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Time for tea

28 July, 2010 by Stonehead 7 Comments

The Other Half invited a few friends around for afternoon tea today. It was an excellent excuse for the boys and I to spend some time in the kitchen to come up with a few treats for the ladies…

Baking, Food

biscuits, chocolate cakes, cooking, cream, Food, peppermint creams, scones, strawberry jam

I haven’t had much time to do any baking over the past few days, but made up for it tonight by preparing a batch of fruit scones while I waited for dinner to cook through. They’re particularly good with either strawberry or gooseberry and elderflower jam, and both the boys and the Other Half are [...]

Baking

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Fruit scones

18 February, 2008 by Stonehead 6 Comments

We’ve been working hard for the past few days so there has been little time to make any of our more sophisticated treats, opening the way for the humble scone to keep us going when we stop for afternoon tea. I tend to make this particular recipe as a fruit scone using mixed dried fruit, [...]

Baking

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Drop scones/pikelets

15 November, 1995 by Stonehead 1 Comment

Ingredients 14oz plain flour 2oz fine oatmeal 1tsp bicarbonate of soda 1tsp cream of tartar Good pinch of salt 2oz granulated sugar 2 eggs Buttermilk to mix (if using milk, add an extra teaspoon of cream of tartar) Method Thoroughly mix the dry ingredients in a large bowl. Beat the eggs, then pour into a [...]

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