December 07, 2022
1. Preheat the oven to 180°C and line two trays with baking paper.
2. Cream the butter and sugar together in an electric mixer until pale and fluffy. Add the egg and beat well.
3. Fold in the vanilla, flour, baking powder and salt. Mix into a dough, shape into a disc and then wrap in plastic and rest in the fridge for 30 minutes.
4. Roll out and cut into circles using a cookie cutter. Transfer onto a baking tray and bake for 10mins or until golden.
5. While you wait for the cookies to cool completely, slice up liquorice strips into arms, scarves tiny dots for eyes or triangles for bow ties.
6. Make up a basic white icing by adding a tiny bit of boiling water to the icing sugar and stir, then add more water until you reach the desired consistency (fairly thick).
7. Decorate the marshmallows with eyes, noses, mouths etc. You can use an icing pen here or use the icing as glue for cachous or liquorice.
8. To decorate the cookies, spoon on a little white icing and spread over the surface of your cookie, then press the marshmallow down in the middle.
9. Add any other embellishments to complete your snowman!
Recipe and image from Kidspot Kitchen.
August 30, 2022
100g butter, softened
50g caster sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
150g self-raising flour
1 1/2 cups icing sugar
25g butter
1 tablespoon milk
1 tablespoon boiling water
4-5 drops food colouring
1. Pre-heat your oven to 180 degrees celsius
2. Combine sugar, vanilla and butter in a bowl
3. Mix together until all the butter and sugar are combined
4. Add the flour to the bowl and mix well together
5. Use your hands to mix further until a dough forms
6. Wrap the dough in cling film and put in the fridge for 10mins
7. Once the dough is ready, roll it out and use cookie cutters to make fun shapes
8. Place on baking paper on a tray and bake for 10mins
9. While the cookies are baking, you can make the icing by combining all the ingredients in bowl and whisking to combine
10. Spoon the mixture into a resealable bag and snip the corner and pipe onto the cookies
11. Top with sprinkles - yum!
Recipe and image from kidgredients.com.au
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December 09, 2021
Ingredients
1 large egg (room temperature)
1/3 cup almond butter
1/2 cup softened coconut oil
1/2 cup maple syrup
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp sea salt
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/3 cup superfine almond flour
1/3 cup shredded coconut
3 1/4 cups rolled oats
3/4 finely diced red apple
2 tbsp puffed quinoa (optional)
2 tbsp chopped dried apples (optional)
Method
1. Preheat the oven to 180C
2. Line a large baking tray with baking paper
3. Whisk the egg, almond butter and coconut oil in a large bowl until smooth and creamy.
4. Add the honey, vanilla, cinnamon, salt and baking powder. Beat until thoroughly combined.
5. Stir in the flour followed by the coconut and oats.
6. Mix well until everything is combined.
7. Fold in the apple and any other add ins you would like.
8. Using a 1/4 cup or large tablespoon, scoop out the dough and place on the baking tray.
9. Pat the top down to flatten slightly.
10. Bake in preheated oven for 10-12 minutes or until edges are slightly browned.
11. Allow to cool on baking tray before storing. Cookies can be stored for up to 3 months in the freezer in a sealed bag.
Other ingredients to use when making these cookies - freeze dried strawberries, choc chips, ripe mashed bananas or apricot and pistachio. You can view all of these on Life Made Sweeter here.
Recipe sourced from Life Made Sweeter.
November 11, 2021
Ingredients
1 cup ground cinnamon
1/2 cup apple sauce
1/2 cup white school glue
Small bowl of water
Method
1. Combine the cinnamon and apple sauce in a mixing bowl and stir until combined.
2. Pour in the glue and stir until combined. It may be easier to knead the dough with your hands towards the end to incorporate any last bits of cinnamon.
3. Wrap the dough in glad wrap and let it sit for an hour to allow the glue to cure.
4. Preheat the oven to 90C.
5. Line a baking tray with baking paper.
6. Cut the dough in half and only work with one half at a time.
7. Roll out the dough to approximately 6mm thick. If cracks develop or the dough isn't smooth, rub in a little bit of water to help smooth it out.
8. Using your choice of cookie cutters, cut out as many ornament shapes as you can.
9. Use a drinking straw to cut out holes at the top. This will be used to thread your ribbon through for hanging the ornament.
10. Place pre-cut dough on the baking tray. You can place them close together as the ornaments won't spread during baking.
11. Bake for 2 hours. Flip over halfway through cooking to help cook thoroughly and prevent curling.
12. You will know when they are ready when they are slightly darker and hard to touch.
13. Transfer them to a cooling rack or leave on the tray to allow them to cool down and dry completely.
14. Decorate your ornaments using your imagination.
15. Tie ribbon or twang to hang.
Recipe from the Kitchn
September 02, 2021
Ingredients
1 cup flour
2 tsp cream of tartar
1/2 cup salt
1 tbls vegetable oil
1 cup water
food colouring
Method
1. Mix all ingredients minus the food colouring in a large bowl. Combine well.
2. Separate ingredients into multiple bowls.
3. Add your choice of Colour Mill food colouring to each bowl.
4. in a saucepan over medium to high heat cook the mixture until the dough starts to form and becomes dry.
5. Once it starts to form a ball together and looks fully cooked, remove from heat and allow to cool.
6. Once cool, knead the dough for 5 minutes or until it becomes soft.
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Baking cookies at home with your newly bought cookie cutters but having problems with decorating them?
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Watch the video here.
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Baking cookies at home with your newly bought cookie cutters but having problems with the cookie dough spreading and your cookie no longer looking like a heart but just a round mess?
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Watch the video here.