SARAH STEWART TAYLOR

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Scones can be wonderful or terrible. Many years ago, I had oat scones at a friend's family home outside Dublin. I can still taste and smell the warm little pillows, the cold Irish butter, and the homemade jam. Those were the ideal scones. But I've had so many stale, heavy, bad ones (many of them made by me) that until recently I had kind of given up on them. While I love baking, the perfect scone has always eluded me. I think it's because though we sometimes treat them like