Nutella, Buon Giorno!

I find we all have different ways of measuring the passage of a year. Some people look to their children’s birthdays or particular holidays to pause and remark, “Wow. Another year gone by.”

Me … I measure time according to Nutella.

To be exact, I am fully aware that a whole year of life has gone by every time World Nutella Day rolls around and my reaction is, “Seriously?! It’s already World Nutella Day? Where did the last year go???”

For those of you that don’t know, Sara of Ms. Adventures in Italy and Michelle of Bleeding Espresso decided, way back in 2007, that the world needed more Nutella. So began a yearly effort to stop and thank the stars that we have such a delicious treat.

As I considered what to make in honour of this year’s festivities, I contemplated a number of desserts but that meant having to wait until lunch or dinner were over before enjoying my Nutella.

Why should I have to wait?

Instead, I decided to have Nutella for breakfast and I must say there are few better ways to start your morning.

From the pages of Baked Explorations: Classic American Desserts Reinvented I plucked the Nutella Scones that you see here.

I made a few (very minor) changes, the biggest being that I did not included chopped hazelnuts in the dough and rather than cutting my dough into wedges I cut out tiny little scones.

My main reason for doing this is the belief that smaller scones means I can eat more scones.

Makes sense. To me.

You’ll have to excuse me now. There’s breakfast to be eaten.

Happy World Nutella Day … Ciao!

World Nutella Day 2011: Nutella Meringues
World Nutella Day 2010: Nutella Ripple Cheesecake
World Nutella Day 2009: Oven Crespella with Nutella Sauce
World Nutella Day 2008: This was the year that I failed Nutella. So sad.
World Nutella Day 2007: Cheese-Filled Tuiles with Nutella Drizzles