my jar of cookies is half full
Posted: June 10, 2013 Filed under: cookies | Tags: caramel, cookies, holidays, music, oatmeal, public holiday, routine Leave a comment »
You guys know how much I love cookies. I devoted an entire month to them last year and while you might have thought that I had then had enough, you would be wrong.
hazelnut pretzel brownies
Posted: December 23, 2012 Filed under: cake, chocolate, christmas, cookies | Tags: 24 days of cookies, brownies, chocolate, christmas, cookies, pretzels, summer 1 Comment »
Christmas, in Australia, is about the heat. It’s currently wavering around 40°C today, which is epically ridiculous, especially when you have to work in a kitchen. Yuck.
However, I love a summer Christmas. A long summer holiday with presents, time to read all those books you received from your family. What could be better? It’s true that a traditional roasted dinner can be a bit much, but a summer Christmas is also a great excuse to get expensive seafood and fresh summer fruit, all in the name of celebration. I have never known a white Christmas, although I would love to someday. For now I will enjoy bare feet and air conditioning. Read the rest of this entry »
chocolate coconut almond biscuits
Posted: December 19, 2012 Filed under: chocolate, christmas, cookies | Tags: 24 days of cookies, almonds, chocolate, christmas, coconut, cookies, gluten-free Leave a comment »
So. It has come to this.
Presents are a thing that happens at Christmas time. I like presents the same way I like cupcakes. They’re awesome, but they’re even more awesome to give to other people. Read the rest of this entry »
lebkuchen spice cookies
Posted: December 18, 2012 Filed under: chocolate, christmas, cookies | Tags: 24 days of cookies, christmas, cookies, dftba, giving, just do something, p4a, pom poms, project for awesome, project for awesome 2012, spice, vlogbrothers Leave a comment »
Today is the project for awesome and I know I’ve already talked about how Christmas is for charity but seriously, guys, this is the time of year when it is oh so obvious who has and who has not. Read the rest of this entry »
stained glass biscuits
Posted: December 16, 2012 Filed under: christmas, cookies | Tags: 24 days of cookies, christmas, cookies, decorations, love, party Leave a comment »
Pretty, simple and delicious. And they make great decorations.
It’s a short post today because I had a PARTY on last night(yay! party!) so I’m just going to say that Christmas is about friends and family and celebration. It’s about food and presents and love and joy and hope. Peace and determination and perseverance, too. (even when you feel like a failure because you’ve already missed two posts in your month of posting).
Christmas is about being human. As human as human is. All the pains and sorrows and joys and delights of being human, the entirety of the journey that man takes in discovering God and Creation and fellow human. Christmas is about the gift of giving and the gift of recieving. Christmas is about love.
Merry Christmas. Read the rest of this entry »
pumpkin cake cookies with black and white icing
Posted: December 11, 2012 Filed under: cake, cookies | Tags: 23 days of cookies, 24 days of cookies, black and white cookies, cake, christmas, cookies, pumpkin 1 Comment »
Christmas is about the birth of Christ.
When the Messiah was born, the first people who found out were the shepherds in the field. The lowly shepherds, who were looked down upon in regular society, were the first to find out that their people were to be saved and not only that, that they would save the entire cosmos. The Israelites, that small, proud nation on a small spit of land at the edge of the country wouldbe the saving grace of the whole universe. Read the rest of this entry »
florentines
Posted: December 8, 2012 Filed under: cookies | Tags: 24 days of cookies, almonds, cherries, chocolate, christmas, christmas tree, cookies, festivities, florentines Leave a comment »
Our Christmas tree is up! I’m so excited. My housemates were hanging out for me to come home so we could decorate it together. Unfortunately we don’t have a real tree but I will be acquiring a pine scented candle sometime soon so we’ll still have that amazing Christmas scent. Mmm. Christmas. Pine. Read the rest of this entry »
non traditional rugelach
Posted: December 6, 2012 Filed under: christmas, cookies | Tags: 24 days of cookies, books, christmas, cookies, cream cheese, gifts, jam, nuts, recommendations, reviews Leave a comment »
Time for something completely different. Yes, that’s right, it’s time for the annual quick-review-of-books-I-have-finally-had-time-to-read-now-that-I-moved-into-a-stable-house-and-have-free-time!
Oh, that’s not a thing? Also the name is too long? Party poopers. Ah, well, we’re doing it anyway. Books are great gifts. You should totally get a book for someone this Christmas. Give the gift of another world. Read the rest of this entry »
chocolate chip cookies, again
Posted: December 5, 2012 Filed under: chocolate, christmas, cookies | Tags: 24 days of cookies, choc chip, christmas, cookies, generosity, presents, st nicholas, st nick Leave a comment »
The feast day of St Nicholas, the man behind the story of Santa Claus, is the 6th of December (tomorrow) but in Holland, where my mum’s family is from, they celebrate Christmas on the 5th. (That’s today, in case you were still figuring that out.) I wanted to share a recipe for speculaas, a Dutch spiced cookie, but unfortunately I haven’t yet gotten around to making them so you’ll have to wait a little longer. Read the rest of this entry »
