For the home baker, morning pastries fall into two distinct categories: ones you should buy and ones you should make. The ones you should buy are generally anything in the croissant, danish, and doughnut realm. (We might revise that to say that an ambitious person could, if they wanted to spend hours in the kitchen or an apartment that smelled like McDonald’s, make these items; but generally, we’d leave those to someone else). However, certain other pastries, like muffins, popovers, and scones are unquestionably better when turned out fresh from your own kitchen. Though scones are among our favorites, we have yet to provide you with a recipe. Please accept our apologies. more ›