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A United Kingdom tea party with pumpkin spice scones

March 4, 2012 Ticia 17 Comments

Hi! Future Ticia here, a few years ago I got together with a bunch of other bloggers and cooked our way around the world. Our very first stop was the United Kingdom, and I have to admit the first thing I thought of when I heard United Kingdom was having a tea party.  My kids love to drink tea, and I thought this would be a gentle introduction with things they are mostly familiar with. This particular outing led to a discovery of my favorite scone recipe, pumpkin spice scone, a great basis to add things into.
pumpkin spice scones

We started mixing and baking, and having fun.

There was a lot of giggling and spilling, and general fun in making this pumpkin spice scone recipe.

Pumpkin Spice Scones

2 cups flour
7 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon cloves
1/4 teaspoon ginger
6 tablespoons cold butter (can also partially freeze)
1/2 cup pumpkin puree
3 tablespoons cream
1 egg
* this particular time I used 2 teaspoons of pumpkin pie spice instead of each individual spice

  1. pumpkin spice scone mixing with the kids
    Preheat oven to 425.
  2. Combine dry ingredients and cut in butter (hint you can freeze the butter and then grate it with a cheese grater to combine more easily)Fold in wet ingredients to form. (I have no clue why it started counting at 2)
  3. Fold in wet ingredients to form ball.  ** this was a very sticky dough, so I coated my hands very thoroughly with flour.**
  4. ** Extra step, if you want to add something else in, this is the time to do it. We regularly add in fresh berries, or sometimes if we’re feeling like a bit of extra sugar some chocolate chips.
  5. Form into log and cut dough into triangles.  I formed it into several circles and cut them into wedges.

Bake about 10-12 minutes.

Adding in the rest of the ingredients for our United Kingdom tea party

While that was busy baking and the kids were happily munching on their slices of cheese and crackers I made each of us a cucumber sandwich.

Kids version of a cucumber sandwich:

Slice cucumbers fairly thin, spread cream cheese over bread and then layer cucumbers.  That’s it.

Adult version of a cucumber sandwich:

Buy flavored cream cheese, I got the garlic flavor, yum, yum, yum.  Spread thickly over your bread.  Slice a cucumber thinly and layer a lot of them all over.  Eat and ENJOY!

eating pumpkin spice scones for our British tea party

Ordinarily our tea parties are at the dining room table with my fine china and good manners.  However, February has been a month of sickness and Jeff working late many nights, and just generally being overly tired.

So, we, as in I because Jeff didn’t get home until after their bedtime, opted to watch the Max and Ruby episode set in London while we ate our tea party.

All in all, this month we didn’t learn super a lot about our country, so I’m setting a poor first example, but I plan to go back and have us learn more.

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Comments

  1. Susan says

    March 4, 2012 at 1:25 pm

    This is a great idea, Ticia! I love it 🙂

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  2. An Almost Unschooling Mom says

    March 4, 2012 at 1:31 pm

    Very fun!

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  3. Phyllis says

    March 4, 2012 at 2:00 pm

    What a cool idea! You know we are all into food and geography/cultures!

    Reply
  4. Valerie @ Glittering Muffins says

    March 4, 2012 at 10:21 pm

    Looks like you all had a good time and had fun 🙂

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  5. The Outlaw Mom says

    March 4, 2012 at 4:34 pm

    That's great you guys have a real tea party time with your fine china. I'd love to get to that stage with my kiddos. Even though my daughter is cucumber crazy, I never thought of incorporating them into cucumber sandwiches for her – thanks for the inspiration!

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  6. Nicole {tired, need sleep} says

    March 4, 2012 at 4:49 pm

    Ooh – thanks for the scone recipe – yum! This is a wonderful idea… if only I could get Matthew to try (without crying) new things and actually like them. Sigh.

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  7. Annette {This Simple Home} says

    March 4, 2012 at 7:13 pm

    YUM.

    (That's a lovely button there!)

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  8. MaryAnne says

    March 4, 2012 at 10:52 pm

    Those scones sound delicious!

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  9. Kelly at Little Wonders' Days says

    March 5, 2012 at 2:10 pm

    I love your tea party and the scones look wonderful. This is such a neat theme for a linky party!

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  10. Raising a Happy Child says

    March 5, 2012 at 2:31 pm

    Great idea for the blog hop. I pinned this post for our future forays into geography.

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  11. Terri Thompson says

    March 5, 2012 at 2:52 pm

    Pumpkin Spice Scones! Yummy!!

    Reply
  12. Kim @ The Educators Spin On It says

    March 5, 2012 at 4:11 pm

    Thanks for the Pumpkin Scone Recipe, now I know what we're making for Saturday morning breakfast in our week in the UK with Little Hands that Cook with Books!

    Reply
  13. Juggling With Kids says

    March 5, 2012 at 4:48 pm

    I LOVE pumpkin flavored anything!! I can't wait to try these out.

    Reply
  14. Christy says

    March 6, 2012 at 1:45 am

    So very cool! Brilliant idea!

    Reply
  15. Christy says

    March 6, 2012 at 1:46 am

    Oh, I love anything pumpkin.

    Reply

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