When the pandemic was in full swing I took up a new hobby - making scones.

Maybe it was my love of tea parties. Maybe it was a 24-hour Downton Abbey marathon on TV. I am not sure how it started, but it continued for quite a while. I have gone through many variations and they go well with a holiday breakfast.

I don’t make them to the extent I did during the spring, but we enjoy a good scone for breakfast sometimes. For the holidays I love the idea of creating a subtile color palette with food. This particular morning I baked them with dried cranberries and pistachios to give them the slight red and green look. They were a hit!