I love scones.  Love them. I spent a couple of days looking at recipes online. I have a love hate relationship with finding good recipes that work with the ingredients I have access to in Bulgaria.

[caption id="attachment_1359" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Scones in Sofia. "]<img class="size-full wp-image-1359" title="Scones! " src="http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/img_1079.jpg" alt="Scones in Sofia. " width="500" height="333" />[/caption]

<!--more-->Here's what I did to make the Apricot Almond Scones:
<ul>
	<li>1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour</li>
	<li>1/4 cup oatmeal</li>
	<li>1/3 brown sugar</li>
	<li>1/2 teaspoons baking soda</li>
	<li> ½ teaspoon each of cinnamon, ginger and powdered vanilla</li>
	<li>125 g/8 tablespoons cold butter,</li>
	<li>½ cup total of chopped almonds and dried apricots</li>
	<li>½ cup milk and 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice</li>
</ul>
Preheat oven to 350 F/170 C; rip a pice of aluminum foil for the cookie sheet and don't forget to grease this. Whisk flour, sugar, baking soda, and spices/powdered vanilla together in a large bowl. Cut butter into small pieces and incorporate into dry ingredients with a fork.  Stir in almonds and apricots with a spatula or large spoon.

Then stir in milk until fully incorporated (add about 3/4 of it to start, and add the rest a little bit at a time, if you need it, until the dough comes together, but is not too sticky. The amount of milk required varies with the humidity). Turn dough out onto a well-floured cutting board. Shape into a 1 to 1 ½ inch thick circle and cut into eight equal triangles. Place scones on cookie sheet and bake for about 15-20 minutes, or until scones are golden brown.

[caption id="attachment_1360" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Yum, Scones "]<img class="size-full wp-image-1360" title="Scones 2" src="http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/img_1076.jpg" alt="Yum Scones " width="500" height="333" />[/caption]

All I want to do is eat scones.  In fact, that's about all I've done today.  These are easy-peasy to make and you can really mix anything you want into these--dried fruit, nuts, blueberries, pumpkin... you name it. Yum. Scones.