Thursday, July 26, 2018

A Cream Tea Time for You

Come Now My Dear

Come now my Dear,
And we shall have
A cup of tea and a glass
Of reverie.

We shall sit and sip
And gossip and laugh
And sigh and sip again.

For tea brings forth secrets and
Sensibilities at the same time.
So when we drink, we will know
With assurity just where
We find ourselves to be.
~Susan Patterson
aka Earlene Grey

At the TeaFestPDX Susan was giving a poetry reading
during the afternoon cream tea in the British Tea Tent.

The scones served were from the Newberg Bakery and
made by the owner, Brenda Berg.
Brenda had given a scone demonstration in the morning
and left these scones to serve for our cream teas.
She generously shared her recipe, which I thought you would love too.

Brenda’s Scones:    

2 cups flour
2 Tbls. Sugar
2 tsp. baking powder
½ tsp. salt
6 Tbls. (3 oz) unsalted butter (if you use salted butter, cut salt to ¼ tsp.)
2/3 cup milk (or more a little at a time)
1 egg beaten thoroughly to brush on top of scones
Pre-heat oven to 425 degrees.
Mix dry ingredients together. Cut in butter (add any chips or cranberries etc.) Stir in milk.
It should be fairly dry not sticky.
Place on lightly floured counter and gather into an 8” circle patting it down and making it round. Cut into 8-10 equal parts.
To make smaller sized scones: Cut the dough in half; pat each half into a 6-7 inch circle cut into 8 equal parts.
Place on a cookie sheet. ( I like to use parchment paper)
Brush egg on each scone top.
Bake in oven for 15 -18 minutes.   (I turn the pan at 9 minutes)
Remove from tray to wire racks to cool.

Enjoy! 
Now just add a good cup of tea
and you can have your own celebration. 

Linking to Bernideen at: http://blog.bernideens.com/


6 comments:

Rosemary said...

Everything looks lovely! Beautiful poetry, delicious scones, and sweet fresh flowers. How thoughtful that she shared the scone recipe. The British Tea Tent is definitely where I would have spent some time during the festival, if only you weren't so far away!

Red Rose Alley said...

Oh, those scones look so Yummy, and they look nice served on the pretty green plates. I am starting to appreciate scones more than ever. They seem to have less sugar than cakes, cupcakes, and cookies. : )

Have a delightful week, and enjoy your tea, Marilyn.

~Sheri

Louca por porcelana said...

Precious time with friends...Just lovely!

Tracy said...

Tea and poetry--such a perfect pairing! Sooo glad the tea festival was such a super success again this year, Marilyn.... just loving seeing all the behind the scenes and beauty! :) ((HUGS))

Jeanie said...

I don't think her scones could be any better than your cream scones. Just sayin' -- it's a staple in my repertoire.

It all looks wonderful -- fun catching up!

Jean | DelightfulRepast.com said...

Marilyn, lovely scones (and everything else!). That's where I would spend the most time at the festival!