It's time to do some fun Christmas Baking. Something that I have been playing around with is sourdough baking. I received a sourdough starter a month or so ago from my sister and I have been a baking fiend since! I have been experimenting with flavors and add ins for sourdough loaves. My favorite so far is a rosemary kalamata olive blend. I know it's not a cookie; I'm breaking the rules again.... I wanted to share it with you because I think a lovely warm loaf of bread in a quilted bowl cozy makes for a wonderful gift! There are many recipes on Pinterest on how to start a sour dough. My sour dough starter came from King Arthur. Did you know that when you get a sour dough starter it is good luck to name it. Mine is named Dough Moon Arisen. My sister's named theirs, Yeasty Beasty and Sir Rise Alot.
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| ~Sour Dough bread with rosemary and kalamata olives~ |
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| ~ Regular Sourdough Bread~ |
This previous weekend was also our annual cookie day with my mom and sisters. The highlight of the morning was using mom's new stove! For many years we struggled with a timer that didn't work easily so we reverted to our phones or mom's google nest. It was so nice to have a working time and a treat to use her new stove!
I made all of my usual recipes, peanut butter yo-yo's, caramel, and dipped pretzels... but I also tried some new recipes, gingerbread spritz cookies and brownie truffles. Both are very good, and I will make them again. The recipes can be found below.
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| My sweet mama on Cookie Day. |
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| Gingerbread Spritz Cookies 1 Cup Butter 1/2 Cup Brown Sugar 1/4 cup molasses 1 egg 3 cups flour 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon 1 tsp ginger 1/4 tsp ground allspice 1/4 tsp ground cloves 1/8 tsp white pepper Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Cream butter and sugar with a hand mixer. Add the molasses and egg and beat well. Mix the dry ingredients together then add the flour mixture to the butter mixture until combined. Add cookie dough to cookie press and press out into desired shapes onto an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 6-8 minutes until the cookie is just set but not brown. Cool before decorating. Vanilla Icing Mix together 1 cup powdered sugar, 1 tsp vanilla extract and 1 Tbsp milk until smooth. Drizzle or dip cookies and top with sprinkles if desired. |
Brownie Balls
1 pan Brownie mix baked according to directions on the box
3 cups chocolate chips (I used chocolate almond bark)
sprinkles
Crumble up brownies while still warm but cool enough to touch, form into tablespoon sized balls. Dip in melted chocolate and decorate with sprinkles if desired.
I had planned on having some large bowl cozies made but my time got away from me since I have been watching my little grandbabies on and off over the last few weeks. I love spending time with them and can't wait to celebrate Christmas with them and all my family. I'm wishing you all a wonderful holiday season and a very merry Christmas. I hope that you have fun checking out everyone's blogs, the complete list is below...
December 2
Quilt Doodle Designs (You are here!)
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December 5
Merry Christmas and Happy Baking,
Cindy, Bonaparte and Josephine
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