My obsession with Blueberry's continues...

It is still berry season here and there is an abundance of blueberries and raspberries. They are so delicious and fresh here. We are lucky enough to also get lots of fruit from Italy which is also amazing. We were told by a local that the best fruit is always from italy, but I digress. One of my goals with all this free time I have is to become a better cook. The staples I can do, pan sear chicken breasts, boil potatoes, steam some veggies. I want to go further in to cooking though. Unfortunately practicing dinner recipes isn't that easy when your preparing for one. So I am working on breakfast recipes for Adam every morning. Since we've been here there have been a lot of eggs for breakfast. Then I tried something sweet, pancakes and french toast. Also hits with Adam. So I got a little braver yesterday. Before I tell you with what you need to know that Adam and I's favorite saturday morning activity (except during busy season) was to go to Artisan Bakery in Edwardsville, get some coffee and some kind of pastry. If blueberry scones were available then we would generally get that. Then we would walk through the farmers market for fresh produce. So I decided to bring a little of home to us. I found a great recipe for scones and took my best shot at them.

They were easier than I thought they would be.

2 c flour

1/3 c sugar

1 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

8 Tbsp butter

1/2 c sour cream

1 large egg

1/2 c blueberries ( or  which every berry you would like)

Mix the dry ingredients together in a bowl.

Using fork mix butter into flour mixture until it resembles coarse meal

In another bowl whisk together sour cream and egg until blended

Then using the same fork mix in the sour cream mixture to the flour mixture until it becomes dough like.

Then add the blueberries and mix them in. At this point you could pick up the dough ball to mix in the blueberries. It helped a little

Then pat out the dough on a lightly floured surface until it is about 1/2 -3/4 in thick. Cut into triangles, sprinkle sugar on top of the dough, and bake at 400 degrees F for around 15 min.

They were yummy and really brightened up breakfast this morning from the drab usual eggs and toast. The dough recipe is a really great basic recipe for scones and then just get creative with what you want to put in it. Enjoy!