Chocolate chip scones (no wheat)

so, i have been cooking and baking a lot with spelt flour recently.

What follows are my Spelt flour, Chocolate Chip Scones

here are the basic ingredients:

a thick pinch of Salt ( i used natural sea salt) 

about two cups of flour ( i used Spelt flour)

1/2 to 3/4 cups of sugar ( i used a nice brown Mascobado sugar)

1/2 teaspoon of backing powder

125 g butter ( not pictured)

those are first ingredients

mix the dry ingredients first

then grate in butter! i found this a great, easy way to add butter instead of cutting it in ;)

after mixing in the butter it looks like coarse meal ;)

chop about a hundred g of chocolate or add raisins or nuts .... or any other thing you might like in scones :)

it can be fun to cut into any sizes that you want ... from shavings to larger chunks

yummy!!!

mix it up!

next we need the wet ingredients.

one recipe said sour cream ... first i used sour rahm, next i tried fresh cream! all depends on your taste preference ... my wife likes it a little sweeter :)

200 g of something creamy mixed with one egg ... add vanilla essence if you want or lemon essence for lemon scones ... creativity is always fun!

fresh cream and egg with a little mixing bowl ;)

nice dark yellow yolk! ;) means that the chickens ate green grass! :) and some fresh bugs :)

mix well!

add to the "dry" ingredients

mix with a fork till it starts to come together

then use hand till it starts to ball up

work it till all dry stuff in the bowl stay in the dow ... will also form better if it is in one even ball

place on a floured surface .. i have a nice board for this ;)

flatten it out

work it into a rectangle

here you can form the edges :)

add flour so that your hands do not stick to it

a nice rectangle ... ready to cut!

decide how big you want your scones before you cut ;) or you could make them int balls and partially flatten them if you want :) if the first batch is bad ... they can only get better!!!

i cut mine into triangles ;)

on backing paper ready to bake! 

use about 220? i usually just do it by feel :)

bake for about 15-20 minutes ... till golden brown ... an egg wash would make them shiny and sugar can be nice if they are lemon scones

nice golden brown!

let them cool some ... then enjoy with your favorite beverage ... you can also cover them in double cream and/or jam for extra decedance ;)))

Yummy !!!! just like that!

Whole Spelt Vegan Tortillas

i was wanting tex-mex food and wanted to make something other than corn Tortillas so i used whole grain spelt flour! white flour tends to stick better but is not as healthy ...

Spelt flour with some salt ;)

add water and mix well!

ready to divide

the dough ;)

rolling out tortillas

you do not need any oil, just put them directly in a hot pan or a heated surface. They could even be cooked on a flat rock ;)

the finished product

here i made fajitas ( and other topping ) to eat them with

rice, refried beans, cheese, hot sauce and some avocado 

of course you are free to use any fillings that you want :)

Quiche!

I really do not like using Recipes unless I really have to ;)

Here are most of the ingredients for my Quiche! Although, I always miss something and add it later, like salt and pepper ;)

I have a spring-form pan and a mixing bowl

I cut in about 110 grams of butter with about 200 grams of flour

Here are the pieces of butter before cutting (if you want to make Vegan or vegetarian crust ... use olive oil or some other plant oil)

cut the butter until it is about pea sized, about ... 3 centimeter diameter, you do not have to be exact, just do not mix too much!

the final product

I decided to add some dried Chives to make the crust a little more interesting, and some salt of course!

while stirring add some water until it starts to stick together, just make sure not to make it too moist ... put it on a big board or hard surface to roll it out so that it will fit in your pie plate or in my case spring-form.

you want to butter the spring form. I also like to put some baking paper on the bottom, makes removal that much easier. I also do this with cheese cakes. (For Vegans, can use any kind of vegetable oil.)

Here we have the crust inside. you can cut uneven parts of it to add to parts that are not high enough up the edge ;)

Usually one uses beans to weigh down the aluminum foil, but having none on hand I used potatoes. Make sure to perforate the foil in the middle so that the moisture can escape.

melting butter

fresh washed young spinach!

just cook in a covered pan

This will be great in the quiche!

Here after the crust has baked some, I add the spinach on the bottom

making the filling:
The rest of the butter ... 140 grams?
7 eggs
more dried chives, fresh is yummier!
500 ml of buttermilk
500 ml Schichtkäse (german fresh cheese)
bacon bits
some flour or other thickener, not needed but ...

if you want Vegan(use the same amounts as with non-Vegan ingredients that you are substituting):
use blended tofu
soak blended flax seeds in water, they make a binder like eggs
It can be done, just have to be creative and experiment ;)

I am so happy to finally have a mixer!

looks good!

Here I add the bacon bits

I decided on Mushrooms on a whim ... (my wife`s suggestion ;) )

I got the mushrooms on one side, I like variation! but if you want it consistent, that is easy as well.

40 or so minutes in the oven. I never use a timer ... waited for it to puff up and get nice and brown.

after some cooling with some nice herbs for presentation ;)

and here ... enjoying a slice at a picnic!

It was a big hit!

Quiche made a fun picnic better! ;)

I even got to eat some leftovers for lunch later ;)