The other day, whilst browsing fotopages, i saw cheese scons, straight away i realised that i haven't made scones for such a long time. it's one of my favourite snacks. so this afternoon, i was feeling bored - so decided i'll make some scones. first i made cheese scones, when finished i decided to make regular ones as well. of course, cos my "brain" has been very bad lately (i think it's due to medication i'm taking) i added too much water - instead of 3/4 cup i put 1 cup - so had to keep adding more n more flour until i get the right texture. the end result still very good ...... the cheese one didn't rise as well, i think it had to do with the cheese, stopping them from rising.



I like to eat my scones with lots of cream, and only a little bit of jam. I ni strange sikit le... like to eat sweets but don't like them TOO sweet!!! so .. u may be asking .... how much did i eat?? i had 2 cheese scones and 3 with jam n lots of cream with a cup of tea. luckily i have stopped taking sugar in my tea. Long time ago i used to take 21/2 tsp. but slowly slowly i reduced to nothing. i still take about 1/2 tsp in my coffee.

Here's my favourite recipe. been using this one for many years now.

Perfect Scones

2 cups self-raising flour
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp sugar
30g butter
1/2 cup milk
1/4 cup water
(i also add 1/4 tsp bicarb soda)

1. sift flour, salt n sugar into bowl. cut butter into small pieces and using fingetips rub into the flour 'til mixture resemble breadcrumbs.
2. make well in centre of mix and pour in the milk n water. mix quickly with flat blade knife till mixture forms a soft dough. do this as quickly as possible. (overstirring can cause scones to be tough).
3. turn dough out onto a floured board and knead gently for a few seconds.
4. pat dough out to approximately 2 cm thick. cut into rounds using 5cm cutter. don't twist cutter as this will spoil the shape of the scones. 5. place on lightly greased tray n brush top with milk. bake in hot oven - 230 - for 10-12 minutes. Cool slightly. serve with jam n whipped cream.

makes 8-10

Cheese scones

For the cheese scones, i used the same recipe - omit the sugar and use a little bit more salt. I added about 3/4 cup grated cheese (home grated so is more fine than the shop ones) into the mix prior to adding the liquids. then i brushed top with a little water and spread some grated cheese on top. bake as before.

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zana: on na ... i think u need to slow down ur business a little bit .... just so u can try new recipes. otherwise it'll get booooriiiing .....!!! Mamafami: Ya lah, very yummyyyyyyyy .... my son ate all (except the cheese ones) ....... with jam the same night.