This is going to sound far, far, far, far-fetched.

And a little woo woo.

I think the oven had performance anxiety because the kitchen had blabbed about Cookie Thursday is a Thing as an expectation of all ovens.

But the oven that I baked in last week behaved COMPLETELY different just a week later.

Last week, the temperature was uneven and the cookies baked in a strange pattern. With odd hot spots and odd cold spots. Don’t get me wrong, they tasted amazing. In fact, still do because there are some left and I am having milk and cookies as I write this. The week-old cookies are still pliable and soft and buttery in the best way. They just look a bit strange.

This week, however, the story of the oven’s performance is COMPLETELY different.

The bake of the week is the feta spinach scone-lets. Yes, again.

As this is one of the recipes I lost in the Pinterest purge I had to find another. I knew what the ingredients were and most of the amounts but there was one that was eluding me. Happy days, I found a substitute recipe.

I started by wilting the spinach and the microgreens in my fridge that had to be used. I added a teaspoon of minced garlic as well. I let it cool while I went grocery shopping; mostly because I needed cream which I didn’t have. Cream prices are outrageous so I substituted buttermilk.

I mixed the dries and added the egg and the buttermilk and mixed it well. This dough is sticky and needs some hands on work. Once it was incorporated I added in the spinach and mixed again. The last ingredient I added was the feta.

With no small amount of trepidation I pre-warmed the oven and portioned out the dough into the wells of the mini muffin pan. Since I was adapting this recipe, I baked until browned and done. About 12 minutes.

After cooling, this particular muffin tin released the makes easily.

These were the prettiest feta spinach scone-lets that I have ever baked.

I took them off to the hospital and left them in the designated drawer, with a note on the white board to microwave them for 5-10 minutes for best results.

I am very pleased with the oven learning curve and look forward to next week.