Posted by:
tumwater
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Date: May 01, 2016 02:11PM
You might like to try this:
http://www.krusteaz.com/products/other-mixes/scone-mix-mixI grew up in northern New Mexico, but have been in western Washington for a couple of decades.
Scones at fairs around here seem to drive people crazy, to me it's yo hum.
My childhood memories of favorite baked goods were biscochitos (anise flavored cookie with cinnamon/sugar) and galletas (dinner biscuits).
Every cook had their own version and style of these favorites. Nothing was ever measured, it was always handfuls of flour, some lard or shortening (whatever you had), salt, water or milk, add sugar and anise for the cookies.
You kneaded the dough until right(??) then let the bread rise, and put into a medium to hot oven until ready. Mom's were always great, grandma's were too sweet and my great aunts were too heavy, she never used shortening, it was always 100% lard.
If you said anything tasted funny or different, you were told to put them down, someone else would eat them and you could go hungry.