With Tonya on her way back to Paris the house is very quiet again. Brownie has slept all afternoon...guess all the attention wore the little cat out!Today I worked a bit on my Santa red-work. I have finished three so only 9 more to go! They are very fun and relaxing. The pattern is from Bird Brain Designs and is aptly titled "Here Comes Santa Quilt."
While Tonya was here we did a lot of tea drinking. I even got into the kitchen and made some Fruit Scones which go very well with clotted cream. (Calories don't count when friends visit - right?!) She asked for me to post the recipe so here goes....
Fruit Scones
3 cups flour
2-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup butter
1/4 cup chopped dried apricots
1/4 cup chopped dried cherries
1/4 cup currants
1 teaspoon grated lemon or orange rind
1 cup plus 2 tablespoons buttermilk
Glaze: 1 to 2 tablespoons of sugar
1 egg
1 tablespoon of water
Combine flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar in a large bowl; stir well. Cut in butter with a pastry blender until mixture is crumbly. Stir in apricots, cherries, currants, and citrus rind. Add buttermilk and stir until dry ingredients are moistened. Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead lightly 4-5 times.
Pat dough into a 10-inch circle on a an un-greased baking sheet. Combine water and egg and brush top of the scones. Sprinkle with sugar. Cut into 12 wedges; separate the wedges slightly (about 1/4 to 1/2 inch.) Bake at 400 degrees for 20 to 22 minutes or until lightly browned. Serve warm. (Though we ate some for breakfast the next morning and they were still good!)
When I made the scones this week I didn't have currant so used more apricots and cherries. I also doubled the amount of lemon rind because I knew I was going to use some of my quilting friend's lemon marmalade...so wonderful!
The photo below shows one of my favorite gardens. It is outside the village of Doddington and for a few weeks in spring looks like a black and white garden (up close you find out the tulips are really dark purple.)
12 comments:
I'm glad you had such a lovely time with such a dear friend.
The tulips are inviting me. I so love them.
Your redwork is too cute and the perfect project for winding down.
Give Brownie a kitty kiss whens he wakes up. Where is Goldie? Snuggled in a quilt no doubt.
I love those 'Black Prince' tulips - they look wonderful planted up with the white ones in your picture
Yet another yummy recipe... you know I'm trying to lose weight, right? I guess I'll have to make these and then go for a nice LONG walk!
I love your redwork! Something so cheery and nostalgic about redwork. Is that a backstitch? Very cute. Can't wait to see them all together.
(If I spelled correctly, I wouldn't have had to delete my previous comment!)
So, is clotted cream the same as whipped cream?
I miss you bunches already! I swear it really does take four kitties to make up for one Brownie - I got sooo much loving from her it was wonderful.
Wow, fruit scones. A few blogs lately have been tempting me with scones! I have to adapt all recipes to be gluten-free, but it's do-able (and still edible LOL) so thanks for posting it.
Great tulips and lovely redwork - perhaps by Xmas you'll have all 12 done ;-)
I'm glad you and Tonya had such a great time. Sometimes you just need to spend time with a good friend.
And thank you for sharing the scone recipe - will have to try that, even though I have no clotted cream.
Your redwork is great - I really admire someone who can do embroidery!
The stitchery is lovely, I am going to have a go at one of these as they are so cute!!
Your redwork Santas are lovely!!!! I have a pattern for 12 seasonal snowmen but it isn't as intricate as your Santa one!
So glad you and Tonya had such a great visit. It is good for the soul to spend time with friends.
Thank you for the scones recipe. I love it, purple tulips! My kind of color!
Your red-work en your tulips are beautiful.
Kind regards,
Sonnja & Beertje Zonn
from the Netherlands
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