I was really pleased with the results of my first attempt at Stollen. In general my bread has turned out better since I’ve been making Paul Hollywoods cob loaf and following his advice on the Great British Bake Off not to let the dough get too dry and to use the oil method of kneading. I followed the Hairy Bikers [Continue]
For as long as I can remember we’ve taken part in the Learning Zone Christmas hamper or cookie exchange. So we’ve been busy yesterday and today making our cookie contributions. Rebekah made her lovely cranberry and double chocolate cookies. Ruth made Wendy’s lovely custard creams but in heart shapes. I made Twinks Hobnobs from [Continue]
I haven’t posted any thing about our October boat trip – there was really far too much and so I didn’t get round to posting anything but while I was thinking about food for my last blog post I thought I’d post some of our foodie pics from our trip. A stack of pancakes with home-made apple [Continue]
My Yorkshire pudding tins have disappeared. I took one of them to church full cupcakes in and it has not been seen since. The other one more mysteriously was last used for cupcakes at home – and it too has disappeared. So rather that buy new ones I thought I would give Yorkshire puds a go in the silicon trays I [Continue]
Rebekah is entering some cookies in the Great Island Bake Off. She spent quite some time perfecting them. We started with cranberry, white chocolate and cinnamon - the cinnamon was overwhelming. Next cranberry white chocolate – no cinnamon – too bland. Then when she was out I dipped a few of them in melted dark chocolate – [Continue]
Wednesday started with me getting all my photocopying done for the first few weeks at work and sorting out some other work bits and bobs. Then a quick visit to M&S, for what else but knickers! Then over to the park for the Not Back to School Picnic. Arriving early is not really the done [Continue]
When I was little I would ask my dad “what do you want for your birthday?” And every time without fail he would answer “Peace and Quiet.” I would then ask “what do you reeeeeally want for your birthday?” and he would again answer “I really want peace and quiet.” Until I had children I [Continue]
As part of our no plans week the children decided they wanted to do some more cooking. They decided to make a 3 course meal doing a course each. They started off in the morning – Rebekah made bread and Ruth started off the Banoffee pie. We thought we’d head out to the beach in [Continue]
This is a sandwich with all home grown salad. First collect the sandwich ingredients from the garden. It’s our first ever cucumber, I’m very proud even if it is an odd shape and rather prickly. The picking can take some time if you get distracted by the clematis that is blocking the entrance to the bottom of [Continue]
On Tuesday I had about 14 children and a selection of adults and a baby at my house making ice cream. We have between bought into a science scheme called UPD8. There are different themed units and lots of activities, powerpoint presentations and worksheets. We used the powerpoint presentations to look at some of the [Continue]
