Breakfast

The scones turned out good; I used craisins and almonds.

Have a nice day, more later tonight.

Recipe

I am going to try and make scones this weekend, to celebrate Brian's excellent marks in school this semester. (He found out he had straight A's last night) I found a recipe on allrecipes.com, 308 people rated 'Grandma Johnson's Scones with five stars (the best rating).

1 cup sour cream 1/4 tsp cream of tartar
1 tsp baking soda 1 tsp salt
4 cups all purpose flour 1 cup butter
1 cup white sugar 1 egg
2 tsp baking powder 1 cup raisins (optional)

In a small bowl, blend the sour cream and baking soda, and set aside.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease a large baking sheet.

In a large bow, mix the flour, sugar, baking powder, cream of tartar, and salt. Cut in the butter. Stir the sour cream mixture and egg into the flour mixture until just moistened. Mix in the raisins.

Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface, and knead briefly. Roll or pat dough into a 3/4 inch thick round. Cut into 12 wedges, and place them 2 inches apart on the prepared baking sheet.

Bake 12 to 15 minutes until golden brown on the bottom.

Questions?

I'll have to look in my book to see what 'cut in' means.

Also, I wonder if I can use my food processor (thanks Uncle Kenny & Aunt Judy!)



I'll let you know how they turn out.

Latte Art

I want to learn how to do this.

Family Christmas in MO

We had a wonderful time celebrating Christmas with the Prestons. Here are a couple of pictures.

Family Christmas in SC

We had three new babies this year at the family Christmas party; Samuel, Trevor Lamar and Jasmine (respectively).

























Here are a couple more pictures of all the fun.

Christmas party planning

Momma is preparing for two Christmas parties, one today and another on Saturday. Tonight is Daddy's company party and tomorrow is family Christmas night. Daddy is giving each employee a poinsettia so we have 28 of them at the house right now. Some of you might notice that the vases and plates that momma is decorating are the same ones we used and both my wedding and Bekky's wedding this year. What a deal I got on those plates!

The frozen south

We came to South Carolina and it froze. There is ice on all of the trees and all the schools are out, but it won't last very long. . . it's South Carolina.

We've got a big time planned - several Christmas parties, etc. Merry Christmas!

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Final-ly

Finals are finished! (and there was much rejoicing...yeah.)

All I have left for the semester is a course on DVD which should take about a week to complete.

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