Our favourite Sunday afternoon thing to do, ever, is to bake scones. Yesterday I realised that my nearly 6 year old really can do this “all by myself Mummy” and I decided to step back and make some images. These are the kind of at home photos that I love – the children utterly engrossed in their project and just the way I want to remember these moments in years to come.
The scone recipe is simplicity
Oven at 200
225g of SR flour (or 225 g of plain flour and 3 level tsp of baking powder)
55g butter
25g caster sugar
milk to bind
Method: Mix the dry ingredients, chop the butter into small cubes and rub into the dry mixture until a fine crumb is achieved. Add little amounts of milk to bring the mixture together ( I like to keep the mix quite dry). Turn out dough onto a lightly floured board (avoid kneading or overhandling – not always so easy with little helpers) and roll lightly. Makes 12 small or 8 large scones. Pop into top of oven for 10 – 12 minutes. Eat with butter and jam.
You will see Kate checking the time ever so carefully in one of the images but then one of her friends called round and there was a slight moment of forgetfulness (from Mummy too) about taking the scones out of the oven! Kate quite enjoyed the drama of running around giggling and saying “I burned the scones, I burned the scones!
Rosie x
Images Rosie @ Love Skye Photography
