scratchbread: baked hunks of goodness

March 22nd, 2010 | brooklyn

i have a newish morning snack obsession and it is this scone from scratchbread above with crystallized ginger and lemon. it’s saying a lot that i am craving this thing as i am not exactly a lemon fan, and usually scones just don’t work for me (unless of course i’m having them for tea at the lanesborough).  but i am, and i will hunt it out even though this scone is not on my route from school dropoff to work — what’s a little visit to gorilla in the morning.  i don’t know what the genius matthew tilden who is behind scratchbread does to these things. it’s magic, i think.  the scones are dense without being heavy, and have this incredible yeasty flavor and then i completely obsess over the pieces of crystallized ginger, slightly charred, sunk into the top.

i also just tried the scratchbread buttercream brownie.  again, i really thought i wouldn’t like this thing (i’m not a fan of super dense chocolate) but when i met mr. scratchbread himself he couldn’t help going on and on about it. so i decided to check it out.  with a dusting of bittersweet chocolate, the main bit is soft but not gooey chocolate with a hint of salt maybe and a little bit of sweet chocolate. pretty darn good.  while i haven’t yet tried scratchbread’s other scones, and i have no idea where to get their breads or if they’re even available right now — he was making them for a while and i have heard good things so i’ll be on the look out), there are lots of places to get these treats around brooklyn including café grumpy, gorrilla coffee, southside and blue apron among others.  see the scratchbread website for more details.

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