Om Nom Nom: Pina Cranada Scone Thing
Tonight is the Snow Ball, the local arts organization fundraiser. I'm going with my friend Ellen the Psychiatrist Who Would Rather be Doing Stand-Up Comedy. She's going to crash here tonight instead of braving the late-night PATH train. She takes an acting class Sunday mornings, so she may not have time for a proper breakfast tomorrow. Hence, I wanted to bake something that can either be heated up and served for breakfast, or wrapped To Go. (cut for length)
I got the oven going at 350, which is my default temperature, and put two cups of white flour into the giant Pyrex measuring cup/batter bowl. Then I cut in half a stick of butter. (You know how to cut in, don't you? Put your lips together and blow no, actually, you take two butter knives and Benihana them around until the butter ends up in little pieces scattered through the flour.)
Take about half a 12-ounce bag of cranberries out of the freezer. Smash them with a potato masher. Then add about 1/3 of a can of pineapple in pineapple juice. I had cubed pineapple, so I did a second round of smashing, but if it was crushed pineapple that wouldn't have been necessary. Plunk the fruit on top of the flour and butter. Add a sprinkle of salt, about half a cup of sugar, an egg (I usually buy the Medium organic cage-free ones), a teaspoon of baking soda and one of baking powder. Cinnamon--not necessarily to make it taste like cinnamon, but to enhance the sweetness without adding more sugar. Then a couple of big spoonfuls of plain yogurt--enough to make a batter. Since yogurt is acidic, you need baking powder AND soda. Chemistry, bitches! Stir just enough to mix everything, then pour into a well-greased cake or pie pan. Well, actually a square cornbread pan would work too. Test for doneness after about half an hour.
Not a proper scone of course because the proportions are off
I cut the finished item into eighths and, when it had cooled a little, had a piece with a glass of milk. Purely for quality control purposes. It's very good. Although it's definitely the kind of humble-checked-tablecloth thing to be consumed with milk or a cuppa or some coffee, not off porcelain with a glass of dessert wine even assuming you have such a thing.
NB: I started typing "cranberry-pineapple scones" in the tag line and the autocomplete suggested "Canadian shack," which I guess means I've been in fandom too long.
I got the oven going at 350, which is my default temperature, and put two cups of white flour into the giant Pyrex measuring cup/batter bowl. Then I cut in half a stick of butter. (You know how to cut in, don't you? Put your lips together and blow no, actually, you take two butter knives and Benihana them around until the butter ends up in little pieces scattered through the flour.)
Take about half a 12-ounce bag of cranberries out of the freezer. Smash them with a potato masher. Then add about 1/3 of a can of pineapple in pineapple juice. I had cubed pineapple, so I did a second round of smashing, but if it was crushed pineapple that wouldn't have been necessary. Plunk the fruit on top of the flour and butter. Add a sprinkle of salt, about half a cup of sugar, an egg (I usually buy the Medium organic cage-free ones), a teaspoon of baking soda and one of baking powder. Cinnamon--not necessarily to make it taste like cinnamon, but to enhance the sweetness without adding more sugar. Then a couple of big spoonfuls of plain yogurt--enough to make a batter. Since yogurt is acidic, you need baking powder AND soda. Chemistry, bitches! Stir just enough to mix everything, then pour into a well-greased cake or pie pan. Well, actually a square cornbread pan would work too. Test for doneness after about half an hour.
Not a proper scone of course because the proportions are off
I cut the finished item into eighths and, when it had cooled a little, had a piece with a glass of milk. Purely for quality control purposes. It's very good. Although it's definitely the kind of humble-checked-tablecloth thing to be consumed with milk or a cuppa or some coffee, not off porcelain with a glass of dessert wine even assuming you have such a thing.
NB: I started typing "cranberry-pineapple scones" in the tag line and the autocomplete suggested "Canadian shack," which I guess means I've been in fandom too long.