Lavender Scones

SO., a few weeks later and I'm pretty much the polar opposite of what I was in my last post. I am now single, and back in school. Both of these things I have fairly positive feelings about, except for back to school is cold. Really, really cold in the kind of way a born-and- bred California girl can never really anticipate. 
While I was home though, I spent most of my time with food. Lots of eating out, but also some cooking of my own. Lots of squash and kale and other LA type produce that you don't get a whole lot of in the Midwest that I now realize I desperately crave all the time. There were a few non-health nut indulgences though. Like scones. With lots of butter. and sugar. and buttermilk. mmm

Recipe modified from Joy the Baker site. Did I mention she's wonderful? She's wonderful. And charming and a brilliant cook. I did eliminate walnuts from the equation though and add way more lavender than was suggested. I love lavender, and coincidentally it grows like a weed in my backyard. 

Recipe after the jump

Lavender Sea Salt Chocolate Bark

If you know my family, you know our obsession with chocolate. I can proudly say we are the only family I know who has an entire drawer in our refrigerator solely purposed for chocolate. However the other day I found myself in an unusual position - craving a chocolate we didn't have. 

Consequently, I went around making my own lavender sea salt dark chocolate bark. Lavender grows like a weed in my garden, so I cut off a few twigs and finely minced the it until it was fine and powdery. I melted down dark chocolate (72%) and mixed in the lavender powder and a fair amount of sea salt. I then poured the chocolate onto a chilled baking pan and put it in the freezer until it hardened. About 20 minutes later it was solid enough to crack into thin bark. 

SO delicious, have to make this more often!