{"id":4821,"date":"2013-06-11T10:39:49","date_gmt":"2013-06-11T16:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/?p=4821"},"modified":"2015-10-25T17:40:35","modified_gmt":"2015-10-25T23:40:35","slug":"birthday-tea-party-the-best-scone-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/?p=4821","title":{"rendered":"Birthday Tea Party &#038; The Best Scone Recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"<a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-follow synved-social-size-48 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Follow us on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DriftlessAppetite\" style=\"font-size: 0px; width:48px;height:48px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Facebook\" title=\"Follow us on Facebook\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-follow\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" style=\"display: inline; 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width:48px;height:48px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"rss\" title=\"Subscribe to our RSS Feed\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-follow\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" style=\"display: inline; width:48px;height:48px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none; box-shadow: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/96x96\/rss.png\" \/><\/a><p>On Sunday we threw a little tea party in honor of our friend Christy&#8217;s birthday.\u00a0 The amazing weather and the vivid greenness had just been making me want to celebrate everything.\u00a0 During the course of the party we had sunshine, then pouring rain, sunshine, and finally a lavender sunset.\u00a0 We sipped black tea (with cream and sugar)\u00a0and G &amp; T as we\u00a0munched on some classic tea fares\u00a0such as\u00a0Scotch eggs, cucumber sandwiches,\u00a0and scones.\u00a0 A tea party\u00a0without scones should be a sin.\u00a0 Anyway, I&#8217;ve been looking for the best scone recipe for awhile now and I think I finally found it (from America&#8217;s Test Kitchen)!\u00a0 We served it with a choice of clotted cream, lemon curd, and\u00a0a jar of my\u00a0rhubarb, strawberry, and basil jam.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/?attachment_id=4822\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4822\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4822\" src=\"http:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/scone.jpg\" alt=\"scone\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/scone.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/scone-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/scone-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/scone-400x266.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><!--more-->RECIPE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Preheat oven to 425 degrees F<\/p>\n<p><em>Ingredients<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>2 c. flour<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>1 T. baking powder<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>3 T. sugar<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>1\/2 t. salt (if using unsalted butter)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>5 T. cold and cubed butter<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>1 c. heavy cream<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>*optional &#8211; 1\/2 cup chopped dried berries of your choice<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I added just one tablespoon of chopped candied orange peel that I made over the winter.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Mix the dry ingredients into a bowl.\u00a0 Add the butter and work it into the dough with your fingers until it looks like a course meal with some bigger lumps of butter.\u00a0 Pour in the heavy cream and carefully mix until it just comes together.\u00a0 Take out the dough from the bowl and form into a ball (this should only take about half a minute or less).\u00a0 Flatten to 1\/2 inch then use a cutter of your choice.\u00a0 I went with a flower shape.\u00a0 Bake for about 12 minutes or until slightly golden brown.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/?attachment_id=4828\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4828\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4828\" src=\"http:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/orangepeelandjam.jpeg\" alt=\"orangepeelandjam\" width=\"1000\" height=\"721\" srcset=\"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/orangepeelandjam.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/orangepeelandjam-300x216.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/orangepeelandjam-150x108.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/orangepeelandjam-400x288.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<strong>MENU<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Chocolate and Marshmallow Tea Cakes, Orange Cream Wafers, Chocolate Digestives<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Scones, Clotted Cream, Lemon Curd, Rhubarb-Strawberry-Basil Jam<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Lavender Tea Cakes<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Cucumber Sandwiches<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Melon Fruit Salad<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Chicken &amp; Romaine\u00a0Salad<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Rosemary Potato Quiche with Artichokes, Shooting Star Spinach, and Feta Cheese<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/?p=3906\">Scotch Eggs<\/a> with Colman&#8217;s Mustard<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/?p=3793\">Brazo de Mercedes<\/a> with Bure&#8217;s Strawberries and Aprium (a plum-apricot)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Mango Cheesecake, Biscotti Anise Seed Crust, and\u00a0Basil Syrup<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0Yorkshire Gold Tea with Cream and Sugar<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Moroccan Mint Tea<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/deathsdoorspirits.com\/pages\/spirits\/spirits.php\">Death&#8217;s Door<\/a> Gin &amp; Tonic<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Death&#8217;s Door Vodka Tonic<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*Party Favors: Vintage Jewelry from Grandma Loretta<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">It was such a wonderful evening.\u00a0 Thanks to everyone who came and shared it with us.\u00a0 Christy,\u00a0we wish you a spectacular year! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/?attachment_id=4825\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4825\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4825\" src=\"http:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/teapartycollage.jpeg\" alt=\"teapartycollage\" width=\"1000\" height=\"587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/teapartycollage.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/teapartycollage-300x176.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/teapartycollage-150x88.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/teapartycollage-400x234.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday we threw a little tea party in honor of our friend Christy&#8217;s birthday.\u00a0 The amazing weather and the vivid greenness had just been making me want to celebrate everything.\u00a0 During the course of the party we had sunshine, then pouring rain, sunshine, and finally a lavender sunset.\u00a0 We sipped black tea (with cream [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4822,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[574,140,573],"class_list":["post-4821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home-cooking","tag-scones","tag-tea","tag-tea-party","has-featured-image"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4821"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4821\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5817,"href":"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4821\/revisions\/5817"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}