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Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Christmas cookie baking

Little G and I made Christmas Cookies again this year but unfortunately we where able to hang them on our tree, we where very worried that the Cats (Simon & Mielie) might eat them.

 
 
Recipe to follow

Sock mice - presents for our cats





The Cats def got spoilt in our house this Christmas, I made them each a sock mouse filled with some catnip, Simon loved it so much he couldn't wait to open it so he decided to open it himself.



Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Teacher's Christmas gifts

School breaks up on Friday and it will be Gemma's last day at Sterreliggieland before she goes to her new school next year.

We decided to spoil her teachers with little presents (with the help of Ouma) we made Mini Christmas cakes.

I've also attached the recipe just in case you want to make them yourself.





Fruit Cake (Ouma Vienie 1976):
 
500g Fruit cake mix
1 cup Brown suger
1 cup warm rooibos tea
1/4 tl salt
Mix altogether and let it stand overnight
 
Add:
2 cups self raising flourl
1 tl oil
1 beaten egg
cherry's, nuts, green figs

Mix everything together and place dough in a muffin tins that's been lined with wax paper.  Bake for +/- 1 hour at 175 C

Sprinkle lightly with brandy every 2 days