Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Scones

Yummy.

From allrecipes:

Ingredients

1 cup sour cream
1 teaspoon baking soda
4 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup white sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup butter
1 egg
1 cup raisins (optional)

Directions

In a small bowl, blend the sour cream and baking soda, and set aside.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a large baking sheet.
In a large bowl, mix the flour, sugar, baking powder, cream of tartar, and salt. Cut in the butter. Stir the sour cream mixture and egg into the flour mixture until just moistened. Mix in the raisins.
Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface, and knead briefly. Roll or pat dough into a 3/4 inch thick round. Cut into 12 wedges, and place them 2 inches apart on the prepared baking sheet.
Bake 12 to 15 minutes in the preheated oven, until golden brown on the bottom.

Sunday, May 8, 2011

Molten Chocolate Cake

These were so yummy--like warm pudding in the middle of a cake. We served it with vanilla ice cream.

Ingredients

1 cup butter
8 ounces dark chocolate chips
5 large eggs
1/2 cup sugar
4 teaspoons flour
8 extra-large paper muffin cups

Directions

(1) Melt butter and chocolate in a medium heat-proof bowl over a saucepan of simmering water; remove from heat. Beat eggs and sugar in a medium bowl. Beat egg mixture into chocolate until smooth. Beat in flour until just combined.
(2) Preheat to 430. Spray muffin papers with vegetable cooking spray. Divide batter among muffin cups.
(30 Bake 10 minutes.

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