nothing like freshly baked bread.

[scone recipe]

On Sunday I borrowed Miss Jackie's cookbook containing her amazing scone recipe. "Confident Cooking Muffins, Scones, & Coffee Cakes" Today I made them! They turned out really well. I suggest some tea, butter and marmalade to go along with them

 

Basic Scones

Makes 16 scones.

2 cups self rising flour

2 tablespoons butter or margarine, cut into small pieces

½ cup milk

½ cup water

1. Preheat oven to 425. Place flour iin a large bowl. Cut in butter or margarine with your fingers or a pastry blender till the mixture resembles fine crumbs. 

2.      Stir together milk and water. Make a well in the center of the flour mixture. Add liquid, saving a tablespoon to brush on the tops of the scones. Stir with a table knife or spoon till a soft dough forms. (Do not over mix; this toughens the scones) 

3.      Turn dough out onto a floured surface. Knead gently ten to twelve times. Pat or roll dough into a 7 ½ inch circle about ¼ inch thick. 

4.      Cut dough into rounds using a floured 2 inch biscuit cutter or cut into wedges using a floured knife.  Place dough on a greased baking sheet. Brush tops with reserved milk mixture. 

5.   Bake for ten to twelve minutes or till light brown and scones sound hollow when tapped. Cool slightly on a wire rack. Serve warm with jam and cream. 

Hints: It is important for the oven to be preheated to the correct temperature.

Handle scones with great care and a very light hand. If you are heavy handed and mix or knead the dough too much, your scones will turn out very tough.

Add some sugar to insure your scones do not taste too floury.

And, a photo of the horses in the snow this morning:

[chicken salad]

Step 1: (actually, this is several steps into the recipe b/c
I didn't think to take pictures until this point. Back to the point:
De-seed orange pepper.

 Last night I made Chicken Salad for dinner and for the *drumroll please* FIRST TIME *EVER*, photographed my progress. For my first time.. I don't think I did too badly. I shall do it again sometime and work on improving :) The recipe I used was really good, even though we didn't have a couple of the ingredients.You should try it. Because it tastes good. And is fun and easy to make.
That picture down there of Levi might be my three sixty five of the day. You never can tell.

Last night Samantha was talking to John and she said, "You should be glad you look like Flynn, (from Tangled) John." He looked at her and said, "He should be glad he looks like me." Hahaha! Stay away, girls.. he's only 12! Fortunately he looks like Flynn but doesn't *act* like him :)

Shaina

Step two: cut up pepper.

Step 3: Shred chicken

Step 4: Measure Mayonnaise.

Step 5: Mix together spices with mayo.

Step 6: Slap on a croissant and enjoy!

My little cutie patootie.