Raise your hand if you’ve ever had a dry scone 🙋🏻♀️ Raise your hand if you’ve ever had a stale scone ✋ Well that ends now. I’ve made literally thousands of scones in my career. For quite a while I was a baker at a local pastry shop here on the Jersey Shore, and part of my job was making dozens and dozens of scones oh so very early in the morning. Before that, I worked in a small gourmet market, where I spent most of my day making scones. But… I was always making someone else’s scones. They were delicious, but they weren’t what I personally wanted in a scone, and isn’t that what baking is all about? Making something you love and hoping others will love it too? Well, I’ve thought about all the things that I loved about every scone I’ve ever made for anyone else, and used that to help me create a scone that I would want to eat every day. I wanted a scone that had some nice structure to it, but didn’t crumble with a mere glance in its direction. I also wanted it to have a just-right crispy exterior with a fluffy and light interior. I wanted as close to scone perfection as I could get without needing a passport. Guess what? I think I did it. You be the judge (Read more…)