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Sunday, October 23, 2011

Sundried Tomato & Bacon Scones

A few weeks ago, I decided it was time to whittle down the magazine piles that had accumulated around the house.  And yes, I have to do this quite often.  I always have best intentions of staying orderly, but those intentions rarely come to fruition.  I make separate stacks: keepers (I haven't gotten rid of an issue of Saveur in 13 years) and recyclers (minus a few torn out pages and recipes).  Of course, then I'm left wondering what to do with the pages I ripped out to keep those from "accumulating".  Ugh.  One of the recipes I came across was from the March '10 issue of BHG.  Um...yeah...time sneaks up on me!  It was for some savory scones and combined bacon and dried tomatoes and herbs.  I wound up changing it a good amount, but the premise of this savory scone carried over into my batch.  They are fantastic.  As in, far too fantastic.  So fantastic, in fact, that I didn't want to tell anybody else just how fantastic they were.  Because really, they're not all that pretty, so they may be passed by for something more visually enticing.  So, as people skim over them, I will whisper their praises (hoping they won't hear me).  And then I will indulge in tender bites of rich, tangy tomatoes and salty, savory bacon accented by earthy herbs.  And I will be happy that nobody else took one.  Sheesh.  Selfish much!?
Sundried Tomato & Bacon Scones
from the kitchen of girlichef
yield: 12 scones

2½ oz. sundried tomatoes (dry pack), chopped
1¼ c. white whole wheat flour
1¼ c. unbleached all-purpose flour
1 Tbs. baking powder
1 heaping Tbs. freshly chopped herbs (I used oregano, thyme, & rosemary)
½ tsp. garlic powder
½ tsp. sea salt
¾ c. cold butter, cut into chunks
¼ c. sour cream
2 large eggs
2 Tbs. buttermilk
2 oz. extra sharp cheddar cheese, optional
12 oz. bacon, cooked & crumbled

Preheat oven to 400° F. 

 Combine flours, baking powder, herbs, garlic powder, and salt in a large bowl.  Cut and pinch in the butter with your fingers until mixture forms coarse crumbs, about the size of peas.  Add chopped sundried tomatoes and about ¾ of the bacon* to the mixture and work in quickly with your hands.  Combine sour cream, eggs, and buttermilk in a small bowl, then add it to the large bowl.  Stir until just moist.  Turn out onto a lightly floured work surface and knead until the mixture just comes together.  The ideal amount of strokes for making scones is 12 or less (to keep them tender).  Divide dough in half and gently pat each dough into a circle.  Cut each circle into 6 wedges.

Transfer wedges to a lined cookie sheet (or sheets).  Slide into preheated oven and bake for ~12 minutes, quickly sprinkling cheese (if using) and remaining bacon over top of scones after the first 7 minutes.

*Alternately, you could add the cheese to the scones with the butter and just put all of the bacon inside.
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  1. I'm glad that you shared them with us Heatherm but looks like will need to make our own:D

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  2. Those look mouth-watering!

    I know exactly what you mean by all the magazine piles. I always take my read magazines to my classroom to use them for projects but now my classroom is starting to become overrun with magazines. LOL!

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  3. I can imagine these with a big bowl of soup!
    I (try to) keep my torn magazine pages organized in one of those plastic binders with the file pages, then I separate according to type.

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  4. These look really tasty - I love that you've added bacon to them. It must be the day for scones as I've just made cheese and chile ones!

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  5. I need to go through all the copies of Gourmet Traveller I brought to the UK with me and see if I can still identify the recipes I thought "I will definitely make them" about.

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  6. These look perfect...I would also love them as an accompaniment to soup! Yum!

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  7. Dear girl chef know exactly what you mean by all the magazine piles. Hubby want I done some of my magazines and I dont want!!!! I have a lot beside my bed, and I know not all people love these like me! and sometimes I done someones! buahhh!!
    these look really delicious!!!

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  8. Scrumptious savoury scones,am loving it..

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  9. Que ricos se ven, nunca he probado los scones.

    saludos

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  10. Now that looks like my kind of scone.

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  11. Qué ricura: me gusta mucho tus recetas , tengo que apuntar los títulos porque a veces me pierdo y ya no me acuerdo cuál quería!!
    Qué delicia!! me encantan los tomates deshidratados, me encantan!!
    SAludos

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  12. They're in my future. Bacon. Sundried tomato. They're twisting my arm.

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  13. Would you like to come tackle my magazine pile?

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  14. This is a combination I would have never thought of myself, but it sounds excellent! And I have that magazine problem too, although I have a pile of 'intend to read but never do' :)

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  15. I've recently really come to appreciate savory scones, so I can definitely see the appeal in these! Let's not talk about piles of magazines. I haven't whittled down in AGES!

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  16. I'll bet you can't just eat one of those beauties. I would love them with a big bowl of soup! I have to be very disciplined with my magazines. If the pile gets too high, it makes me realize just how many subscriptions I have. It also means my quilting supplies have no space next to my recliner. Guess it's time for a bigger house.

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  17. Whiff! I smell them from here, Heather and I'm liking it big time!!! It just so happens that I finally went shopping so I can actually bake these bundles of goodness ASAP. Bookmarked! (I even have whole wheat flour which is quite unusual for me:)

    I'm not even going to touch the magazine issue:)

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  18. They look really wonderful--full of good stuff. I have a feeling they would go right to my hips. ;-)

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  19. oh wow this looks awesome. I must confess I have never eaten scones nor tried to bake. Thanks for introducing those marvels! =)

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  20. These really do sound good and I think they're rustically (is that a word?) beautiful! I'm letting my food mag subscriptions run out thanks to the internet and food blogs!

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  21. Even though I don't really like scones, I do like sundried tomatoes and I really really like bacon. So I think these will be the first scones I might actually attempt to make.
    -K

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  22. Scones+bacon =delicious! I am looking forward to making these!

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  23. I will definitely have to try these...mainly because I love cheese AND bacon together on something delicious. Nicely done.

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  24. I think some of the most delicious foods don't necessarily look that "pretty"...and I love them anyway, hehe.

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