Scones and strawberries

warm buttermilk scones in the morning. what a great way to start the day. so, everyone knows how to make scones right? WRONG! i dont know how to make them. yes, admittedly i have never made these most common and delicious tea time treats mainly because ive heard so many people say; i can never get scones right or mine always flop and turn out as hard little bricks! so it is fear that has kept us apart my scone. 

but never again! i have conquered the mighty scone! eh hem pardon me but..

...That?! are those the scones you made?
yes of course! those are my gorgeous scones! can you not see this?!
well.. they dont really look like scones, they look like biscuits..
well alright, they arent really picture perfect but they do taste like scones.
okay then, hand one over

yesterday when i was buying lunch, the strawberries called to me. they actually said, "buy me and eat me im so freaking delicious" that is literally what they said. to me. so i bought 2 small punnets because at the till the guy enlightened me to the fact that buying 2 miniature punnets was on a not very special special. and i so i bought 2. i ate one punnet immediately and the other punnet journeyed around with me the entire friday in my handbag. do you know what strawberries smell like in your handbag?? not good i tell you! not good! and saturday morning though, they turned into these.

having a bit of a british craze since i went to visit my family in Birmingham
i brought back some british mugs and tea towels and now having scones i feel like a real old pom. actually its just because they have such great sweets there and my subconscious loves sweets. i ate my weight in chocolate at Cadbury chocolate factory while i was in birmingham. now im on weighless.

i was so proud and served these little numbers as breakfast in bed.
"oh, thought they were mini hamburgers"
grr..

also, going through a bit of a strawberry print craze at the moment and would be going crazy eating strawberries if the were in season and a little cheaper!

Buttermilk Scones Recipe:

Ingredients:

450gr self raising flour

1/4 tsp salt

60 gr butter

430 ml buttermilk

1. sift dry ingredients together and rub in chopped butter. stir in enough buttermilk to make a soft sticky dough

2. turn onto a floured surface and knead very lightly, just until its smooth. press it out to 2.5 cm thickness and use cutters to cut 5cm rounds.

3. brush tops with egg, place on baking paper and bake in very hot oven (200-220'C) for 15 min.

eat with cream and strawberries or strawberry jam ;)