Wartime Coffee Potato Scones

Good Morning Lovelies..

Well the bread is rising... but its going to be a very busy couple of days. 

Photo: 1940

Its time to get my kitchen organised for the upcoming holiday season.. So every cupboard is going to scrubbed and tidied.. and if I feel motivated enough.. give the pantry a lick of paint..

Photo :Better Homes and Gardens Magazine
October 1940

However... the laundry still has to be done...

Photo: Lucille Ball 1944

and the bedrooms have to be cleaned

So tonights dinner will be a quick family favourite.. Chicken Fricassee.. 

using up the leftover chicken from last nights dinner

My recipe for today is Wartime Coffee Potato Scones. They sounded intriguing.. they were ministry of Food... and I did have some leftover mashed potatoes from last night...so I thought "why not"??

Well they were unusual... but they wern't terrible. They were moist and soft but to me were better eaten warm. The coffee flavour needed to be a bit stronger...but a little spread of butter helped.

6 oz plain flour

2 level teaspoons baking powder 

½ teaspoon salt 

4 oz mashed potato

2 oz fat 

¼ teacupful strong, milky, sweetened coffee. 

• Preheat oven to 425° F
• Sift together flour, baking powder and salt
• Mix thoroughly with mashed potato
• With fingertips, rub in the fat to make 'breadcrumbs'
• Add coffee and and blend to a soft dough
• On a floured board, roll out to ½ inch thickness
• Cut into rounds
• Glaze tops with a little milk
• Bake on greased baking sheets for 15 minutes

Ministry of Food Leaflet