Thursday, December 06, 2007

A great night was had by all with our two special guests Mr Horsley and his team making two different types of scones, Mrs Phillips and her team making banana custard.



Mr Horsley



Mrs Phillips



Click on the picture to see more pictures of our wonderful night see if you can see two tasters who joined us to try the scones and banana custard.


Recipes for you to try at home

Raisin, apple and cinnamon scones

8oz self raising flour
4oz margarine
2oz sugar (save little to sprinkle on top of scones)
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 large apple or 2 small apples (peeled and finely chopped)
2oz raisins
2 eggs

Orange and ginger scones

Replace cinnamon with 1 teaspoon of ginger
Replace apple with 1 large orange or 2 small oranges (peeled and finely chopped)

1. Pre-heat oven to 220, gas mark
2. Rub flour, sugar, cinnamon and margarine together
3. Add apple and raisins
4. Bind with eggs to a nice soft dough
5. Place on a floured board gently pat to an even size
6. Cut with scone cutter
7. Brush tops of scones with milk and sprinkle with sugar
8. Place in oven and cook for 10 minutes or until nice golden colour

Nice enough to eat on their own or with butter and jam.