Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Smokos

The bane of my existence. I don't often do the baking thing, mostly for the sake of the size of my backside, as I am unable to resist any sort of home baked good. The kids do like get VERY excited it when I bake (poor souls), but the reason for this domestic fling is that it is a pre-requisite to provide a decent smoko for any workers.

Today being such a day that workers will need to be catered for, I made some scones for smoko. Ideally scones are best made the same morning they are to be served, but seeing as I cannot be in two places at once (ie I will be out in the paddock during the morning!) I've whipped these up yesterday afternoon.

This recipe has been around for awhile, but I thought I would share my version of it.

"Miracle Scones"

4 cups SR Flour
300ml Cream
300ml lemonade *
Mix altogether in a bowl until combined, then knead gently on floured surface. Roll out to around 3cm in thickness and then cut with scone cutters. Place touching on a greased (and floured if feeling excited) tray and bake for around 15 minutes at 250 Celsius

* my recipe says a whole can, but I always end up having to add more flour, so I cut back on the lemonade this time.
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I had a small bit of dough left over, so made a sort of jam turnover thing for the kids to have at school.

_MG_6896And after a short time in my oven, they came out like this:

_MG_6924Jam turnover: not sure how this one will go, but we shall see when we cut it in the morning for school.

_MG_6922I cooled them under a tea towel and then put them in a sealed container ready for smoko.  

5 comments:

  1. Mmmmm!! Everything looks so delicious!!! Could you please tell me what a "smoko" is? I have no idea!! :)

    ~ Wendy
    http://Crickleberrycottage.blogspot.com/

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  2. This is the recipe we had at kinder - they are so very yummy! I need to use about a third of the quantity over here though ... no hungry blokes on smoko here!

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  3. My mum introduced me to the lemonade scone :)
    And how the hell do you wait to they where cold!!!!!

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  4. I have always come over puzzled over the lemonade requirement in a good scone. And I haven't a single doubt that the jam turnover thing will be complete success. It's about time for smoko right here, right now...

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  5. Yum, you're making me hungry... even though I've just had dinner. Hmmmmm!

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