Customer Reviews

Nordic Ware Cast Aluminum Mini-Scone Pan

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This pan is fabulous! I am a huge fan of scones, but never managed to cut them into neat, tidy triangles, so always resorted to patting the dough out into a circle and scoring it. This nifty pan takes care of the triangles. Just put the dough into the 16 triangles, pop the pan in the oven, and bake. The scones come out golden. Turn the pan upside down, give a couple of quick shakes and the scones slide right out. Since buying this pan, I have used it exclusively for my scones.

When first using the Mini-Scone pan, I was concerned the smaller size of the scones would mean a shorter baking time. I baked several recipes in the pan, and the cooking time was not affected.

The only drawback is the pan is not dishwasher safe. Since it is non-stick it cleans quickly with some sudsy water and a rinse.

For some good recipes to use in the Mini-Scone pan try:

Winnie-the-Pooh's Tea Time Cookbook. Full of tasty, little treats for when rumbly tumblys want something sweet.

Scones, Muffins, and Tea Cakes: Breakfast Breads and Teatime Spreads by Heidie H. Cusik. Tons of delicious recipes.

For mystery lovers who love food-

Sticks and Scones by Diane Mott Davidson has some wonderful, rich, and decandent recipes. Make sure there is plenty of butter and cream on hand for making her scones and cakes.

Any of the Laura Child's Teashop mysteries listed below. The books are full of fun and interesting tea facts, and at the back of each book are several recipes along with tips for throwing tea parties.

1.Death by Darjeeling

2. Gunpowder Green

3. Shades of Earl Grey

4. The English Breakfast Murder

5. The Jasmine Moon Murder

6. Chamomile Mourning.

I make scones all the time as my love of scones has rubbed off upon my son and husband. I had originally purchased the NordicWare Scottish Scone/Cornbread Pan and while that is a wonderful scone pan, my recent purchase of this one has moved it to 2nd place on my preference list.

I favor the smaller scones made with this pan. With the large pan I felt one scone was almost too much to eat, I still managed of course, but was left with that too full feeling. With these smaller scones, I can have two and not feel like I am going to explode, and I can sample a variety of flavors.

The pan itself is of the highest quality. It's heavy, it's thick and durable and the scones pop right out leaving the pan looking like it was never used. Every time I bake scones I am amazed at how easy they come out of the pan without having to grease or butter it before baking.

I don't own a dishwasher but if I did, this is one pan I wouldn't put in it. In the days when I had a dishwasher (those were the days) I always omitted the most special cooking pans and dishes, preferring to give them a more gentle hand cleaning.

As someone who enjoys her time in the kitchen, cooking and baking, its products like this that thrills me to bits. NordicWare bake ware is a relatively new discovery for me, but if this is an example of the standard of product they put out, it's a name I will continue to look for when purchasing cookware.

Simply Scones: Quick and Easy Recipes for More than 70 Delicious Scones and Spreads

Cherise Everhard, March 2008

Great quality! This pan allows you to make scones quickly, easily and they are the perfect size. I highly recommend the pan.

It produces nicely baked mini scones. Nordicware is an excellent company that manufactures high quality products. I would ony suggest that Nordicware include tested recipes for the mini-scone pan.

So far, the pans are working well; even though the aluminum is thinner, also the webs between individual scones are not all the way up to the top as they were with the pans we bought two years ago, necessitating the cutting between each individual scone to prevent breaking (thank you very little).

Cooking gadgets usually get boring after the novelty wears off, but not this one. I always loved scones, except the ones I baked myself because they usually came out lumpy looking and of many sizes. This pan has turned me into an almost daily scone baker, just for the fun of seeing how great they look. I give them away because they multiply in my freezer and the recipients are amazed at how evenly shaped they are. They also produce scones of a more modest size, so the recipient does not feel guilty at eating more than one.
I have given a pan to my granddaughter on the other side of the country and we have almost daily conversations about our shared love. She even photographed her first batch and sent it so I could see how lovely they turned out.
For the practical part, the pan washes easily with warm, soapy water and doesn't take up much space.
A definite A+.
It is not an inexpensive item, but well worth the price for the happiness it brings.

I have been making scones for years, but they frequently come out irregularly shaped. This pan makes it so easy to shape them and have a consistent size. Although I was originally intending to buy a regular sized pan, I love the mini sized scones.

Pan is easy to use and has worked well with every scone recipe I've tried. Pan bakes evenly - no hot spots. Perfect size scones every time. Pan is not dishwasher safe, but easy to clean. A joy to use.

I love this pan! I get so many compliments about my scones now and everyone always asks how I get them in such perfect triangles! I just wink and tell them it's my little secret. I have even had people offer to buy a dozen (or more!) scones when they have guests. Hmmm...maybe I should open my own little bakery business!

I purchased this scone pan about 3 years ago, and have enjoyed making scones, cornbread, etc in it since. It is a wonderful, heavyweight material and cooks very evenly. My only complaint is that the corners of the triangles can be time consuming to clean - it's worth the extra clean-up effort to get such fun scones/breads/biscuits, though!