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Once again, I\u2019m hawking priceless family treasures over at Seattlest. Last week, it was my great-grandfather\u2019s swashbucklingly boozy egg nog<\/a>, and this week, it\u2019s my sister\u2019s scones<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Each Christmas, my sister Lisa takes a simple recipe for Scottish scones\u2014a formula given to her, appropriately, by a Scottish friend\u2014and spins it into a half-dozen delicious varieties. In our family, these scones are a much-anticipated Christmas-morning tradition\u2014perfect for eating with one hand while tearing at wrapping paper with the other<\/strong>, and with nary a greasy fingerprint to be found. I\u2019ve written previously about a summery rendition<\/a> of these rugged beauties, but come Christmas, it\u2019s only appropriate to trot them out again\u2014and this time, in a warming, wintery incarnation spiked with crystallized ginger and daintily freckled with finely chopped pistachios<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re looking for me next Sunday morning, head for Washington, D.C., and follow the crumbs.<\/p>\n

Happy holidays, very dear reader. xo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Once again, I\u2019m hawking priceless family treasures over at Seattlest. Last week, it was my great-grandfather\u2019s swashbucklingly boozy egg nog, and this week, it\u2019s my sister\u2019s scones. Each Christmas, my sister Lisa takes a simple recipe for Scottish scones\u2014a formula given to her, appropriately, by a Scottish friend\u2014and spins it into a half-dozen delicious varieties. In our family, these scones are a much-anticipated Christmas-morning tradition\u2014perfect for eating with one hand while tearing at wrapping paper with the other, and with nary a greasy fingerprint to be found. I\u2019ve written previously about a summery rendition of these rugged beauties, but come Christmas, it\u2019s only appropriate to trot them out again\u2014and this time, in a warming, wintery incarnation spiked with crystallized ginger…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nScone City | Orangette<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/orangette.net\/2005\/12\/scone-city\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Scone City | Orangette\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Once again, I\u2019m hawking priceless family treasures over at Seattlest. 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