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A face only a mother could love?

Strangely enough, my mother does, probably more than I do.

I’m sorry, Pointy Kitty, it’s not you or your pattern, which was so kindly provided for free by Wee Wonderfuls… it’s me. I’m just… slightly disappointed with the end result is all; you’re not quite what I had in mind when I began cutting your little legs out of old scrap fabric. Nothing went wrong when sewing you up, you’re simply… a different style. My parents would be happy to adopt you, though! They grinned at your arrival, saying things you were “mod” and “cute,” but to me, it’s a different kind of cute. I hope you can understand someday.

Stuck at home with a terrible stomach virus the other day, I searched in vain for something, anything to keep me occupied – Can’t bake, it would make other people sick. Can’t knit, no pattern or yarn. Thankfully, I stumbled upon the Pointy Kitty pattern, which was plenty of fun to whip up. Sadly, I just… don’t like it that much! Even after changing the eyes and the nose, it just doesn’t fit my personal definition of “cute,” despite what others might see in it.

For now, he’s prowling the kitchen, until my parents decide what to do with him, because instead of being just a useless time waster, he actually became something better: A gift.

There are some cookbooks, or in this case, websites, that manage to produce impossibly sumptuous recipes each and every time you crack the cover. It doesn’t matter if it comes from an entirely different section or category, these prized treasures can simply do no wrong when it comes to baking. This has been the case for me with my discovery of Baking Sheet. Multiple times now, I’ve been able to just pull a recipe at random, seduced by the gorgeous, practically pornographic photography, convert it the standards of veganism, and create a dessert with wild success.

These particular scones are so unbelievably delicious and versatile, you will find that I’m not crazy to have made them on at least two dozen separate occasions now! The only main adjustment is to convert the butter to a soy-based margarine, and the rest of the additions are so flexible, you can’t possibly become bored! Another beauty of making such a small batch is that you get to try lots of different combinations without any becoming bland or ho-hum.

Lacking both fresh and dried cranberries this time around, I’ve found dried apricots to be a huge hit with my mother. I can make a batch of these every morning, only to find that she’s finished them off by the end of that evening. In the past I’ve also used dried pears, apples, and even… (shh) chocolate chips. For the liquid, I was surprised how well the orange goes with most fruits, so I tend to stick with it, but lemon also packs a nice citrus-y kick, or on the other side of the spectrum, a vanilla soymilk could be a creamy, sweeter modification. Really, anything you can think of in terms of flavor can go, I have yet to discover a failing scone produced by this ingenious formula.

So what are you waiting for? Get your butt over to Baking Sheet, you won’t be disappointed!

Tag: homemade

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