Friday, December 18, 2009

Merry Christmas...Here's a Fruit Cake!

That's how I start to feel during the Christmas season trying to think of meaningful gifts or thank you's to hand out to teachers, co-workers, employees, etc...

I want to do something...
I can't spend much money at all...
so what am I stuck with...

Well, making them something, but I know they probably don't need another plate of Christmas cookies to sit on the counter for a week only to get stale and throw away...
and I don't want to go through all the baking for it to get thrown away...
so anyways...

this year the ChambersMade solution was
...Jars of Scone Mix and a few tea bags...


that they can choose to make them whenever the mood arises...

Dried Cherry Scones Mix
1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
1 1/2 cups flour
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 1/2 Tbl baking powder
1 tea zest of orange
2 tea sugar

Layer into jar, placing the 1 tea orange zest and 2 tea sugar into a small baggie and placing at the top of all the layers.



Close up the jar and add a pretty piece of cloth and attach the directions on a tag. 
Directions:
8 Tbl butter (1 stick)-chilled
1 egg
2 tea vanilla
3/4 cup chilled milk
1 Tbl milk

1.  Remove baggie with sugar and orange peel, set aside & Preheat oven 400°.
2.  Dump contents of jar into bowl and mix.  Cut chilled butter into mix until resembles fine crumbs.  Combine egg, vanilla, & 3/4 cup milk; add to dry mixture, Stir until just moistened.
3.  Turn onto floured surface and knead 12 times.  Pat to a circle (1/2-inch thickness) ; cut into wedges.
4.  Place scones onto ungreased baking sheet.  Brush tops with milk and  sprinkle sugar and orange peel from baggie on top. Bake for 12 minutes.




 ...now send your kid off to school with a glass jar layered all pretty and hope that the teacher gets something closely resembling what you made!

Oh, and a little extra for you this morning...
today was "Elf Day" at my daughters school...so here is her Elf outfit...I wore one too (I help out in class on Friday mornings) but didn't get a picture...maybe later...
 
 don't you just love that Elf Attitude?!?

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