Winter Tea Party

[osprey_archer]

We had some extra heavy cream left over, so I decided to try a new scone recipe - or rather an old scone recipe; my aunt's cream scone recipe, in fact. No butter, just flour, sugar, baking soda, salt, and heavy cream, and you get tall and fluffy scones

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[lost_spook]

heh, very pretty! :-)

[osprey_archer]

Thanks!

[littlerhymes]

I want to go to there...

[osprey_archer]

If only the teapot were a Portkey.

[evelyn_b]

Looks delicious!

[osprey_archer]

It was!

[wordsofastory]

That looks so absolutely charming! Tea! Scones! Candles! The lovely old-fashioned wooden table! What a great photo.

[osprey_archer]

It was full of charm! I must admit we have never yet used the candles, but someday we will have a tea party worthy of them/a power outage, and then we will use them and it will be the most charming thing ever.

[asakiyume]

Ooh, care to share the proportions for the scones? I'd like to try to make them!

(The tea set is beautiful)

[osprey_archer]

Here's my aunt's recipe for the scones:

Cream Scones

Preheat oven to 400 degrees

Mix together:

2 c all purpose flour
3 T sugar
2 t baking powder
1/2 t salt

Add and stir well:

1/2 c dried fruit cut up the size of currants if desired

Make a well in the dry ingredients and pour in...

1 1/3 c heavy cream

Stir until everything is moistened and a soft dough is formed.
Scrape dough onto a lightly floured counter and knead a few times, shaping it into a fat log about 8" long.
Cut into 2 pieces, shape each piece into a smooth disk about 1" thick.
With sharp knife or bench scraper, cut each disk into four pieces.

Arrange the 8 scones on the baking sheet, leaving as much room as possible between them.
Brush with milk.
Sprinkle with fabulous, crunchy sugar....it has a name...I couldn't find it when I ran out, and have used large "grain" Raw Sugar since then.

Place in the oven and bake for 7 minutes.

Reduce heat to 350 degrees and bake 15 minutes longer.

[asakiyume]

Thank you! I'll let you know how it goes.

[asakiyume]

I made them! They were delicious--what a great recipe! Thank you so much for sharing.