Don't worry, it's me. I know I smell like bacon...

I haven't updated in a few days and I've gotten a little behind on posting what I've made. Because of work I get to try new things which is why I can make multiple things and my family will not get overloaded with scones and the like (although they do love getting any treats).

Two of the recipes I tried came from BetterBaking.com's book once again, which seems to be a growing trend. I am really enjoying the book although I would like there to be more pictures of the product just to either compare or know what exactly she's talking about when it comes to putting it all together. I am a very visual learner.

The first sconey feature is the Double Cheddar Scones from BB. It's finally become cold this winter, so what better way to get warm than a bowl of soup and a tender cheesy scone straight from the oven? The batter for these ended up being really moist so I ended up adding quite a bit more flour and it did take a little longer in the oven to bake, but then again our oven is a little unpredictible so maybe it was just fine.  The cheese that you sprinkle on at the end reached that almost crispy, chewy point like what you get at the edges of lasagna. "It's like what you get at Tim Horton's only deadlier," says my mother and we all know how horribly good those sinful things are.

In staying with the cheese theme the next in line is Quick Cornbread from an old New York Time's cookbook.  It's pretty much our go-to recipe for a basic cornbread, but then we add things to it like our housesmoked bacon (I smelled like smokey-goodness so much that I got a weird look and a sniff from a woman when I went to the gym. Before I got changed. This is too awkward.) cheese, buttermilk, and chilis. I used drippings from the smoked bacon in place of butter to give it a really smokey flavour. They were easy to put together and make the perfect addition to a big bowl of Superbowl chili.

Finally are the Cinnamon Bun Scones.  Who doesn't like a nice sweet scone or a cinnamon bun? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? We generally always have a scones at the store and I have made cinnamon buns for it too, but the problem is you can already tell the difference if you were to leave a piece of bread out on the counter for an hour (same goes for the cinnamon bun). It's not inedible or anything, they still lip smacking good, it's just not the same a straight from the oven. Scones tend to fair well through the day so I combined the two ideas. 

My recipe came from here.  Coming out of the oven, I'm not going to lie, they looked a little questionable.  They didn't seem to have the moistness that other scone recipes I have done have had (the oatmeal made me question it a bit) nor did they have great oven spring.  But I always try to try a recipe as it is first then try it again tweaking it my own way, so I added the glaze, put them in some tupperware for a bit, and low and behold they absorbed a little moisture from the glaze and looked like something you could eat three of. They look damn fine, smell just like a cinnamon bun, and are tender despite my earlier reservations. Give 'er a go if you feel like a cinnamon bun, but can't wait for the dough to rise.