Jordan ran the Ukrop's Monument Avenue 10K today and did excellent! It was his first race since last year before we moved. His goal was under 40 minutes and had 39:23. Over 40,000 people ran the race, so it was packed! Jordan said that this is one of his favorite races. The course was mildly hilly but in a basically straight line.
Lots and lots of people there were wearing VCU's colors. We're so excited for them tonight, and really hope they win. Looks like we should have picked our home team to win instead of Ohio :) Oh well! I have this weekend off and I'm looking forward to relaxing and listening to conference...and making conference scones and honeybutter!
Conference Scones, Yield: 3-4 dozen
2 cups boiling water
1/3 cup sugar
2 Tbsp. shortening
2 Tbsp. butter
1 Tbsp. salt
2 eggs
2 Tbsp. instant yeast (saf-instant)
5 cups flour, approximately
Mix boiling water, sugar, shortening, butter, and salt well. Cool to lukewarm. Stir in eggs and mix well. In a separate bowl, combine yeast and 2 cups flour, blending thoroughly. Add to egg mixture and continue adding flour as necessary to make dough easy to handle. Knead for 5 minutes. Put in an oiled bowl and cover, refrigerating overnight. When ready to prepare, roll out to 1/4 inch thickness on a well-floured surface. Cut in squares. Let rise until double in size, about 1 1/2 hours. Cook in hot oil, until both sides are golden brown, drain on paper towels.
Honeybutter, Yield: approximately 2 cups
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/4 tsp. vanilla
1 egg yolk
1 cup honey
Whip softened butter. Add vanilla and egg yolk. Add honey gradually while whipping.
It's been raining basically every day since last week, but the good news about this rain is that it's made the leaves POP! Seriously, the trees were one day all brown and the next a beautiful spring green. There are these purple trees by our house that are so beautiful, as well as dozens of lovely magnolia trees. Makes me wish I had my own house so I could plant a garden :) I did plant some basil in a pot on our front porch. Maybe I'll have a small herb garden. Yay for spring!
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