The following recipes are for what we call "teabreads" in Scotland.
If you're thinking that's what we have with a cup of tea - you're right! :)
We never serve just a cup of tea on it's own, there's always something to
eat too :)
SCONES
2 cups Self Rising Flour
Seedless White Raisins (Optional)Enough Milk to Bind1/2 Stick Soft Butter1/4 cup Sugar1 EggPinch Salt
Rub butter into flour. Add sugar and salt. Add beaten egg.
Mix to soft consistency with milk. Bake @ 410 for 15 minutes.
A biscuit cutter can be used, or the mixture can be
dropped onto the baking sheet.
SUGAR SCONE
2 cups Self Rising Flour
2 Eggs
1/2 cup Sugar
1/2 Stick Butter
1/2 cup Milk
Rub together butter, sugar and flour. Beat eggs and milk
togther. Grease a cake pan and dust with flour. Pour in
mixture and sprinkle top with sugar. Bake @ 350 for 20
minutes.
CINNAMON LOAF
2 cups Self Rising FLour
1/2 cup Soft Brown Sugar
1 level teaspoon Cinnamon
1/2 cup Marg.
Scant 1/4 cup Milk
1 Eggs
3/4 cup Raisins
Rub marg. into flour then add the other ingredients and mix well.
Bake @ 350 for 45 minutes. When cold ice top and decorate with chopped
walnuts and cherries.
ALL BRAN LOAF
1 cup All Bran
1 cup Brown Sugar
1 cup Raisins
1 cup Cold Tea
Place above ingredients in a bowl and let stand a few hours then add
1 cup Self Rising Flour. Place in well greased loaf pan and bake for 1 hour
@ 350.
SNOWBALLS
2 cups Self Rising Flour
1 Egg
1 tablespoon Milk
1/4 cup Sugar
Pinch Salt
1/4 cup Marg.
Coconut
Melted Jam
Cream marg., sugar and salt. Add egg with a little flour. Beat well.
Stir in the rest of flour. Mixture sgould be fairly stiff. Divide mixture
into 24 pieces, flour hands and roll each piece into a ball. Place on a
greased baking sheet and bake at 350 for 8 - 10 minutes. When cold sandwich
together with jam, brush over with heated jam or thin water icing and roll
in coconut.
SHORTBREAD
1+1/4 cups Butter
2/3 cups Sugar
3+3/4 cups Flour
Rub butter into flour, add sugar, knead and press mixture together
with fingertips till it forms a smooth ball. Roll out to fit baking pan
(cookie sheet, cake pan etc), flute the outer ring and prick all over with
a fork. Baking shelf third from top of oven @ 335 for 45 -55 minutes.
Cream marg. and sugar. Add egg and beat well;
add flour and a drop of vanilla essence and mix until
smooth. Roll small teaspoons of mixture in cornflakes.
Place on lightly greased baking sheet and slightly
flatten. Bake @ 350 for 20 minutes.
RECIPE FOR A HAPPY LIFE
One cup of Confidence
One cup of Love
In a pan of Happiness
Mix the above.
Add a pinch of Tenderness
A tablespoon of Truth
Stir well in the Sunshine
Roll out a loving Trust
Flour well with Contentment
Keep all free from Strife
Fill with Understanding
And bake well all your Life
The Sugar Plum Fairy
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