Yo-yo Biscuits

Oh, these are awesome! Beautiful sweet biscuits and a lovely sugary filling. Yum.

The 3 sets of shifting the flour and custard powder nearly broke my ageing sifter! But it made the biscuits so deliciously smooth.

Made these twice in the last week or so. Shared with the Dohertys (enjoyed by young and not as young alike!) and my parents and the family-in-law over the Easter long weekend. A joy to share.

Raspberry scones

I love scones and I love raspberries. But for some reason this recipe did nothing for me. The serving with added cream and raspberry jam did though. I felt like it was a wasted amount of raspberries and I would have preferred regular scones.

I do however wonder whether my raspberries were slightly unfrozen and caused issue in the recipe. The picture in the recipe book showed regular looking scones with raspberries dappled through, whereas mine turned purple from the breaking up of the raspberries as I folded them into the scone mixture and kneaded the dough as well. And how very sad: a sprinkling of icing sugar just makes things look less appealing...

They did not all get consumed, which speaks volumes about how un-special they were.

Next time I will make scones without raspberries and add the raspberries with the cream as an afterthought!