Saturday 9 May 2020

A Little Of What You Fancy

One thing which many people seem to have been doing more of since lockdown is baking. I try not to bake very often myself as it just encourages me to eat all the delicious goodies, and I can do without all those extra calories, but I've really been fancying a homemade scone over the last week or two. Unfortunately, I hadn't been able to get my hands on any flour to satisfy my craving, until Thursday. Of all the things which were in short supply at the start of lockdown, most are back in regular stock, but a flour shortage seems to be the one thing which is ongoing. It's all kinds of flour too, the shelves seem to be permanently bare.


I usually make my scones with self-raising flour but plain flour was all I could get hold of so I looked up a simple scone recipe online which uses plain flour and this is the result.


They're not the prettiest things, granted. I didn't want to waste a single crumb so instead of using pastry cutters, which make attractive round scones, I just cut the dough into portions with a knife before baking so they're all very irregular shapes.


Spread with jam (I'm not too bothered about cream) they tasted delicious, and there's still plenty of flour left so I can make more when I have a craving again.

29 comments:

  1. Ohh Jo, they look so delicious! Good idea doing them that way so as not to waste any of that precious dough. We've been trying to get flour, but there's just none to be had! John loves baking and he makes the most delicious scones, quiches and cookies. Enjoy x

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  2. They look delicious. I don't like to waste dough either and do as you did, cutting whatever I'm baking with a knife to use every little scrap of dough. We're having flour shortages here in the US but I managed to find some self rising flour and plain flour both at a little mom and pop grocery store.

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  3. I have to use gluten-free flour. A friend couldn't find any and was in desperate need, so I swapped my bag of GF flour for a dozen of her hen's eggs. I'd got a couple of GF cake mixes to make up, but hoping I can find some more GF flour soon.

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  4. They sound and look delicious. Enjoy. Apparently the flour shortage has been ,and still is, due to a supply problem with the packaging rather than the product. xx

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  5. They look nice, I don't blame you for not wanting to waste any dough.
    I don't bake for the very same reason, I really enjoy baking but I have no self control, neither does Andy so we gobble up cake in no time at all! Such gluttonous behavior!
    I have the task of making a cake for my Mother-in-laws 60th birthday, luckily I have enough flour in the pantry to do a trial run, and make the actual cake. I hate to think of the panic I'd feel if we couldn't get any flour!
    I'd have to have butter with my jam, and now I think I'm going to have to bake some - if I have enough flour left!
    xx

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  6. Oh those look delicious. I love scones but have never made them. Hopefully this year.
    Enjoy Your Weekend !

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  7. They do look tasty, definitely would need some cream on for me though :)

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  8. Every time I see some delicious looking baking on a blog post, I am inspired to get in the kitchen. My waistline is already suffering, and those scones look delicious. X

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  9. They do look good, Jo. I'm all for not using cutters. The scones are just as tasty cut like that - and you don't have to wash the cutters! :o)

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  10. Your scones look very yummy, especially with the jam. I do bake every week as we love the goodies but we try and limit ourselves to having the goodies with our mid-afternoon coffee and we don't eat dessert after any meals.

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  11. Wonderful, I'm missing cheese scones!

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  12. They look delicious. I need to rein in the baking a little I am starting to put back all the weight I had lost.

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  13. It seems so strange that flour should be the one thing that is so hard to come by. Fortunately I already had a good supply at the start of lockdown and I have managed to get the odd bag to top me back up. I do like making scones. I make fruit scones with plain flour.

    Mx

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  14. I know what you mean, I really fancied a scone yesterday, I made some date and walnut scones a while back which were ok but didn't rise very much, mine never do, they never turn out fluffy and light. If I can get some flour tomorrow I will try again. xx

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  15. I know what you mean about baking but freezing is the answer. I freeze all my cakes in portions and then I don't eat them all at once. I believe you can freeze biscuits as well although I haven't tried this.

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  16. They look good to me. I often used to bake mine in a round just scored to save messing about but mine just never seem to rise like the shop scones. Still taste okay though.
    Funny this shortage of flour isn't it?
    Briony
    x

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  17. They look delicious, a nice treat and the smell when cooking, that certainly helps.
    Take care Jo. Hope dad is doing ok.

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    1. My dad seems to be on an even keel at the moment, it doesn't last long though so we're waiting for the next trip to hospital we'll have to take with him. Thanks for asking.

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  18. They look delicious! Yesterday, I made the first batch of pancakes since all this started - and I think the whole situation made them doubly yummy.

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  19. I have never made scones!! I know, you are probably horrified, but, I bought some the other day at the bakery of our Island store. They were cranberry and very tasty!💖

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  20. They look delicious. I was at the store today and for the first time saw plenty of paper towels and toilet paper. Now I think there is a shortage of meat, sigh.......

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  21. yum. Flour is all good here again. We had been ordering massive bags from a bakery. You can add baking powder to make self raising flour. It's yeast which is the issue here now... i haven't been into a supermarket for 2.5 months now. We might drop a level today and schools reopen next week - i'm all good as long as I don't have any parents or co-workers in my classroom.... it'll be interesting to see if we actually get community spread when level drops, which we still have not had in NZ!

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  22. Well done & with plain flour. Don't make scones very often these days as with only 2 of us it's easier to make things that keep well like slices or biscuits, though when I make a cake, half might be frozen or even given away. I sometimes make pumpkin scones to just serve with butter, which are really nice. I seem to be able to get flour again after our shortage, but now am having trouble getting golden syrup. I don't use it often, but did the other day for the Anzac cake & the jar is nearly empty. DD said she'd look out for it on her side of Melbourne, then we laughed & said she wouldn't be able to give it to me unless they ease restrictions, unlikely any time soon.
    Take care, stay safe & huggles.

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  23. Well, here we are all the way over the pond, in Wisconsin, and the one thing I cannot get is FLOUR. I Have yeast. I Finally gave in and ordered flour from the King Arthur Company. It will be rice flour and then baking flour. My friend Meredith told me rice flour is amazing to work with, so Im going to try.

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  24. Oh- They look really good...save a couple for me. I need to bake some scones. Last week I made biscotti and scones are on the list for this week. xo Diana

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  25. They look good to me :)
    My sister made some yogurt scones recently using plain four and a little bit of bi-carb, she said they were good.

    Enjoy the week ahead, at least we can go further afield, although we are still going to be sensible.

    All the best Jan

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  26. I stopped baking years ago for the same reason as you but Martyn makes all our bread. We are managing to buy flour and yeast OK now bit it was difficult at the start of the pandemic.

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  27. They do look nice! I can't get my hands on any flour either.xxx

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  28. They look delicious and I love their quirky shapes. You can make plain flour into self raising yourself, a quick look online will tell you how, or in if you have any baking books it should be in there too.

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