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SCONES AND TEA

THE #1
MOTHER'S DAY GIFT!
TIME WITH YOU! AND TEA AND SCONES!

By: Finally! TV Studios Craft Services

What more valuable gift could we possibly give to our Mother's than our time? After all, nothing is ever more valuable than our time.

You can give time, but you can not ever get it back. You can make time, but then something else may fall by the waste-side.

It is far easier in life to waste time than it is to take the time.

Nothing is more valuable than our time.

SCONES

Pour your scone mix into the bowl.

Add 3 tablespoons granulated sugar

Add 1 teaspoon of cinnamon.

Mix according to "English" recipe supplied on packaging, which translates into less liquid and more butter.

And like with any flour recipe, do not mix to long or fervently, as it will make your dough tough. So, mix lightly as if it were pancake batter. No one cares if the batter if lumpy-bumpy, as the butter will melt while the scones are baking in the oven.

Take the mixed dough and shape into a 2" circle then place upon cooking sheet. Form into a triangle by slightly squeezing the top of the circle.

Bake as per recipe.

They will have a slight brown tip when they are finished.

Remove from oven and place upon doily and serve.

The scones can be made and shaped the day before if you wish.Even the cinnamon/sugar butter can be premade.

The marmalade is purchased. The cinnamon/sugar butter is thus:

We could just about conquer the world with enough time, but in our world today, we will settle for enough time to simply garden, chair a non-profit, get in a load of laundry, clean the house and dishes and have dinner on the table! All of which take, TIME! And all of which barely leave us enough time for anything else.

Mother's Day forces us and others to take TIME and to make TIME and to share our TIME.

scones So, this Mother's Day let's take and make time for ourselves and for our mothers. And let's relax and enjoy the moment of time we have made to share, together.

The best way to make the most of our time, is to take time together. So for this Mother's Day, we've come up with a terrific way - a relaxing cuppa tea and scones. But not just any tea and not just any scone and most certainly not time consuming.

We've made our minds up to have a proper English Tea with Scones, of course the senior way, the simple and most relaxing way possible!

Below is our recipe for perfect tea and easy scones, and we'll leave the conversational topics completely up to you.

The beautiful aspect of hostessing a tea is that you can prepare everything ahead of time and then truly relax, as if you too were a guest.

This Mother's Day Afternoon tea will consist of:

scone TEA AND TWO TYPES OF SCONES - ORANGE/CRANBERRY AND CINAMON AND WILL BE SERVED WITH ORANGE MARMALADE AND CINAMON/SUGAR BUTTER

TEA

Tea is usually served between 3:30 and 5:00, but 11zies are also a terrific time.

First of all, tea-time should be treated like a day at the spa, meaning, go in with an attitude and come out with a relaxed attitude.

Brewing - Boil you water in your kettle.Just before the kettle is about to boil, take it off of the heat.The reason is that you do not want to burn your tea.Warm your teapot with a smidge of boiled water first.

Leaves - Now if you have leaf-tea, place a teaspoon of leaf for each cuppa and then one teaspoon of leaves for the pot.

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CINNAMON / SUGAR BUTTER

¼ stick of butter

¼ tsp cinnamon

¼ tsp sugar

Mash all of the ingredients together

Shape. Bake.

Place upon table with condiment knife

So now that everything is ready, now let's go over the table setting:

TABLE SETTING

Cups/saucers - teaspoons either on saucer or table

Sugar cubes and tongues

6 oz pitcher milk or cream

lemon wedges

Marmalade

Cinnamon / Sugar Butter

Each his own condiment knife

Linen Tea Napkins (a miniature version of a linen napkin)

Fresh flowers

When ready - teapot and fresh scones

SERVING

Brewed Tea - Pouring Out

Freshly baked scones

Wonderful!

Steeping - After you've warmed your pot for a moment,pour your water into your pot, whether it is filled with leaves or filled with teabags, fill with the boiled water for steeping the tea.Let it all mull together, and steep for at least 7 minutes.This will give you enough time to take the scones out of the oven and to place upon a nice doily for serving.

Serving - The Table - When serving your tea, serve with a small amount of cream or milk and two slices of lemon per person.Have your sugar bowl at the ready with tongues and cubes, or those terrific rock candy stakes. The teaspoon should be placed under the teacup handle and the handle should be facing the right.Be certain you've warmed your cups with some of the hot water from the kettle; leave the boiled water in the cup for a moment to heat and then discard the plain water.

Serving - Pouring Out -Your table is ready and your cups are set out, you are ready to pour-out!

The number one item to serve with tea is scones.Why?Because they are hearty, tasty and filling.They will tide you over until lunchtime, or until supper or dinner, as they are almost a carbohydrate meal unto themselves.

scones Scones are, by themselves quite easy to make, but why take the time to do all that measuring and putting away of ingredients when one of our favorite flour companies have compiled all of the ingredients for us!And that flour company is "King Arthur" flour from New England.

They actually make a variety of scone mixes.Orange/cranberry, blueberry, plain, etc.For this tea we have chosen plain and orange cranberry.

Now, scones are always served with either cloud or Devonshire cream (a cream cheese/whipped cream blend), lemon curd, or a marmalade. Today, we have chosen an orange marmalade to accompany our orange/cranberry scones and cinnamon/sugar butter to accompany our cinnamon scones.

Now, it is suggested that you set the table first.Then make the scones. Put on your kettle of water. Bake the scones.Prepare your teapot.Steep tea.Remove scones from oven and serve all.

There now, you have your scones, your tea and your Mummy! What a lovely way to live this Mother's Day! And with so much that can be done the day before, and the ingredients already premeasured, and the table takes but a minute to set, why you'll be free to enjoy your time with your Mum!

Happy Mother's Day!

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