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September 20, 2012

GF Zucchini Scones with Brown Sugar Whipped Cream

Soooooooo...  My guys were asking what Kristen (the improv director/wizard) had chosen for this month's IMPROV ingredients. 

I began by saying, "Zucchini..." but was interrupted by loud cheering because they were envisioning grilled olive oil-drizzled zucchini slices and zucchini chunks on grilled shrimp kabobs and sautéed zucchini with sliced green onions & mushrooms & Parmesan.

As I continued, "... with brown sugar," I could hear the inward gasps of despair.

NOBODY puts brown sugar with zucchini.


Until I "Googled" it and found out that, indeed, many people brown sugar their zucchini.

"Oh Mom, you are going to skip it this month, aren't you?" ( ~ the horror ~ )

So, for breakfast I surprised them with these:
Since the guys don't get fresh-from-the-oven goodies on most school mornings, the scones disappeared rapidly.  I made sure there was plenty of brown sugar whipped cream available.
(This is how I made it:)


Each one eats his scone a little differently -- no whipped cream, just butter on the side:
split, with the cream melting into the scone:
halves slathered with cream to be slurped off:
or one dollop of whipped cream per bite:
One of them even complimented me on the delicious pistachio scones!



Fooled 'em!




14 comments:

  1. Great job coming up with something that your family loved! Your scones look delicious and I love the sweetened whipped cream on top.

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  2. Yum! Great looking GF recipe! Love the addition of coconut oil and molasses. Happy Improv to you !

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  3. I can imagine the horror since all of their favorite zucchini dishes seem to be savory. I love the addition of zucchini to muffins and cake because they are so tender. I am sure these scones were delicious and the sweetened whipped cream took them over the top! Good job with the improv challenge!

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  4. You sold me at brown sugar whipped cream. Now that is something I must try right away!

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  5. Scones are a great idea for zucchini. I will have to give it a try.

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  6. Oh, wow! I'm so excited. Gotta try this!! Thank you. xoxo My mouth is watering. :-)

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  7. MMmm... I love scones and yours look great! Kinda funny because I had the opposite problem. I had a hard time thinking of something savoury to do with zucchini and brown sugar.

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  8. YUM! I have to try this. Too bad I don't still have my garden full of zucchini.
    Candy

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    1. ha! Our garden full of zucchini baked in the summer sun. (Aided & abetted by whatever it was that nibbled all the leaves...)

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  9. Your scones look wonderful, I need to make them for my GF daughter and of course the rest of us too.

    Lisa~~
    my entry: Zucchini with Onions & Brown Sugar.

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  10. So glad you didn't skip out on the improv challenge this month! Your scones and whipped cream look so amazing! Funny that your children were fooled by the pastry. :)

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  11. Love the scones. I always like to hear success stories about kids eating veggies in baked goods.

    Thanks for mentioning in the gf fish sauce on my teriyaki. I had already checked mine, but didn't realize there were some brands with wheat until you said something and I did a little internet research. What a pain in the neck it can be to keep things safe!!

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  12. What a great idea to make scones, they look delicious.
    Mimi

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  13. Mmmmmm...if I found warm scones with brown sugar whipped cream in my kitchen in the morning, I'd be thrilled! These look SO good!

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