Valentines and Jeannie's Scone Recipe

Jeannie's Scone Recipe - My Friend stitched this for me to hang on my Kitchen wall.

I love it!

Here is how I make them:

Sift first four ingredients (the dry stuff) in to a cute bowl.

Use pastry cutter to cut in REAL butter.

Will look like this when butter is cut in.

Add 1/2 cup of  something to dry mix.  Suggestions are 1. Chocolate Chunks (and  1/2  cup of Almonds),  2. dried Cranberries, 3. dried Currents if you can find the tiny ones (I have been searching but can't find them), 4. Any nuts you like

Mix the milk and egg and 1 tsp Almond extract together and pour into dry mixture.

Mix with a fork until just mixed together.

Then plop onto wax paper that has been lavishly sprinkled with flour and gently knead 12 times.

Pat dough to be about 1/2" high.

Cut with scone cutters.  Scone  cutters are cookie cutters that  do not have a top on them.

Spray Pam on the Seasoned (ie - old) cookie sheet and put scones on the sheet about 1" apart.  Sprinkle with sugar.  Use regular white sugar and colored too, if you want.  Almonds are optional.

Serve warm on a pretty plate and share with a good friend.

My Valentine

I will make you brooches and toys for your delight

Of bird song at morning and starshine at night.

I will make a palace fit for you and me,

Of green days in forests

And blue days at sea.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Love, Jeannie

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Wedding Pillows From Pretty Hankies

This is the corner of the larger pillow.

I love the lace.  If you look closely you can see that the Lace insertion is hand Pinstitched to the fabric.

Both of these pillows will be used in the wedding of my Friend's Son. 

 My Friend made the pillows using Handkerchiefs that were meaningful to her. The small one was her Grandmothers and my Friend carried it in her Bridal bouquet.  And the Bride to be chose them for her Ring Bearers Pillows.  What a lucky new Bride to receive such treasures!  And what a lucky future Mother In Law my Friend is, to have such a  sweet  and willing girl to come into her family.

She made a nice cover for the pillows and then tacked the pretty Handkerchiefs to the pillow on the front.  On the back of the pillow is the Bride and Grooms name and date of the wedding.

The Silk Satin Ribbon will tie the Wedding rings to the pillow. 

And while admiring the Pillows, we had tea!

Everything's lovely when you have a cup of tea!

In a pretty cup.

Early Valentine Cookies.

Cookies and Tea,  Cookies and Tea

We'll all get together for Cookies and Tea!

All Designs Are Copyright Protected copyright 2011 Jeannie Baumeister