A while back our friend Kristine gave us a package of Harry & David’s Scone Mix which, sadly, languished in our pantry for quite some time before we got around to making them. Though we’ve always enjoyed the results of baking, we’ve never spent much time at it and the scone mix fell victim to our laziness.

However, on one particularly low-budget Sunday we pulled them out, whipped them up, and fell instantly in love with Scones. They were steamy and warm and soaked up the melting butter and jam that we’d slathered them with. They were delicious. We ate them all that day between the 3 of us.

That experience led us to load up on several packages the next time we swung by the Woodburn Outlets where the Harry & David’s store is located. After a few more scone-filled weekends passed we decided to give a from-scratch recipe a shot and – behold! – Gavin & Julie’s Sunday Morning Scones. Continue reading →