as you might already know both me an lc live in sweden (though in different citys, about 600 miles apart) anyway, my point was/is autumn has arrived (as lc already noted), and with that comes thicker sweaters, buckets of tea also it's cool enough to use the oven, and i've been stuck in a bakemood. but instead of making something complicated and time demanding i made scones.
no, this recipe dates back to home ecomonics (dunno if that's the proper term, if not feel free to correct me) and i've been making this since i was 13. so it's non fussy, easy- perfect for breakfast or tea. i decided to try lemon scones, i'm sure there are recipes for that, but i like the basicness of my old recipe so i just added the zest of one lemon. i'm not to fond of jam or curds on sandwiches so i had my scones with butter and cheese with i found delicious, but then i am a savoury kind of gal...
Lemon Scones
makes two cakes
3,5 dl wheatflour
1 dl graham flour
2 teaspoons of baking powder
0,5 teaspoon salt
zest of one lemon
50 gram margarine or butter (softened)
2 dl milk
oven 250 degrees celcius
mix the dry ingredients and zest in a bowl. add the margarine and by pinching, mix with the flour. when the flour has formed a kind of sandy texture of small lumps, add the milk and stirr togeather. split the dough in two and place the halves on a oven sheet with parchmentpaper (saves dishes), form two round cakes about 1,5 cm high, slice shallowly two lines (dividing the cake into four) then prick with a fork or tip of a knife. bake for about 10 minutes in the middle of the oven.
( i confess i had mine with coffee, but tea would have been nice too. more authentic anyway)
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