20 Dozen Scones: Day 5

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Music: Saltimbanco (Cirque du Soleil)

My dear spouse is fond of saying that the right tools make all the difference. Here are some of the tools I'm using to make scones. I'm getting very friendly with them.

That's a pastry cutter nestling inside the big bread bowl under the spoon. Having tried to cut pastry without one, using two knives, for example (we won't talk about the food processor), I must say the pastry cutter makes the job much easier. 

Another tool I'm very fond of is the sliding measuring spoon at upper left.  Measures anything from 1/8 to a teaspoon.  Great tool.  

Little stub ends of butter sticks are collecting in the refrigerator.  The recipe calls for 1/3 cup of butter, or 2/3 of a stick.  I should be able to use two leftover ends for a recipe, but somehow it feels more right to start with a fresh stick. 

Fortunately, there are other uses for stub ends of butter.  Like slathering them on scones.  Although, considering what goes into them, putting butter on scones is almost redundant.

Today's batch:  31 scones.  We are at the halfway mark.

Scone count: 153
Goal: 240+