Cranberry Lemon Scones

Cranberry Lemon Scones will delight your tongue with a bright lemony flavor that is highlighted by small intense bursts of cranberry morsels tucked into each bite!

Y’all, these are seriously so-so good!

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Scones, much like a biscuit in texture are versatile; I’m learning they go with practically anything you decide to put with them.

Savory meat gravies, tomato & herb sauces or sweetened up with choices like strawberries, peaches or as the name implies Cranberry and Lemon!

(BTW, I wouldn’t pass one up with just butter & jam either. Just saying…)

As for the lemon aspect to these; my lifetime lemon meter got tanked off as a kid when I use to suck down lemon juice packets. Rest assured these are not like biting into a lemon wedge or drinking concentrated lemon juice. Not even close! While these lovelies do have the zest of 3 lemons they’re not tart.

Your jaw will not seize up nor will your saliva glands over react. *Yay*

The zest lightens the dough just enough to give it a hint of sunshine.  🙂

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The freshness of the lemon followed by varied levels of cranberry ending with a sweetened lemon glaze drizzled over the top —

*Holy YUM Moley*

Are you hungry yet?

Well, let’s get baking!

Grab up the following ingredients:

  • 2 1/4 cups A/P Flour
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • 3 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup dried cranberries
  • 3 Tsp lemon zest (I used zest f/ 3 lemons packing the 3 Tsp)
  • 1/2 cup butter (cold!)
  • 1 egg
  • 3/4 cup milk
  • GLAZEMix together 1 Tbs milk, 1 Tbs lemon juice & 1/4 c powdered sugar

Directions:

  1. Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees.
  2. Mix egg into your milk; set aside.
  3. Whisk your dry ingredients together in a bowl.
  4. Cut cold butter into your dry ingredients until you get a crumbly mix.
  5. Mix in cranberries & zest.
  6. Pour milk/egg into bowl with your dry ingredients & mix gently until dough is just wet. 
  7. Tumble dough onto a pizza stone sprinkled slightly with flour.
  8. Form into 8 inch round by 1 inch deep.
  9. Score into eight equal pieces.
  10. Bake 30 minutes. Remove when golden brown & crusty all around, on top and in between each slice.
  11. Allow to cool before drizzling with glaze 
  12. Lastly ~ Enjoy! 🙂

Mmm Mmm Good!

Sink your teeth into a version of your own & come back to share!

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By the way, this was my first time to make scones.

I thought my batter was too wet.

Trust me, it was not.

The wet batter cooked to perfection leaving a toasty light brown outside and crumbly inside!

Lately, I’ve become infatuated with all the different varieties I can make.

I followed this recipe exactly but will soon experiment with my own twists to bring you my usual #twofer 🙂 SAM_0693

Credit for the original gorgeous beauty goes to Steve over at The Black Peppercorn! I’m seriously going to be stalking the recipe isle. Head over and say Hello!

Til Next Time ~

Domesticated Rebellion

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Strawberry Cucumber Salad

Strawberry Cucumber Salad tossed in Honey & White Wine Vinegar

Have you heard? I can grow a badass cucumber! It all started in the compost

…I’m one of those people who will see something in a picture and more often than not, convince myself  “Hey, I can do that!”, and off I set to do ‘whatever‘ without really researching the ‘how to’ behind the project… Sound familiar? Know anyone else like this? Well in this instance, it was composting. I mean seriously, how hard can it be to allow stuff to decompose, Right?  So I built a box out of pallet leftovers setting a drum from an old washing machine in the center to hold my ‘stuff’. cucumbersMaking sure the cover would lock to keep critters out, ensuring airflow ~ I felt good about my recycling endeavor and started filling the drum with kitchen scraps & garden trimmings, turning it daily as I had interpreted from the pic. Payday happened at the beginning of Spring 2018 when my efforts were rewarded with beautiful black rich soil! WHOOT! I was so excited at my success! 🙂 As soon as it was warm enough that black gold was spread over every single raised bed, used in all my pots and even layered in some ground areas. Anticipation grew as I soon started seeing little sprouts everywhere. Yay! I was all happy with myself; maybe I do have a green thumb… HaHaHa, If Only! Ya see, all the sprouts were IDENTICAL. Every pot. Every bed. Every spot I used my black gold had the exact same sprout. 

Each sprout I have since learned was a cucumber plant! (a few were cantaloupes)

Apparently, I need to research more about composting because when I discarded my cucumber vines with some cucumbers last year, the seeds did not decomp as I expected and were dispersed throughout my entire garden this year! SMH! Imagine my surprise when cucumbers started coming up where I had planted corn! And cantaloupe! And tomatoes in my potatoes! WTH? It’s funny now but I’ve had to do some serious searching for cucumber inspired recipes…

Thus, bringing this ingenious lovely into my life! Simple, easy, 4 ingredients! Think of it as ‘Summer in a Side’!SAM_0429

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 cup Honey
  • 1/8 – 1/4 cup White Wine Vinegar
  • 1 large Cucumber
  • 1 pint Strawberries

Mix vinegar & honey in a small bowl. I suggest this motto: “Less is Best, Taste as you Go” to ensure the vinegar isn’t overpowering the sweetness I started with 1/8 cup and continued until it fancied my flavor! 😉

Peel and slice your cucumber into rounds

Slice the strawberries after washing and removing stems, adding to bowl of cucumbers. Pour the honey mixture over the fruits, tossing gently to dress each slice. Cover and chill before serving.SAM_0431

 

 

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Oh, food for thought: to cut small fruits like strawberries, olives, or mushrooms I ♥ this ~ Works Perfectly so hands of grands can assist without concern of cutting themselves!

Surfing through Pinterest as I usually do for inspiration I stumbled across a pin that led me to Karen over at   https://thefoodcharlatan.com with her re-make from the cookbook Our Sweet Basil Kitchen by Oh Sweet Basil. Both recipe curators use balsamic for this dish. I chose white wine vinegar as it has less bite IMO compared to balsamic versions. But don’t take just my word, you should try all three for yourself!

Til Next Time ~

Domesticate Rebellion

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