Scones and tea

First thing on the morning of April 29th, I got out my London coffee mug (a gift) and my English Breakfast Tea (one of my favorites!) so that I could have my daily cup of tea but this time in celebration.  As most girls my age I grew up crushing on Wills, (but as I've gotten older I find Harry much more attractive) so there was no way I was missing this wedding.  Unfortunately, I had to wait until naptime to watch it but I did get a lovely breakfast in the mean time.

So I dug up this recipe and made mine but with Zante Currants in it.

Ingredients:

• 2 cups /225g self raising flour
• 1/2 stick/55g cold butter
• 1 level tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/4 pint / 150 ml milk
• 1 egg beaten with a little milk

Preparation:

• Heat the oven to 400°F
• Grease and flour a baking sheet.
• Sieve the flour into a roomy baking bowl then add the butter, baking powder and salt. Quickly rub the butter into the flour until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.
• Make a well in the center and using a dinner knife, stir in enough milk to make a soft, pliable dough.
• Turn the mixture on to a floured board and knead very lightly until just smooth then lightly roll out to 2cm / 3/4" thick.
• Cut rounds with a 7.5cm/3" cutter or cut into triangles with a sharp knife.
• Place on the baking tray and brush with the beaten egg and milk mixture. Bake near the top of the hot oven for 15 minutes or until golden brown and well risen.
• Cool on a wire rack before eating.

 

Don't forget the clotted cream!

 And note to self never share a jam with a toddler, most of it will end up on you and not the scone.

No bake cookies

No bakes have to be one of my all time favorite cookies.  They are also idea for making when you need that something sweet but don't want to turn your oven on.  Chances are you also have most the items in your pantry anyway.

No Bake cookies (from my mom)
2 cups sugar
1 stick butter
1/2 cup milk
3 Tablespoons cocoa
 Mix all above in a medium pan on the stove.  Bring to a boil for 1 minute (I set a timer, it is important to get a full minute).  Remove from heat.

1/2 cup peanut butter (smooth)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 cups oats
Mix in peanut butter and vanilla until smooth.  Then add the oats and stir to coat.  Drop by the spoonful onto waxed/parchment paper and let cool.

Popsicles II

In honor of it being humid and warm today, some more lovely summer treats.  This time a pudding pop.  I again used stuff I had on hand to make them. This time it was about a can of peaches and a small box of french vanilla pudding.

First I buzzed the peaches in the mixer for a little bit.  I wanted them to be bit chunky.

Then I mixed the juice from the peaches with milk to make 2 cups of liquid, with the instant pudding mix.  Whisked it for about 2 minutes then stirred the peaches in.

So good!  I had bit left over so I put them in to my little jello shot cups and after it set up for a while I put tooth picks in them.  Who doesn't love mini popsicles.

Popsicles I

Can I just say right here, I love popsicles.  Last year I picked up a couple popsicles molds to try out and got like making them even if they were rather simple.  Yesterday changed that, I started googling some recipes and found a few that sounded good and tried them out with things I had in the house.

First up I made Banana, peanut butter chocolate chip.  I kind of made it up as I went after I saw the recipe.
1 banana
2 tablespoons creamy peanut butter
1 t vanilla extract
milk (I eyeballed it so I have no idea how much it was 1/3-1/2 cup maybe)
1/8 cup mini chocolate chips (optional of course)

First put the mini chips in the bottom of the mold.

I put all but the milk in the smoothie maker thing and when it was smooth added milk and the mixed it again until I got a pretty good consistency.  You don't want it to be too thick.  Then add a few chips to the top if you want and put it in the freezer.

It will need about 4 hours to fully set up.

 

 Now you'll have to look for me to do a series of popsicles since there are so many that I want to try.

Huh...

Blogger must have fixed the problem because my posts were back.  I'll just direct you to Popsicles I that was posted and you can all sleep save knowing my time wasn't completely wasted. ;)

Foiled

So apparently yesterday was not the day that I should have written up my new posts (about 5 in total) and published one of them right then.  Damn it blogger!

Neglect

I have it.  I've not been much feeling up to crafting though I have  a few projects like making curtains on my list of things to do.  If I can get around to it I'll post my British dinner that I made in honor the the royal wedding.  If you know me at all you know I left at least half my heart in England and I very badly wish to return again.   I have some great recipes to share too.  At least I've been cooking.  My people have to eat and curtains can wait. 

Here is an adorable ladylike picture to get you through until I get back. :)