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This + freshly baked scones with a variety of marmalade, honey and lemon curd.

In all my humblest modesty; OM NOM NOM NOM!!!

(No clotted cream, though. I know of one place only where I can buy that here and I wasn’t about to retrace my steps. Research has shown me that it’s supposedly super-easy to make your own but it’s an overnight sort of job. Requires more preparation than my spontaneous cravings)

Anna

I have scone envy.

Angrboda

Super easy recipe from AC Perchs actually. I have the book they published celebrating their 175th jubilee. I translated it in the comments on my other post about this tea. They’re very quick to make, it only takes about half an hour before they’re ready to eat. http://steepster.com/Angrboda/posts/190223
Husband says (and he should know) that they taste very authenticcally English.

Sil

oh god.. those sounds amazing

Anna

Now I have even more scone envy. I’m taking this year off from baking, though – Italian flour is a science unto itself (among other obstacles).

The recipe looks great – I’ve experimented a lot, and have found the best results (to get them just the way I want them) with a mix of bicarbonate of soda and cream of tartar for the leavening agent, and a mix of butter and vegetable shortening for the fat.

Angrboda

I always, always bake with butter, never vegetable shortening. I don’t even keep the stuff in the house. I find the result is worth the extra cost of the butter.

Your leavening mix sounds more or less like my baking powder though.

Angrboda

Ooh, is Italian flour self-raising? In that event just add sugar, milk and butter. Salt and leavening agent are already in there.

Anna

Oh, I am as anti-margarine as they come, but using 1/3 shortening and 2/3 butter is a way to make the scones crumble in a very specific way. It’s more about consistency than flavour, and the very small amount of shortening used doesn’t affect the flavour adversely, in my opinion.

Oh, Ang. Italian flour is just plain evil.

Angrboda

Oh, these were plenty crumbly. :) Why do I always put the most runny jam on the most crumbly half???

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Anna

I have scone envy.

Angrboda

Super easy recipe from AC Perchs actually. I have the book they published celebrating their 175th jubilee. I translated it in the comments on my other post about this tea. They’re very quick to make, it only takes about half an hour before they’re ready to eat. http://steepster.com/Angrboda/posts/190223
Husband says (and he should know) that they taste very authenticcally English.

Sil

oh god.. those sounds amazing

Anna

Now I have even more scone envy. I’m taking this year off from baking, though – Italian flour is a science unto itself (among other obstacles).

The recipe looks great – I’ve experimented a lot, and have found the best results (to get them just the way I want them) with a mix of bicarbonate of soda and cream of tartar for the leavening agent, and a mix of butter and vegetable shortening for the fat.

Angrboda

I always, always bake with butter, never vegetable shortening. I don’t even keep the stuff in the house. I find the result is worth the extra cost of the butter.

Your leavening mix sounds more or less like my baking powder though.

Angrboda

Ooh, is Italian flour self-raising? In that event just add sugar, milk and butter. Salt and leavening agent are already in there.

Anna

Oh, I am as anti-margarine as they come, but using 1/3 shortening and 2/3 butter is a way to make the scones crumble in a very specific way. It’s more about consistency than flavour, and the very small amount of shortening used doesn’t affect the flavour adversely, in my opinion.

Oh, Ang. Italian flour is just plain evil.

Angrboda

Oh, these were plenty crumbly. :) Why do I always put the most runny jam on the most crumbly half???

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