Rice Crispy S'more Scones

These scones come by way of the Alice's Tea Cup cookbook. Their recipe is for rice crispy treat scones. I know that sounds a bit odd, but the cookbook acknowledges it and swears that they are good. Well right off the bat, I decided that they would be better with chocolate--a rice crispy treat crossed with a s'more crossed with a scone. All I did was toss in some mini chocolate chips at the end, other than that it was Alice's recipe. And the cookbook was right; they are great scones. The Rice Krispies give the scones a light and slightly crispy texture but they don't add too much crunch. The mini marshmallows get melted and the ones on the edges get caramelized in the oven giving the whole thing a sweet, gooey texture. The scone itself was tender and sweet, but not overly sweet. The chocolate, of course, was delicious with the marshmallows and the scone as a whole. Probably not my favorite scone, but it's up there near the top!

Baked Lemon Tart with Really Easy Tart Crust~With Recipe

I prefer a lemon curd tart to a baked lemon tart, but every once in a while I like to mix things up. This recipe seemed worth trying. The filling was very lemon-y with a surprisingly creamy texture for a baked tart--sort of like lemon curd but lighter and a bit tangier.

Simple Chocolate Truffles

These chocolate truffles are so simple to make. They are a relatively thick ganache, chilled and rolled into balls. The balls are then rolled in various toppings without the traditional double layer of tempered chocolate applied first. This makes them much easier to make. Of course it also makes them significantly more delicate and prone to melting/smushing, but when you really want truffles it can be worth the tradeoff.

The truffles are rolled in various toppings, as I said above. Some were rolled in cacao powder, to give the appearance of a traditional truffle. Others were rolled in cinnamon sugar (these were my friend Sophie's favorite). I also rolled a few in some of the (very strong by now) bourbon sugar from the bourbon balls I made at Christmas. Those are all pictured above. I also made, but did not photograph, some cacao ones with a few flakes of pink Himalayan sea salt on top (perfect color scheme for Valentine's Day, hint hint). They were my favorite, although the bourbon sugar ones were a close second.