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It's Imbolc tomorrow/today, a festival associated with candles, milk, new beginnings and poetry. [Or of course, Lammas if you're in the Southern Hemisphere.]

My previous post about celebrating Imbolc is here DW/LJ

And there's a great tumblr post of Imbolc correspondences here: correspondences

And this post gives a wonderful overview of the history of Imbolc and the various celebrations taking place at this time: History of Imbolc

I thought I'd do something different for this post though and share the recipe for the jam buns I like to make at this festival

Apologies; the recipe is borrowed from my grandmother's cookbook and is all in imperial measures. You'll have to convert them to metric or the 'cups' American recipes seem to use if you want to make them. Unless your scales have both – most UK ones still have both imperial and metric on them :D

Jam Buns

Mix 8 ounces of self-raising flour with one pinch of salt.
Rub in 3 ounces of butter or margarine until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs.
Stir in 4 ounces of sugar [castor for preference but you can use whatever you prefer]
Add just enough milk to make the mixture bind into a dough
Shape the dough into a rough loaf shape and cut off sections
Slightly squash each section by hand into a roughly round/oval shape and make a small dent in the top
Add jam to the 'dent' – the recipe suggest raspberry but use your favourite. This would be wonderful with home made jam.
Bake in a hot oven – gas mark 8, 450F,or equivalent for fifteen to twenty minutes.
Let them cool a little and then enjoy :D

I hope you all find something to celebrate :D