This is the journal of my endeavours to grow a range of fruit, veg and flowers from seed, grow organically, and my attempts to create a personal paradise with 1/2 acre of maintained gardens and 1/2 acre wild meadows. Northern Ireland's average daily high temperatures are 18 °C (64 °F) in July and 6 °C (43 °F) in January. Soil type: Clay

Sunday 22 December 2013

To make or not to bake

Even though I usually burn (or over bake) the first batch of cookies I do love holiday baking! Every year I make sugar cookies from a Betty Crocker recipe book, cut them out into festive shapes and decorate with icing made from icing / confectioners sugar, a tiny drop of water and a little food colouring. Fun and yummy! They keep for weeks and are delicious with a cup of tea! They taste much better than store bought versions!

Hoping your holiday cooking and/or baking goes smoothly!

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9 comments:

  1. That's really artistic, Kelli. So much nicer than mass-produced ones. I have promised to bake cakes tomorrow with Lara, my eldest granddaughter, so wish me luck!

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  2. Lovely - do you make any to hang on the tree?

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  3. I am smiling because I think we probably us the same recipe from the same Cookbook. I always make the gingerbread cookies, that I ha e left to frost. And don' t we always over cook at least one pan of cookies? I did because I used a different cookie sheet and did not adjust the time. Merry Christmas, Kellie. The cookies look great.

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  4. Thank you, Kelli. There'll be quite a lot of baking going on in our house when the grandchildren come around! Love your decorated biscuits - very creative.

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  5. Your cookies look great and very Christmassy. I have just starting preparations for baking and cooking.
    Wish you a Merry Christmas!

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  6. Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year 2014.

    Awww so cute adorable.
    Love it.

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  9. Your icing skills are much better than mine! A lovely little idea. x

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