Sweet Scones for a Sweet New Mama :)

Tomorrow is a VERY exciting day...one I have been anxiously waiting for for almost 3 whole months.  I get to go meet my friend Heather's adorable baby boy!  Being a new mom is no joke friends.  No sleep, velour pants 24/7 for the first 2 months (maybe that was just me?), and your life is now revolving around this amazing (and very demanding) new little person...catering to their every need.  It's seriously hard work!  So I thought to myself, this hard working mama deserves something yummy.

In the spirit of St. Patrick's Day, I decided to make some scones.  So many variations to choose from...which kind should I make?  I decided on orange/cranberry scones. See I told you - I'm obsessed with cranberries lately!  But, other than my crazy cran-session...the orange and cranberry combination is seriously delicious.

I was super excited to use my new scone pan:

What's cuter than mini scones?

In the past I'd always made my scones using the drop-method and they would be round.  But why not try a new way of doing things?

I rolled out and cut up my dough into little triangles then carefully placed them into my new pan.  As they baked a wonderful smell traveled around the kitchen telling me that something good was going on in my oven :)

When I flipped them onto the wire drying rack and took a look at them, I was so happy with my cute little army of mini scones!

Here they are:

And a closer look:

Don't they look yummy? I certainly thought so!

So, of course, I HAD to try one

Sorry Heather...quality control you know.

While I will admit I could have added a few more dried cranberries...(ahem...yes, I know I need to seek help about this cranberry addiction business)...they came out flakey and good.  (I hope you like them too Heath!)


Well, the kitchen is all cleaned up from the day's baking, and now...onto cooking dinner...a mother's work is really never done!

Have a great night sweeties and I hope you all have been enjoying this week's sweets so far. :)