with dried cranberries and chocolate chips.
New food processor only means one thing: SCONES. Actually, it's not new at all. I just got it for free from a subletter. It's old and a little dirty, but nonetheless functional. And, it was completely fine after I thoroughly washed it. I heard that scones are best made in food processors since they minimize the amount of dough-handling, so I decided to give it a try.
I used a recipe from the Smitten Kitchen just because it included cranberries. I had wanted to use up the dried cranberries I bought a couple of months ago. For some reason, though, I couldn't find many recipes that required DRIED cranberries. Sarah also wanted something that could be eaten on-the-go, so it seemed perfect.
Of course, baking for my apartment means that I need to incorporate chocolate chips in everything that I bake. So, I added 1/2 cup of chocolate. I also had a lot more dried cranberries than required, so I increased the amount from 1/2 cup to 3/4 cups. I increased the amount of milk because the dough didn't look like it was coming together.
These scones weren't bad but they weren't as dreamy as I hoped. Maybe the cranberries+semisweet chocolate combination didn't work for me. I also may have added a little too much salt. Or maybe I just overmixed the dough. I'm not exactly sure what went wrong.
I guess I'll give these another shot since Mallory and Sarah liked these scones. So far, my favorite has been the strawberry scones I made during the spring. If only the price of strawberries weren't so high compared to other fruit...
Next time:
1. pulse only amount in the recipe
2. don't increase milk
3. use white chocolate instead of semisweet chocolate
recipe from smittenkitchen.com
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