Sunday, October 3, 2010

Finally an Update From Me :)

Well I am over my cold and the weather is warming up, mind you I don't think we are actually going to have a spring as they reckon that about Thursday we should have about 31 degrees which is just perfect :)

MOTH has gone away fishing for a week so today has been a Buffy marathon, with the occasional episode of Melrose Place thrown in........am I sad or what LOL.
Any way here is an update of my Sleepy Hollow project that I am slowly plugging away on....... The first picture is what it will look like when finished, the second picture is my first progress report from about a month ago and the last picture is what I have achieved as of today. And once again sorry about the quality of some of the pictures I am just hopeless LOL



I have been stitching halloween and christmas ornaments but these are for exchanges so sorry no pictures until sent and received :)

Now on to my other passion..........Cooking. I try to bake some goodies on Sundays to last us during the week. Here is a picture of the baking tin the other Sunday, I made a Date Loaf and some Hokey Pokey biscuits.

Hokey Pokey Biscuits (makes around 20 biscuits)


125 g butter
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 tablespoon golden syrup
1 tablespoon milk

1. Preheat your oven to 180 C. Then make sure you grease the oven tray well.

2. Place the butter, sugar, golden syrup and milk in a saucepan. Stir over a low heat until the butter has melted. Increase the heat and continue to stir until the mixture almost bubbles, then remove the saucepan from the heat. Allow the mixture to cool.


3.  Sift flour and baking soda into a bowl. Stir the flour into the butter mixture. Mix well.
 
4. Take a tablespoon of mixture at a time and roll into balls. And place on oven tray
5.  Flatten biscuits slightly with a floured fork. The floured fork helps to prevent the biscuit mixture sticking to the fork. Then bake for 15 - 20 minutes or until golden. When cooked transfer to a wire rack to cool. 

 I am also trying to do the right thing and buy eggs that are not produced in a battery or caged environment.  I found a carton of eggs at the supermarket in very nondescript packing called "Mega Eggs" . I decided we would have some the other night for dinner and cracked the first egg open and it was a double yolker!! next egg was normal, next egg a double yolker!! and the last egg normal. Now the last double yolker egg that I saw or ate was when we got eggs straight from a farm, so I am really impressed with my find. Oh and they weren't expensive either. Well that is about it from me.  I am hopefully back to posting regular updates about what is going on my neck of the woods.

11 comments:

  1. Double yokers are always a great find! I used to love them as a kid and I get just as excited when I come across one now!

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  2. Nice progress on Sleep Hollow.

    There is nothing like a homemade cake, doesn't last long in our house.

    ooo those eggs look lovely

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  3. You're coming along with the project. It's a great design.

    I may try those biscuits, I'll find a converter online but what is golden syrup?

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  4. I love the headless horseman art!

    Also, anything with dates in it is fine by me!!

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  5. Glad you're feeling better!

    I'm so impressed by the needle work.

    Home made biscuits sound wonderful. =]

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  6. The baking looks good. I will have to try to make the Hokey Pokey Cookies! Your Sleepy Hollow looks fantastic.

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  7. We have 1300 chooks and many double yolkers but I still haven't worked out why they happen. Perhaps I should ask Mr Google.
    Loving your stitcheries. Wow, you are a patient woman.

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  8. Your WIP is coming along pretty good. The baked goodies look yummy.

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  9. P.S. Glad you're feeling better.

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  10. Vicky hi :>)
    I love your Sleepy Hollow project. It's going to look brilliant when it's finished - keep focusing on the end result :>)
    Wow!! Double yolks. You are talking to an egg lover through and through. We had some double yolks a while ago. it's such a bonus. They look very tasty and so do your biscuits. i will definitely give them a go.
    Hugs Angela xx

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  11. Vicky hi :>)
    I love your Sleepy Hollow project. It's going to look brilliant when it's finished - keep focusing on the end result :>)
    Wow!! Double yolks. You are talking to an egg lover through and through. We had some double yolks a while ago. it's such a bonus. They look very tasty and so do your biscuits. i will definitely give them a go.
    Hugs Angela xx

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