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I’m not sure if this is just where I work or if it’s everywhere but I feel like people at my office don’t know elevator etiquette at all. I’m not sure the people at my office realize that in order for them to get on the elevator to get to where they want to go, they have to let the people who were on the elevator out. There’s so many people at work that just storm onto the elevator as soon as the doors open. It makes no sense! Or those people who stand right in front of the elevator door. It’s terrifying when the doors open and there’s this person just standing right there as if he’s about to kiss the elevator door.
Do you ever get nervous getting on the elevator after someone who has been riding in it by themselves gets out of it? I always hold my breath. Seriously. There have been times I’ve walked into an elevator after someone got out and it just reeked. So now I’m terrified of going in an elevator after someone. What if they farted?! Or what if they have really bad perfume/cologne on or what if they had bad breath? Haha, I’m so weird, but I definitely don’t breathe until a couple seconds after I’ve stepped in. It’s as if I wait for the air to clear or something, haha
Anyway, a month or so ago, Jason and I discovered a farmer’s market near our house. It’s small but it worked for what we wanted to buy. We wanted fresh fruit and we bought 3 quarts of cherries and a quart of strawberries. I love fresh fruit in the summertime! Since I had a ton of cherries (which we ended up eating for days!), I decided to make cherry almond scones. Oh goodness, these scones were SO good. The almond glaze was the perfect touch atop the tart cherries and the scones were a great texture. We were so happy with this recipe that we didn’t give any away :) we ate them all for breakfast for about a week and it was glorious!
Cherry Almond Scones
Ingredients
- 3 cups (375 g) all purpose flour
- ¼ cup (50 g) plus 2 tbsp. granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 8 tablespoons (112 g) unsalted butter, cold and cubed
- 1 ¼ cups (296 ml) buttermilk, plus more for brushing
- 1 cup (138 g) halved cherries, I used this OXO cherry pitter for quick pitting of my cherries
- 2 tablespoon sparkling sugar
For the glaze:
- 2 cups (240 g) confectioners’ sugar
- 3 tablespoon milk or buttermilk
- ½ teaspoon almond extract
- ½ cup (118 g) sliced almonds, for topping
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 °F (204 °C) and line two baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats.
- In a large bowl, whisk together flour, granulated sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Using a pastry blender or two knives, cut the butter into the flour mixture until mixture looks like coarse meal. Stir in the buttermilk and then carefully fold in the cherries. Try not to use too much force or you’ll end up with purple dough :)
- With an ice cream scoop, scoop dough onto the prepared baking sheets. You should get roughly 16 mounds. Brush the tops of mounds with buttermilk then sprinkle sparkling sugar on top.
- Bake the scones in the upper and lower thirds of the oven for 30-35 minutes. Shift the pans from front to back and top to bottom halfway through baking. Let the scones cool for 10 minutes before moving to a wire rack to cool completely.
- While the scones are cooling, whisk together sugar, milk, and almond extract until you get a thick enough glaze but still runny enough to drizzle.
- Using a fork, dip into the glaze and then gently, in a zig-zag motion, drizzle over each cooled scone then top with sliced almonds.
- Let dry for 10 minutes then serve.
- Store in an airtight container for up to 5 days.
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I love scones. Love, love, love them. These look wonderful!
Amazing! Wish I had one this morning with my coffee!!!
Julie, these are gorgeous! The cherries and that glaze are calling my name! :)
I love scones! Matter of fact, I just ate an orange one for breakfast. I bet the cherry almond is just fantastic! Oh, and totally agree on the elevator. I think I just tweeted the other day how folks need to wait until I get out before they barrel in!
These are perfect!! I am a new cherry eater and have been itching to start baking with them. These are the perfect first thing!
Such a perfect breakfast, I wish I’d had one of these this morning. It would have been the absolute best way to start the day!
Hi Julie! Just wanted to say THANK YOU — I have found my Saturday morning project. I am so obsessed with cherries in the summertime :-)
P.S. When you bake new recipes, do you follow a basic recipe for the measurements (wet to dry ingredients, # of eggs, etc.)? If not, how do you figure it out? Trial and error? Thanks!!
Hi Jess – for new recipes, yes I follow a base recipe that I know and modify it and then it becomes trial & error because I’m modifying it. For this particular one, it’s a recipe from Food & Wine that I adapted.
I HATE people that try to rush an elevator but I’ve never had that thought of hold your breath lol BTW totally love that first pic – so fun! I need a scone asap
My coffee cup is jealous that it doesn’t have these scones hanging out on the side!
Oh Julie these are BEAUTIFUL! They look so tender and full of those gorgeous juicy cherries. Your pictures are just lovely as well!