Scones (the utah kind)

My family has a bunch of great traditions that have been carried on from generation to generation. One of those is the making and eating of scones. These scones as you will see in the pictures to follow are NOT the english type which are baked and go well with coffee. These are tasty pillows of deep fried goodness and they go well with lots of other not-so-good for you food like butter and little smokies (or little weenies as Jake likes to say).

This is the homemade dough that my dad starts making the night before.

This is the transformation of the dough into the SCONE. I wish I had pictures of the teddy bear ones that my dad made for the kids. They loved them.

Dad at work in the kitchen. A familiar sight.

Cookin' up the li'l smokies.

The meal. This is how we eat our scones: Grab a hotter than hot scone. Put it on your styrofoam plate as fast as you can so that you don't burn your fingers. Lay down a slab of butter next to it on the plate. Pour some homemade maple syrup into a pyrex bowl. Serve up a few pieces of fruit and then a few li'l smokies. Tear off a piece of scone and dip it into the butter and then into the syrup. Then you can take a big bite of fried heaven. I know I know it is so unhealthy but we only eat these on a few holidays a year.

Claire Baby C. we love her so much! All of my kids flock to play with her.

Thank you Dad for carrying on such a fabulous tradition. Hopefully I can learn how to make the dough and carry on this tradition for a long time.