Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Mother's Day Scones.

I went home this past weekend to celebrate Mother's Day with my wonderful, giving, and amazing mom! She's a spectacular cook! Because of that, she rarely relinquishes her kitchen duties. She wanted to have a Mother's Day brunch for everyone, and I insisted I help with something. We decided cream scones with mock devonshire cream would be the perfect accompaniment to egg & sausage casserole, fresh fruit salad, cheese grits, homemade banana bread, and strawberry butter. Scones used to intimidate me, until my mom showed me how to make them a couple Christmases ago. Now I'm a pro. Kind of.  :) Here's what you need to know...

The recipe.

Butter needs to be cold - right out of the fridge. I find cutting it into chunks helps it incorporate easier.


This is what the dough should look like once all the butter is in.
Incorporate until butter resembles the size of small peas.


Handle dough as little as possible. 
It makes the scones more flaky, the less you handle it.


Cut the scones as big or small as you want.
I sprinkled these with baker's sugar from William Sonoma.


Finished product!! SOOOOO AMAZING! (If I do say so myself)


Warm & Fresh from the oven. This is a recipe you MUST try!


The extras: strawberry jelly, devonshire cream (fantastic!), and strawberry butter.



Hope everyone had a great weekend with their Mothers! xx

30 comments:

  1. YUM! This looks incredible, I can just taste the strawberry butter :)

    xx FujiFiles

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  2. wow these look incredible and your mothers-day table looks soo pretty!

    xox Vicky

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  3. Looks delish. I will be trying ASAP. Thanks.x

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  4. yum! im so hungry right now x

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  5. wow...feel like having one...Even i had a great time celebrating mother's day...got her a nice dress ^_^

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  6. looks so YUMMY!
    thanks for sharing as always
    and i appreciate the sweet comments, means the world!

    -cma
    COSMICaroline.blogspot.com

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  7. oh my goodness...BIG MISTAKE for me to read this entry right before lunchtime, with no lunch in hand! these look sooooooooo delish!

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  8. Strawberry butter sounds like the most perfect spread in the world. I just ate dinner but reading this post made me hungry again!

    Also, I completely relate with your curly hair! Mine's really thick and wavy so whenever it's short, I basically become engaged to my hair straightener. And then we break up. And then it looks awful. It's a cruel cycle.

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  9. Looks likeit turned out delish!! Love homemade bakery so definitely will try makig scones too someday! :)

    Cute blog! Following you!

    xoxo
    Tamanna from French Leave

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  10. AMAZING recipe!! I wonder how it would taste low fat..lol.

    I'm so craving some devonshire cream right now!!!

    xx

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  11. Great blog! those scones look delicious!
    I am a follower now! :)
    http://stylenotesbybelen.blogspot.com/

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  12. love your table setting! super cute :)

    ~ http://hellomisschic.blogspot.com

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  13. yum those scones look delish!!

    Anna Katrina
    http://passportglamour.blogspot.com/

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  14. Oh those look wonderful!! Thanks so much for sharing!

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  15. Those look delicious!

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  16. wow. this look soooo good.

    thanks for the visit!!!

    loooove.

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  17. That table setting is so cute :)
    And the scones nice n flaky. I like mine with a few sugar crystals on it.

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  18. Yuuuuuuummm! Those look delicious!
    www.poolovesboo.blogspot.com

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  19. Ohhh that looks amazing...Thanks so much for your lovely comment. You are such a lucky girl that you have a mom and aunt who used to design wedding dresses...How cool is that?
    I adore your blog and I would love to ask if you are up for following each other? Let me know,
    Kisses and have a wonderful weekend

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  20. oh MAN, how I love scones and those look amazing!!!

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  21. Thanx for your sweet comment at Scandinavian Chic:)
    You have a great blog - and those scones look soo yummy:)
    Rikke

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  22. Those look to die for! What a perfect Mother's day treat! I'm impressed with your baking skills!

    xo
    Valerie

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  23. wow, these look sooo delicious!!!

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  24. How fun and oh so yummy, Lindsay!

    Thank you so much for stopping by my site and for the cute comment...I am loving your blog too!

    Liesl :)

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  25. these scones look amazing. i think i might have to try and make them sometime! love the assortment of spreads. great idea.

    http://ramblingsoflovely.com

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