Christmas Luncheon and a Recipe

We hosted a Christmas luncheon today.  {...and there were presents  :D ........}

Red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese icing

LOVING the sunshine today!

Merry Christmas cake from Edgar's Bakery

Grits bits 

Cornmeal scones with sage and cheddar

Shelley wearing her crown and mustache from her Christmas cracker

(Trip jumped into the photo too late!  :/  )

My mother and grandmother (Mimi and Big Mama) wearing their crowns.

Charles and Shanley Belle *not* wearing crowns.

Luncheon Menu:

Chili 

Cornmeal scones with sage and cheddar 

Turkey roll-ups

Red velvet cupcakes

Italian cream cake

Sugar Cookies

Iced Tea

Recipe for Cornmeal Scones with Sage and Cheddar

Ingredients:

1 2/3 cups all-purpose flour

1/3 cup plain yellow cornmeal

2 1/2 t baking powder

1 t. rubbed sage

1/2 t salt

1/8 t ground red pepper

1/2 cup cold butter, cut into small pieces

1 cup (4 oz.) shredded cheddar cheese

1/2 cup milk

1 large egg, lightly beaten

Procedure:

1.  Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Combine flour with next five ingredients in a large bowl.  Cut in butter with a pastry blender until mixture resembles course meal.  Stir in cheese.  Add milk and egg, stirring until dry ingredients are moistened.

2.  Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead about four times.  Transfer dough onto a lightly greased baking sheet.  Pat into a 7 inch circle and cut into 8 - 10 wedges, but just score the dough, don't cut all the way through the dough.  Do not separate the wedges.  

3.  Bake for seventeen minutes or until golden.  Transfer scones to a wire rack for three minutes, and serve warm.

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Until next time...

Blessings!

Ricki Jill