Curses! Foiled Again!

So I had every intention of making my sister's scone recipe tonight. I was going to do it either right after dinner, or else late at night after my wife went to bed, as a surprise for breakfast tomorrow morning. Oh well.

There were problems with New Jersey Transit, and I had to go and pick my wife up after work, about an 80 mile round trip. We didn't get home until well after 8:00 tonight. We had fast food for dinner (I know, I know - we were both exhausted) and she went to bed by 9:00. I was tired, but figured I'd push myself to do the scones anyway.

Preheat the oven to 400 °F. Flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, butter, egg - no eggs. At 10:00 at night, no eggs. Hmf. Deep breath. Oh well, let's see if the "Everything Bread" recipe calls for eggs. "Buttermilk Biscuits," hmm ... Nope! No eggs! (Well, one egg, to coat the top of the biscuits. But I can skip that part. I can get away without being fancy.) Thank you Leslie!

Up the oven to 425 °F. Flour - jeez, that's not a lot of flour, is it? I need two cups. I don't even think I have one scant cup. Should I try making a half recipe or not? I've had mixed results with multiplying a recipe. I decide, in the end, not to go for it. Instead, I come back to blog about how, for the second time, I didn't get to bake. Tomorrow, I guess...

Was I being a wuss? Should I have tried it anyway? Or was I better off waiting until I could make the whole recipe?

God speed, and remember: All sorrows are less with bread.

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