made a gingerbread (actually sugar cookie) house today
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Made a sangria orange drink! Oranges are easy to buy in winter here, so my dad always buys me a huge bag of them right around Christmas. I dried some wheels to make a garland and to use as drink garnishes, and I will dry the rest of the peels in short strips to use throughout the year in syrups, teas, coffees, stews, tonics, etc.
all I do is embarrass my parents on the internet
yes yes for sure! sorry it's a bit messy, just going off recipe and memory.
scones
1 3/4 cups + 2 tbsp flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 tbsp sugar (or not if you want really lemon)
1/2 cup dried cranberries (or fresh, what's your pref lol, can use blueberries too, or anything really!)
1/2 cup butter (cubed and left in freezer until use)
2/3 cup milk
1/4 tsp vanilla
1/2 tbsp lemon juice
1/2 - 1 tbsp lemon zest
drizzle
1 cup powdered sugar
3 - 3 1/2 tbsp lemon juice (can add zest if you want or after they're baked for flare)
1. pre-heat oven to 400 F.
2. combine dry ingredients together in one bowl.
3. this part is a little tricky, but if you have, use a hand masher to or even potato masher or something to incorporate the frozen chunks of butter into the dry mix. i suggest adding the lemon juice at this stage as it can absorb into the mix vs when you add the milk after. blend ingredients together until it's flaky/crumbly in texture. don't over do it. you could grate as an alternative but the butter would melt quicker which you want to avoid. can also put dry mix + butter into food processor until crumbly texture, then add milk by hand.
4. add milk (slowly, dough should not be super wet. if it's too wet, add 1 tbsp flour), vanilla, lemon zest and cranberries. gently mix until a dough forms.
5. flour your area and put out dough to knead a few times. you still want that sorta loose texture. not tight like a cookie.
6. at this point you're going to want to work quickly to flatten your dough ball out to 1" thick circle and cut into 8 pieces. you can use egg wash if you'd like as well.
7. bake for 20 min or until golden brown.
8. mix powdered sugar and lemon juice in separate bowl until sugar is dissolved. taste test/ensure it's the thickness you like.
9. let scones cool for 15-20 min and drizzle!
10. enjoy.
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omgoodness me. that looks like something i could have right now. so very pretty overall! well done. how did you concoct this?
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kendreadful (12-21-2022),Nattiee (12-19-2022)
We made these weird butterball cookies my husband has been harping on about for awhile. Basically, they're just a nightmare mess of powdered sugar and I'll be cleaning this stuff up for weeks.
Recipe from here:
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Edit: We used a butter cookie tin. Not the same thing. I promise they're 2 different cookies lol. Brian pointed it out.
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Shawn (12-25-2022)
@(you need an account to see links) @(you need an account to see links) I love butter cookies, the white ones are my favorite! Here we call those Nut kisses (besos de nuez) yeah don't ask me why lol
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