ten on tuesday - 8
ten random thoughts on tuesday (night)
one
I have been tagged by three sweet friends! Deanne, Marianna and Quirky. I just wanted to say thanks ladies and I am working on these! There is so much to post and so little time!
two
We made Glazed Lemon Scones the other day. Oh what fun! They were yummy too, only I think I flattened them out a little too much so they
weren't quite as high as I think scones are supposed to be.
I'd never baked scones before though, so I was pretty happy with the
way they came out! The lemon glaze was *dee-licous* I could just eat that with a spoon - yum! I found the recipe in the most recent issue of Family Fun Magazine.
three
Here's the recipe and some visuals: (you can also get the recipe here)
Ingredients:
Scones:
2 cups flour (I used cake flour and this made them very moist)
1/3 cup sugar
1 Tbsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
Finely grated zest of one lemon
3 Tbsps cold unsalted butter, cut into 1/4-inch pieces
1 cup heavy or whipping cream, plus a little for brushing
1 egg yolk, beaten slightly
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
Lemon Glaze:
1 cup powdered sugar
1 Tbsp fresh lemon juice
1/2 tsp lemon extract
1 Tbsp melted butter
2 Tbsp heavy or whipping cream
1. Heat the oven to 400°. Grease a large, heavy baking sheet (preferably not a dark one) and set it aside.
2. Sift the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt into a large mixing bowl. Add the lemon zest and toss the mixture with your hands.
3. Using your fingertips, rub the butter into the dry ingredients until the mixture resembles fine crumbs.
4. Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients. Pour in the cream, the yolk, and the vanilla extract and use a fork to blend the liquids within the well. Then use a wooden spoon to combine all the ingredients, just until the dough holds together.
5. Scrape the dough onto a flour-dusted surface and then, using floured hands, knead it gently three or four times to form a ball. Flatten the ball into a disk about 3/4-inch thick, then cut it as you would a pie into 8 wedges. Transfer the pieces to the baking sheet, leaving at least 1/4 inch between them. Brush the tops lightly with cream.
6. Bake the scones in the center of the oven until golden brown, about 16 to 18 minutes. Allow them to cool on the sheet for a few minutes and then transfer them to a wire rack.
7. While the scones continue to cool, make the glaze. Combine all the ingredients in a small mixing bowl and whisk them until the mixture is smooth. If necessary, you can thin the glaze with water, stirring in no more than 1/2 teaspoon at a time. When the scones have cooled for another 10 minutes, drizzle each one generously with glaze. Makes 8 scones.
(can you see my banner in the tea kettle?? heh-heh - love that - can you see the fridge open? LittleO was getting a snack...)
four
Okay, if you've been reading my blog for any amount of time you know that I have a squirrel thing (not like a "thing" for squirrels - that would be weird - a squirrel thing - click here to catch up).
Well yesterday when taking a peek at what people were searching for when they came across my blog I found the most hilarious search term ever. Someone was looking for "squirrel bureaucracy". I kid you not.
five
After I finished laughing I thought...what in the world were they looking for? What human being would want or need to know about squirrel bureaucracy? I mean, actually, I thought I made that term up...you know?...I don't think there really *is* a squirrel bureaucracy..is there?...
Wait a minute...do squirrels get internet? Maybe the *squirrels* were doing some research....
six
Congratulations to Lisa at The Scrap Princess Blog she won my prize at The Ultimate Blog Party! Look here to see what she won!
seven
Speaking of prizes I won *two* prizes during the blog party and one prize during the blog moving party! How cool is that?
I won an Arbonne goodie bag from Stacey at The Truest Thing, some *fantastic* felt pins from Katrin at Cuteacious (you must go check her etsy shop, Kaleidoscope Style - so pretty) and a really cool book called, "Homemaking Blueprints" from Pam at Mom's Mutterings (cannot wait to read this!). Thank you all so much! New bloggy friends and prizes!! What a blessing!
eight
The quilt show was fabulous. amazing. I really can't describe it with words.
I've always been a paper girl myself, but my mom has been wanting me to sew and a friend or two have encouraged me in that direction so that I was feeling kind of fabric-y already when my mom called and invited me to the quilt show.
nine
I am *so* glad I went. There was so much color and design and texture, everywhere I looked. It was astonishingly inspiring! Look at this!!!
This quilt was so tiny! No bigger than your hand (those are the mini-binder clips holding it up)!
Felted cupcakes!! Can you get over it??
ten
My mom bought me fabric and goodies that I can't wait to show you tomorrow (plus more quilt show pics). So much pretty!
I can't stop touching all the fabric. Is this normal?
I never liked the term "fat quarters" before because...you know... it had the word "fat" in it ...heh-heh...but now I {heart} the words "fat quarters"!
You know what they mean to me now?
"Here is some very expensive fabric that you cannot normally afford, but we are going to cut you a little, fat piece of it and only charge you $2.00!! Now you can have some. Aren't you happy?"
Yes! I am so happy!
My mom also got me a book on how to make fabric yo-yo's and ideas to use them *and* a heart-shaped yo-yo maker!!
I am so excited, I want to cover *everything* in heart-shaped yo-yos!!
But then
will I have to cut my fabric to do that?
Because I don't want to cut it.
I just want to touch it,
and hold it
and love it.
I have to go now, the fabric is in the other room and I can't reach it from here.
♥ M~
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
"All you who fear God, how blessed you are! How happily you walk on His smooth straight road!...Enjoy the blessing! Revel in the goodness!"
-Psalm 128:1 (the message)
Recent Comments