Kitchen Time

Heeey everyone! Hope you all had a wonderful weekend!! I sure did! We relaxed, had family time, and went to church. My cat even had some relaxation time with dad:

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Before I forget to mention it, I got an awesome workout in on Friday! A few weeks ago, I cam across this circuit, and let me say, it doesn't look that hard, but by the fourth time you are doing pushups, it IS!!!! :D

Today's a busy day for my mom, so I thought I'd tackle breakfast. I made my first-ever scones!!!! They were actually pretty easy to throw together, and everyone seemed to like them! I confess that I haven't actually eaten one yet, but will for a post-workout treat! :D Anyway, here's the recipe that I used:

Banana Scones (adapted from Food.com)

Ingredients:

• 2 cups flour


• 3 T brown sugar (packed)


• 2 teaspoon baking powder


• 1/2 teaspoon salt


• 1 teaspoon cinnamon


• 6 T butter


• 8 T milk (I ended up adding a little more)


• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract


• 2/3 cup diced banana

Directions:

Preheat oven to 400°F Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. Cut butter into a few chunks and rub it into the flour mixture with your fingertips.

Mix milk and vanilla in a small glass. Add the banana chunks and continue to stir, adding more milk if necessary, until dough comes together.

Pat dough into a disk about 1 inch thick. Cut into eight sections with a knife and place each on baking sheet.

Bake at 400F for 17-20 minutes, until light gold.                                                               I also made some homemade coffee creamer! My mom loves it, and since this is both her birthday and her wedding anniversary month, I thought I'd make her a special treat! It was actually super easy! All I did was combine 1/2 C milk, 1/4 to 1/3 C sweetened condensed milk (I didn't measure exactly :P) and 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract! Then, I shook everything up and voila we have vanilla  coffee creamer!

That's about it for me today.... What does your week look like?