"book club"

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guests:

danielle bartlett - @dani_bartlett

and

jon montes - @montesjon

recipes:
vegan pear scones

makes 8 scones

2 cups whole wheat flour
1 cup quinoa flour
1/4 cup granulated sugar
3 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup earth balance margarine, cut into cubes
1/4 cup apple sauce
1 cup almond milk + 1tbsp lemon juice (save 1/4 cup for brushing)
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
2 small ripe pears, sliced thin
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

preheat oven to 400 degrees f.

sift together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt.  incorporate earth balance until mixture resembles coarse meal. mix almond milk and lemon juice and let sit til it curdles.  in separate bowl, combine apple sauce, 3/4 c of almond milk & lemon juice mixture, and vanilla.  add the liquid to flour mixture, stir to make a soft dough.

knead on floured surface about 15 times.  roll into a rectangle on a floured surface, about 12-inches long and 10-inches tall.

brush half of the rolled out dough with the almond milk & lemon juice mixture.  arrange pear slices, in a single layer, across the moistened dough.  sprinkle with half of the cinnamon sugar mixture.  carefully fold the dough & press together around the edges.  slice dough into eight even pieces.

place dough on prepared baking sheets.  If dough has warmed, and feels mushy, place in the fridge for 20 minutes to rechill.  Remove from the fridge.  Brush each scone top with almond milk & lemon mix, and sprinkle with remaining cinnamon sugar.

bake scones for 15-18 minutes.

(adapted from the peach cobbler recipe found at joy the baker)

books mentioned:
i was told there would be cake by sloane crosley
holidays on ice by david sedaris
i don't care about your band by julie klausner
shane by jack schaefer
little women by louisa m. alcott
lucy/ annie john by jamaica kincaid

songs played:
wrapped up in books by belle and sebastian
the book i read by the talking heads
all the books by the proctors
tropical islands, germany by trouble books

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thanks for listening to the first ever episode.

p.s. forgive me - little women takes place in concord, massachusetts not in canada.