with a smile!
Comment by Kayte— March 6, 2011 #
finally made these and they were so good. And your’s are pretty.
Comment by teaandscones— March 6, 2011 #