Apple and Cheddar Scookies.…The Story of When A Cookie Meets a Scone
One of the nicest parts about working on Sweet Potato Chronicles (outside of empowering our children’s choices towards nutrition and, well, eating lots of stuff) is the opportunity to connect with other moms. Today’s guest blog is from the beautiful baking team of Dr. Blessyl Buan, a chiropractic doctor who specializes in athletes and the performing arts (check her out atwww.drblessyl.com), and her daughter Leia. She also happens to be an SPC fan. After Blessyl contacted us, we were enticed by her Scookie recipe. Not sure what a scookie is ? Neither were we.
Here’s one way to turn Fall’s apple picking adventure into a healthy and delicous treat. Over to the Good Doctor….
Last Fall, we went on a family trip to Chudleigh’s farm to go apple picking. In the heat of my enthusiasm, I came across a wonderful recipe for Apple Scookies. Curious? A scookie is a cross between a scone and a cookie and if you’re like my daughter and I, combining apples and old cheddar will make you jump to try this sweet and savoury recipe.
The last time I made this recipe, I did it on my own since my daughter was only one and a half years old. This summer, Leia and I started to bake together. When you bake with a toddler, mixing does not involve a wooden spoon. Toddler fingers, elbows and arms make a good blending tool and of course, she was only allowed to mix the dry ingredients…
Leia loved working with the flour. She also loved spreading it all over her face and on the countertops. She was very vocal about cracking the eggs and miraculously no shell fragments made it into the bowl.
She insisted upon using a teaspoon to scoop the batter onto the cookie pan. The girl is messy but has bouts of cleanliness. “Wipes! Wipes!” she yelled, after the job was done.
Once baked and cooled, Leia grabbed a scookie and sat quietly as she watched the television. Sigh, a mother’s work is always overshadowed by cartoons. However, if the scookie tastes good and ensures a bit of peace, that’s success!
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We're Ceri and Laura, a couple of magazine-editors-turned-food-bloggers. Also, we're mothers obsessed with delicious, healthy, family food. We're constantly thinking of ways to make your time (and our own!) in the kitchen easier and more productive, but still nostalgic for the days when dinner was cereal eaten over the kitchen sink.
4 Comments
Ceri
September 17, 19:06Love this recipe, Blessyl! Can't wait to try it. Thanks so much for being our guest!
Anonymous
September 18, 12:33cant wait to try this one. nothing beats fall harvest time and you can do so much with apples.
just an fyi that chudleighs has become too big for their own good. charging admission was the last straw for me. who needs corporate apples?
try orchalaw farms where they only charge you for the apples you pick… http://www.orchalawfarms.com/
i like them apples!
Ceri
September 18, 13:25Thanks for the tip, anon, will check it out. Picking apples is such a great fall outing.
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