It's been an Agatha Christie–themed weekend at my house. Alex and I are always looking for a new TV show to binge watch on the weekends, and we are drawn to British shows set around WWII or the fifties. This time, we settled on "Partners in Crime," a 2015 British miniseries based on Christie's Tommy and Tuppence mysteries. We liked the first few episodes and plan to keep watching. Then, before I could even join my Sunday School class on Zoom yesterday, what lands in my email in-box but my Agatha Christie newsletter featuring a recipe for English scones!
I have used my trusty scone pan to make wedge-shaped scones for most of my baking life. In fact, I cannot recall ever making round ones that I've cut out myself. So this time, I used the recipe downloaded from the newsletter here. They were easy to make (once I figured out that 8 ounces of flour equals a little over 2 cups!), and the fluffy, tasty treats were ready to enjoy by the time I settled in with my Sunday School lesson. They were small, just about 2 inches each, and I liked that.
They fit beautifully on my tea and biscuit set (which I wrote about here in 2011). Since I had some whipped cream left over from testing another Christmas cookbook recipe, I decided to have my scones with both grape jelly (made by my sister) and cream. I learned that the way I eat mine—cream first, then the jelly—is considered "the Devonshire way," as opposed to "the Cornish way," which is jam first. Are you Team Devonshire or Team Cornish?
