Fair Scones

Ingredients:

2 cups (9 oz.) All Purpose Flour
1 Tbs. Baking Powder
4 Tbs. Sugar
1/2 tsp. Salt
4 Tbs. Cold Butter (I use sweet cream butter)
3/4 cup Heavy Cream
1 egg (slightly beaten)
1 tsp. Vanilla
2 Tbs. Sugar (to sprinkle on top of scones)

Method:

Preheat oven to 400*.  Place flour, sugar, salt, baking powder and butter in a food processor.  Pulsate everything in 3 second intervals until everything resembles course meal.  If doing it by hand, use 2 knives, a pastry blender or your fingers until the mixture resembles course meal.

Transfer everything to a large bowl.  Stir in heavy cream, egg and vanilla mixing dough by hand until it forms into a uniform and slightly moistened dough.  You can also you use a Kitchen Aid mixer on the lowest speed for a few minutes.

On a floured surface, grab enough dough to fit into your hand, about the size of a baseball, and gently roll it into a ball.  Flatten the your ball slightly, leaving the middle of the mound a little taller than the outsides.  Evenly sprinkle sugar on top of each mound.  Cut each circle in quarters.  You should have enough dough to make 4 circles and 16 scones.

Bake on a greased cookie sheet at 400* degrees for about 15 minutes.  Watch the scones and when they begin to crack a little and the bottom is just starting to turn golden.

Serve with butter and jam.

Hawaiian French Toast

Hawaiian French Toast

Favorite sliced bread
Toasted coconut
Crushed Frosted Flakes
6 Eggs
1 Tbs. Cinnamon
1 tsp. Vanilla
3 Tbs. Milk or Heavy Cream
Butter

Mix together eggs, vanilla, cinnamon & milk for dipping.  In a separate bowl mix equal parts, frosted flakes and toasted coconut.  Spread coconut mixture onto a plate.

Dip your bread into the egg mixture and then press into the coconut/frosted flake spread.  Butter hot pan and fry bread on both sides and top with a little butter and maple or buttermilk syrup.  Enjoy!

Buttermilk Syrup

1 cup of butter
2 cups of sugar
1 cup of buttermilk
2 Tbs. corn syrup
2 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp vanilla

In a large pot combine butter, sugar, buttermilk and corn syrup and bring to a boil.  Boil for 3 minutes and remove from heat.  Add vanilla.  Let cool.  Mixture will thicken as it cools.