The moral of the story is...

I wanted to run a few errands today that badly need to be crossed off my list. Bank, groceries, pay my bills, laundry, get a social security number - all the things that make your life run smoother once they're over and done. The funny thing is that I actually love running errands. They are necessary, doable, and give you a sense of definitive accomplishment.

Today turned out to be a gorgeous, fluffy white cloud day. The perfect weather to go out and about, right? But then all my housemates decided to leave me one by one whether for work or visiting family. Along with finishing off my To Do list I planned on going to campus to read some papers and maybe get to the gym, but the allure of having the house all to myself was just too tempting.

I am, by nature, fairly shy and am introverted when left to my own devices. However, my secret is that I love being around people, but often need incentive from others to be social. The one exception is when I want to bake. I am one of those people that can't have other people in the kitchen otherwise I get grumpy and OCD. When I bake I need the lighting to be just right, some good music going on in the background and time to myself to figure out how I want to do the recipe.


So with an empty house and some beautiful afternoon sun streaming through the windows I decided to bake craisin almond scones. This was a pretty on-the-spot decision as I originally wanted to use raisins, but the lovely produce store across the street from me were all out. The recipe was coming along fine despite my lack of a sifter and white sugar, and I was becoming excited to find out how my flavour combination would work. On the last step as I stirred in the milk I knew something was wrong. There was just too much liquid, and the dough which could not be over-mixed was not coming together. So much for scones.

For some reason I thought that adding some whole wheat flour would be a good try at thickening the dough. And so I proceeded to try rolling it out. No such luck. I ended up having to drop-dough it onto the baking sheets cookie style, and crossing my fingers that this wouldn't be a total disaster. It kinda was.


I have a couple of hunches on why these turned out to be a bit like the consistency of corn bread (not enough flour), and with a bitter after-taste (raw whole almonds). Despite everything, I still ate two, and will of course slowly eat the rest. Oh living by myself and learning how to bake.

Ah well.

Happy Saturday!