Saturday, December 10, 2011

A bit of dodgy Christmas baking.



It's a bit of a sad but true fact, that I am in fact not the worlds greatest cook.
I don't really like cooking all that much and something nearly always goes wrong.
No matter what.

I quite like baking.
Well, I have to confess, I like the idea of baking slightly more than the actual baking.

Any who.
I spent the morning dutifully reading the latest Donna Hay magazine and drooling over her gorgeous biscuits.
Not one to follow an established recipe, I decided to make some stained glass window biscuits.



It started well with boiled lollies.


Big boy had a wow of a time crushing them for me.


I didn't factor in the high humidity today.
Our climate is usually hot and very dry.
So the bits of lollie clumped together.
Bugger!


I rolled and cut and placed.

Threw them in the oven,
and,
well, literally forgot about them.


These are the "not so burnt"ones.


With a bit of  "fancy twine" (that's what the label said on the box).
Up they went.
They taste OK.
Oh well, at least I tried.

How is your baking going?


8 comments:

  1. hee hee so loved this - I am on your baking team ... these look the part and are really a delight of homemade-iness :) my biscotti is more like rockscotti ... well at least we made an effort :) le xox

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  2. Oh yummy what a fun idea! I love the idea of cooking more than actually cooking too xox

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  3. Unfortunately I'm very familiar with the burnt versions of baking! I get a bit smug with my efforts and forget about things until I can smell them.
    This week I have been baking some cookies and slices to give away to neighbours and a family at school, but of course we had to taste our efforts.
    Your stars look fabulous - tend to stick to rather simple baking.
    x

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  4. They look great! I'd love to do some bickie deccys for the tree but we have so many ants around our house that I'd just be asking for trouble!
    I might make my gingerbread house this week, but apart from that I haven't got much planned int he way of Christmas cooking.

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  5. I think the look great and I would scoff one down with a cuppa in a heartbeat! ;-)

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  6. I love the idea of baking (and especially the eating part!!), but the actual putting it all together part of it I don't so much enjoy! It never seems to turn out quite like the picture! But these little beauties look brilliant! I'd be willing to give this a go for the end result : )
    Alison x

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  7. I made these one year & they turned out the same ...not perfect but yummy & we had lots of fun making them!
    x
    Melissah

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  8. These look amazing! My daughter wanted to make these and I have been distracting her with gingerbread instead... Maybe I will be brave now you have given it a go! I am always leaving things in the oven.... I think they still look fantastic and I would be quite proud of them if I were you! X

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