Chef Claude Peter's Make Over for Meta Monday along with his infamous Strawberry Shortcake Scone Recipe!

Welcome to my Chef Claude Peter Metamorphosis Monday Make Over!

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I found Chef at Abbie's Attic Consignment Shop in Flowery Branch, GA, for just $10. He's made out of Terra Cotta and was originally lightly white washed. He was kinda messed up in a couple places with a little ink, but nothing a can of spray paint wouldn't clear up.

Here he is, going through the paint job! I used a flat white spray paint. He was very well behaved, with the exception of the fumes that bothered him terribly...he did superb! ;)
By Claudie...I think he's all done now! ;)
You'll notice in this shot below that he's now sporting a black bow tie, along with black caps on the buttons of his chefs jacket. I just adore him! I named him "CHEF Claude Peter", after my father(first name) and my youngest son(middle name).

Chef Claude Peter felt like helping me bake tonight...so we whipped up my Strawberry Shortcake Scone recipe. It's a scrumptious scone that can also be used for Strawberry Shortcake, which is what we did tonight! mmmm good! Chef is great to hold a slim vase of flowers like I used him for in last weeks tablescape, or above, you'll see him sporting the napkins for dessert!

Strawberry Scone RECIPE:

1 1/2 cup strawberries hulled and cut into 1/2" pieces

(sprinkle with sugar to bring out juice)

2 1/4 cups flour

3 T. granulate sugar

2 teaspoon baking powder

1/4 tsp. salt

6 Tbl. sweet butter

2/3 cup milk

In large mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, salt, and baking powder. Cut butter in and work in till size of peas. Stir in strawberries and gently stir to coat, add milk and gently stir again until the dough begins to form. Using your hands, form into a ball out of dough. Then roll out onto a floured board 1/2 thick. Bake till golden brown.

Bake @ 425 Fahrenheit min., or until golden brown.

Always have plenty of extra strawberries for garnishing the shortcake! (Dishes are part of the "LIFE COLLECTION" from DaySpring that are showcased in a previous blog post.) Don't forget if you like the LifeStyle collection by DaySpring, you'll want to check out their website for more details. But, first...check my information out on my blog!

Here is the traditional Strawberry Shortcake!

And my favorite, I take the scone and chunk it up in a bowl, put more strawberries that have been sugared and put milk on all of it! Now, this is GOOD! ;)

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Bon Appetite~

~CC Catherine