I know that is happens more often as we age but it doesn't make it any easier to deal with .
My love and prayers are with them all .
Today I had a rare home alone day so took advantage of it by walking around the house in my unmentionables and playing the guitar and singing as loud as I like.
I decided to make a nice treat to have with tea this afternoon.
I baked some strawberry scones.
Mine were frozen from the summer when Gretchen and I picked strawberries together at Little's Berry Farm.
I thawed them slightly and chopped them and tossed them in flour as they were a bit moist.
The mixture is a bit sticky due to added moisture from frozen berries just flour knife before cutting.
Strawberry Scones Preheat oven: 400 F
In a large bowl add:
2 cups of flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
2 tablespoons white sugar
1 teaspoon salt
combine these four ingredients in a large bowl and set aside.
4 tablespoons butter
Cut butter into the flour mixture until like crumbs.
3 eggs
Beat 1 of them in small dish with a tablespoon of water and set aside (this is your egg wash for the top of scones).
In another bowl beat the remaining 2 eggs and 2 teaspoons of almond extract.
Stir eggs and almond extract into dry ingredients.
Add 1/2 cup of heavy cream (I used sour cream sometimes yoghurt adding it a spoonful at a time until it holds together, don't over work dough they will be tough ) then add 1 cup of chopped strawberries.Turn dough onto floured board .
Roll out dough to 1" thick and flour knife and cut it into 8-12 scones.
Place on a prepared baking sheet or use parchment paper.
Brush the scones with egg wash and sprinkle with coarse sugar (I use Sugar In The Raw).
Bake 15 minutes until golden brown
Then enjoy with a lovely cup of tea!
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