Extra yeasty: the pre-ferment
Before we get to the science, I need to defend my recipe. I called my dad earlier this week to wish him a happy birthday, and he immediately moved on to more pressing issues: these scones take too long. King…
Yeast-raised cinnamon scones
This recipe started, oddly enough, as an enthusiastic suggestion from a coworker for yeast-raised chocolate chip cookies. They turned out, well, strange. I don’t easily dismiss homemade baked goods studded with dark chocolate, but the texture just didn’t really work….
Flaky Pumpkin Scones
When flaky is a good thing A month or so ago, the lunch discussion at my office turned to the all-important subject of scones and the eternal question: flaky or fluffy? For me, this is no contest. Fluffy and crumbly…
