This is a painted pinecone ornament that my husband made as a little boy. Cue the collective "awwww". It's one of my favorites.
I'm now prepared to admit that the arrival of this tree has done something to me. For the last two days, 5 and I have been listening to Christmas music while we work on finishing up our gifts.
This is not something that's ever happened to me before. I don't even own any Christmas music (but Last.fm is awesome- I can type in "indie pop christmas" and get a playlist that goes on forever.)
This is not something that's ever happened to me before. I don't even own any Christmas music (but Last.fm is awesome- I can type in "indie pop christmas" and get a playlist that goes on forever.)
Fred, who is WAY more of a humbug than I am, went out and got us some LED lights. I like them, but Fred thinks they vibrate, or flicker, or something...
Spiced Cheese Scones
These scones are SO tasty yummy good I just HAD to share them with you. Fred requested savory scones for breakfast this week, so I was shopping in the cheese section... and I found some Norwegian cheese (made in WI) spiced with cumin and cloves! Weird! And yum! So then, because two spices does not a party make, I decided to add some nutmeg and lemon zest. Party in the mouth!
Ingredients
3 Cups flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1 stick of butter (chopped into biggish chunks)
8 oz cheese, grated (cumin clove, if you can find it, something else fancy if you can't)
1 1/2 Cups buttermilk
Put all the dry, powdery stuff into the food processor, add the butter chunks and give 'em a whirl. A few seconds should get the butter down to pebble size or smaller.
Dump all that good stuff into a big bowl and stir in the cheese.
Add the buttermilk and just mix it together- no extra stirring!
On a lightly floured surface, pat your dough into a inch-thick (or so) round and cut into wedges. However many wedges you want! Or make circles, or whatever!
Put your scone dough shapes onto a parchment papered- cookie sheet and bake for 30 min at 375- they should be browning on top.
Enjoy!
Ingredients
3 Cups flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1 stick of butter (chopped into biggish chunks)
8 oz cheese, grated (cumin clove, if you can find it, something else fancy if you can't)
1 1/2 Cups buttermilk
Put all the dry, powdery stuff into the food processor, add the butter chunks and give 'em a whirl. A few seconds should get the butter down to pebble size or smaller.
Dump all that good stuff into a big bowl and stir in the cheese.
Add the buttermilk and just mix it together- no extra stirring!
On a lightly floured surface, pat your dough into a inch-thick (or so) round and cut into wedges. However many wedges you want! Or make circles, or whatever!
Put your scone dough shapes onto a parchment papered- cookie sheet and bake for 30 min at 375- they should be browning on top.
Enjoy!
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