Cream Scones with dried cherries and chocolate
I made a recent trip to California, where I had the most wonderful English tea experience: My gigantic pot of tea and my finger sandwich spread with a side salad and one scone Condiments for the scone: clotted cream, lemon curd, triple berry jam Fully constructed scone heaven So you can imagine that when I got home, I was itching to make some more scones to enjoy. The scone is one category of quick rise pastries that I have yet to get over my apprehension for making, and yet I collect scone recipes like it's my job. The recipes look simple and seem to be so tasty, and the sheer romance of having scones with freshly brewed tea makes me search avidly for recipes, and yet I shy away from making them. Partly I think it's the problem that I have not eaten many scones in my lifetime, and few of those were from reputable sources, so I lack confidence that I would be able to recognize home scone-making success in a recipe. So this trip to CA and fateful l...