Stormy Sunday

This weekend brought the end of daylight savings, the end of ANOTHER cold for me and the start of a cold for my husband. I am now lounging in my bed in the dark - at 6PM! listening to the soothing mixture of the rain outside and Alt-J, with an occasional clap of thunder and sniffles from my hubby next to me.

When Paul gets sick I cannot help but look after him! Is that a maternal instinct perhaps??

So this morning I baked him some scones with orange pekoe tea. Here is the scones recipe:

SCONES

Preheat oven to 200°C (390F). 

Grease and flour a round cake tin.

Sift together 2½ cups of self-raising flour 

with a teaspoon of salt and 

2 tablespoons of powdered sugar.

Rub in 40g of butter with fingers until mixture resembles breadcrumbs.

Make a well in the centre and add 1 cup (250ml) milk. 

Gently mix until combined.

Turn out onto a floured surface and knead until smooth. 

Flatten dough to 2cm thickness.

Cut rounds from the dough and arrange in prepared cake tin. 

Brush surface with milk.

Bake on top oven rack for 15 minutes.

I love my scones with whipped cream and jam :)

A double rainbow seen from my backyard this afternoon