Scary, Scalded Scones.

Word to the wise: don’t ignore your kitchen timer when it goes off. Don’t be all brazen and think “oh, I’ll get the scones out of the oven in a second” and then do what I do, which is not get the scones out of the oven in a second.

However many minutes after the timer sounded (5? 15?), I remembered the scones, and not because I was responsible and thought “oh yes, the scones”, but because I could smell them. Not that wonderful ‘butter baking’ smell that you know I love… but rather that ‘carbon’ smell I have grown to know all too well.

(FYI: scones aren’t like toast. You can’t scrape the burned parts off them and try and make a go of it anyway. You have to wait for your failure to cool down enough to throw out and not melt the plastic garbage bag, so your disaster gets to sit and look at you up until that point. Mocking you.)

(But seriously, if you want to make scones and think you can handle the advanced task of taking them out of the oven on time, try The Zesty Ginger Scone with Raisins and Orange Glaze, or the Cornmeal Cheddar Chipotle Biscuit. Guaranteed good times.)

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April 21st, 2012 | More Sweets Please | No Comments | Tags: Disasters