Wanna make scones today ?

 Some of you may remember that I played in the most fun meme,

CELEBRITY COOK ALONG with THE BAREFOOT CONTESSA,

hosted by LYNN, that's HAPPIER THAN A PIG IN MUD.
She has this cook-along each month on the 15th, with a different celebrity cook.
Be sure to check on that date because she will have some awesome recipes to share.

This cookalong with Ina Garten was a couple months ago.

I chose to make the CONTESSA'S

Cranberry Orange Scones.

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 The above photo is NOT something I made...

I bought these CRANBERRY SCONES at our local deli

and took this photo of them.  (THEN, I ate 'em..)

I added this to my post

simply because I LOVE THIS PHOTO. :))
Those are frozen cranberries and made the prettiest photo.

 THE ABOVE are the scones I made.
It was around ST. PATRICK'S DAY.

 ♫♪♪ CRANBERRIES and ORANGES ♪♪♫

THIS is her recipe.
When I did my post on these delicious treats,
I promised to come back and show you a little about
making them...

a LOT of butter....

Of course, this is one thing that makes the scones sooo good..

Even the ingredients made for a good photo....
:))

The dough is pretty thick but still very workable.

I don't have a bread making machine..

or a heavy duty standing mixer.
That's right....
I am bread making machine and standing mixerLESS !

BUT...my heavy duty HAND mixer came with

dough beaters and they work really well with a dough as soft as this one.

They might be too light-weight to handle a thicker dough.
I have to tell ya that this rich dough was sooo delicious, I kept taking bites
and nearly ate it all before I could even make the scones.
Oh, Barefoot Contessa...you sure do know how to make a good SCONE !!

I just LUV this photo...

the dough climbing up the beaters....

(I know......I don't get out much)

I rolled and cut them just like I do my biscuits..

and, I baked them in a CAST IRON SKILLET.

O HoNeY

I hope you can make some soon...
if possible, serve them right out of the oven,
split with butter in between.
I mean...
Ya just can't get too much BUTTAH.....
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Thanks to all the hosts..
Thank you for stopping by today..
Sure hope YOUR day has CRANBERRY ORANGE SCONES in it.
xoxo bj