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Christmas Cookies for a Cookie Swap
I am such a lucky girl!
I was matched up with Traci from "Cookie Queen Kitsch'n" for my "Cookie Swap."
As it turns out Traci is a professional cookie maker and she sent me the most gorgeous iced gingerbread cookies. Traci makes personalised cookies for birthdays, weddings, christenings and party favours and the cookies she sent me were just gorgeous!
I can't explain the joy it gave me to receive this cookie swap. There is something very special about a total stranger going to the trouble of hand baking such a beautiful treat for someone they won't even meet. As much as I wanted to rip open the gorgeous packaging and bite into a cookie immediately I decided they looked just too cute and they needed a special occasion. I decided that I will take them to my mothers house and they will be the centrepiece at our family Christmas lunch tomorrow.
Thank you so much Traci!
Readers can go to Traci's site and check out more of her amazing creations. She has even included the recipe and a step by step instructional showing how to make the Snow Globes.
Look at this cute little pressy Traci included in her package, it is the most gorgeous little cupcake. I have a little niece that may be the final recipient of this gift. Although... I am awfully tempted to eat it myself and say nothing ;)
Merry Christmas wonderful people!!
White Chocolate Rocky Road
“Little A” thought all her dreams had come true when I told her we would be making a Christmas “Rocky Road”. She wasn’t quite sure what Rocky Road was, but she soon decided it was going to be pretty good by the bags of lollies I was getting down from the top shelf of the pantry.
It was so much fun to make this treat with her, because she didn’t need a lot of help to get results that she was thrilled with. I made the cups from a little melted chocolate as a finishing touch.
Ingredients:
2 x 220gm Dream white chocolate
1/3 cup coconut
85gm natural pistachio nuts
200gm raspberry lollies
250gm marshmallow cut in half
150gm milk chocolate
Method:
Line a metal tray with folded aluminum foil.
In a bowl combine coconut, nuts, lollies and marshmallows. In a glass bowl melt the white chocolate using short bursts of a microwave.
Pour the melted chocolate over the lolly mixture and combine well.
Pour the rocky road into the prepared tin and push all the ingredients down firmly. Refrigerate until set. Cut into squares.
Melt milk chocolate in the microwave. Using silicone cup cake moulds, brush the mould with chocolate and refrigerate. Repeat brushing chocolate on the moulds and refrigerating until the mould is thick with chocolate.
Turn the chocolate out of mould and fill with the rocky road.
Coconut Ice
I am on a bit of a roll with the “CSR Bake A Difference” fundraiser. I have another suggestion, and this time it is a recipe that would be a great to do with the kids in the up coming school holidays. Now I realise that coconut ice is a little old fashion, but these are so easy, and I actually forgot how good coconut ice actually tastes!
These will make the cutest little gifts. I will never give a box of chocolates again! These are so much prettier and personal.
Ingredients:
2 ½ cups CSR icing sugar
¼ t/s cream of tartar
1 egg white
¼ cup condensed milk
1 ¾ cup desiccated coconut
Method:
Brush a 26cm x 8cm tin with oil and line with baking paper.
Sift icing sugar into a bowl with cream of tartar.
Combine the condensed milk and egg white and mix well by hand.
Add the condensed milk mixture and coconut to the icing sugar and mix by hand until combined.
Press mixture into prepared tin and refrigerate for 1 hour prior to cutting into squares.
Presentation:
I used clear cellophane cut into squares, and a five metre roll of pink ribbon. The cones are made from vellum paper.
It was really easy to wrap the coconut ice up as “lollies” and I was really pleased with the result. The original thought was to present them in clear noodle boxes with a pink Christmas decoration attached but being Christmas everywhere was sold out of noodle boxes.
For more “Bake A Difference” information see my previous post or the “CSR Bake A Difference” website. Jeroxie will be compiling a collection of the most mouthwatering treats in this fundraiser for all to enjoy.
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Have Your Say
Love the retro posters, wish I could come!
The cheeses were amazing! I just bought more at Pansabella yesterday, I could go another day without having more :)
Jac, I decided to let everyone enjoy their day without the photographic evidence. Although I do have a couple of very amusing images!
Sounds like a great evening and I love the look of that goats cheese.
Jules, we need a photo of the sexy girls that were wine tasting.........
LOL!! Winston, lets just say I certainly did my bit for charity over the weekend ;)
On a serious note though, the wines on display were top class, I am sure you would be equally as impressed as I was with the selection.
Sounds like you had a fantastic time Julie! Combining charity and wine is a great idea! :D
Ohhh coool you attended a charity by the Rotary Club! My mum has been active with them for over 30 years so I fully support anything that they do. And c'mon, drinking for charity? It doesn't get any better than that, really! Haha! Anyway, I really enjoy reading about your wine tastings on your blog there's quite a few that stood out to me and I'll try and look out for them next time. Hopefully they'll have em at Dan Murphy's, fingers crossed! =)
What a great event. I love it when people are generous with the drinks. I haven't heard of that sparkling wine before but I'll look out for it xx
I wish I had you for my mum when I was 5!
That cake would have been the talk of the town for the rest of the year - fantastic job.
Thank you so much, it is going to be a wonderful surprise for my Mum, I wish everyone a great day with your own special people, those who helped you become who you are today.
Mum definitely deserves the hamper, because she is an amazing woman that has brought up 3 kids through tough times. She is the best mum a son could ask for.
She's had it tough, working hard
deserving much more than just a card
So let's raise a glass and toast her true
The best person in the world - Mum, that's you!
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