Noticing the love…

💕🍓Happy Valentine’s Day and recipe

Valentine’s Day doesn’t have to be only about romance. For many of us, the deepest love in our lives has come through the women who raised us, stood beside us, or grew up under our care. Great-grandmothers and grandmothers. Mothers and aunties. Sisters, daughters, friends, and the women who became family along the way.

So much love has been passed down through simple, ordinary moments. The meals cooked without a recipe. The hands that wiped tears. The laughter around kitchen tables. The quiet strength that kept a home or a heart together when things were hard.

Today can just be a gentle pause to remember that kind of love. The love we’ve been given, the love we offer, and the sweetness that lives in the small things we make and share with one another.🩷

If Valentine’s Day snuck up on you but you still want something warm, homemade, and a little bit special, these raspberry scones are the answer. They come together quickly, look beautiful, and that little sparkle of sugar on top makes them feel extra festive without any fuss.

Buttery Raspberry Scones with Sugar Tops🍓🫐

Ingredients

2 cups all purpose flour

1/3 cup sugar

1 tablespoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup cold unsalted butter, grated or cubed

1 cup frozen raspberries

1 large egg

1/2 cup heavy cream, plus extra for brushing

1 teaspoon vanilla

2–3 tablespoons coarse or regular sugar, for sprinkling on top

Directions

Preheat oven to 400°F and line a baking sheet with parchment.

In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Add the cold butter and cut it in with a pastry cutter or your fingertips until the mixture looks like coarse crumbs.

Gently fold in the frozen raspberries.

In a small bowl, whisk the egg, cream, and vanilla. Pour into the dry ingredients and stir just until a soft, shaggy dough forms. Don’t overmix.

Turn the dough onto a lightly floured surface and press into a circle about 1 inch thick. Cut into 8 wedges and place them on the baking sheet.

Brush the tops lightly with cream, then sprinkle generously with sugar so they get that pretty, sparkly crust.

Bake for 16–20 minutes, until lightly golden around the edges.

Let them cool slightly and enjoy them warm, with a little butter or just as they are. Simple, cozy, and perfectly sweet for a last-minute Valentine’s treat. 💗

Angela xx💛