I am the resurrection and the life, saith the Lord:

Categories: faith, cooking-and-recipes, prayer-requests

Date: 01 January 2010 15:32:20

he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: and whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Of your charity, please pray for the repose of the soul of my dearly-beloved grandmother. [caption id="attachment_1182" align="aligncenter" width="220" caption="grandma"]

[/caption] When I prayed "and do Thou be merciful to those who during the coming year will be summoned before Thy judgment seat," at midnight, I hadn't meant it to be grandma, or so soon. In honour of a woman who until very recently was still getting up at silly o'clock to make scones for church functions: Rosagrandma's Scone Recipe 12oz self-raising flour 1 level tsp baking powder 3 ounces sugar 4 ounces butter 1 egg, beaten with 3 tbsp whole milk (NB, must be whole milk) Ensure all ingredients are at room temperature. Heat the oven to 220C/425F/Gas 7. Lightly grease a baking sheet. Mix together the flour and baking powder and rub in the butter. Stir in the sugar and then the egg/milk to get a soft dough. Turn on to a floured work surface and knead very lightly. Pat out to a round 2cm/¾in thick. Use a 5cm/2in cutter to stamp out rounds and place on a baking sheet. Lightly knead together the rest of the dough and stamp out more scones to use it all up. Brush the tops of the scones with a little milk. Leave to rise in a warm place for 5 minutes, then bake for 10-12 minutes until well risen and golden. Cool on a wire rack and serve with butter and good jam and maybe [Ed: what's with the "maybe"?] some clotted cream. Rest in peace, grandma. Love you.