Dec 03 2009
It is starting to look a lot like Christmas……
Howdy!
Are you all getting those Christmas trees up? I am really shocked with how fast Christmas is coming around, as I am sure most of you are too! I really haven’t begun my Christmas cards, or gifts etc, so I better get started on that!
However, the one thing I do LOVE about Christmas is the baking! I love to bake, and if it wasn’t for my waist line I would be baking all sorts of scrumptious things to eat. I love to try new recipes, however sometimes the golden favourites are best.
My dear friend and Upline Ngaire, organized a Christmas lunch, and we were all participating in a bake swap as well. I couldn’t decide if I should make Rocky road or Shortbread so I made both!
Here is are some pics of the yummies….
Star shaped shortbread….
Bell shaped, Choc chip shortbread….
mmmmm….Rocky Road!
I packaged them up into cellophane bags. I had the big intentions of making tags to go onto the ribbon tie, but I just didn’t get the time…..
All packaged and ready to go…..
Ngaire put on a most wonderful lunch, but better than the food was the lovely company! After we did our Bake swap, I came home with these wonderful parcels…..
Louise made a White chocolate and Gingerbread slice with these gorgeous boxes…
Cherita made shortbread and mini Christmas cakes (and yummy prawn cocktails for lunch, and table goodies too!)
Skip made White Christmas slice, all on a gorgeous Christmas plate!
Ngaire made a bag of Almond Rocca (which is to die for!!!) and these adorable handbags that had a box of buttons in there. Beautiful huh?
So now the trick is to hide all these scrumptious parcels, so that we actually enjoy them at Christmas time, and I don’t eat them all on my own! LOL!
I thought I might share with you the recipes to make the Shortbread. It is my Great Grandmothers recipe, and rather easy to make.
Christmas Shortbread
240gms Icing sugar
720gms Plain flour
500gms butter
1 egg
Choc chips (optional)
Method:
Add the icing sugar, flour, softened butter, and egg into a bowl and blend with your beaters. Place onto a floured board, and kneed till the mixture is of a good consistency. Cut into shapes, and place onto greased baking trays, and bake in a slow/ moderate oven till lightly browned. If you want to make it with Choc chips, add them when you are kneading the mixture so they are well mixed with the dough mixture, definitely use good quality chocolate.
Now tell me what is your favourite Christmas treat you make?
These look great and so yummy
Wow, those all look amazing, thanks so much for the recipe… I was looking everywhere for a great shortbread, I look forward to checking it out. I love to make loads of rumballs, thats my fav
Yummo, scrummo is all I can say - and they taste even better than they look!! I just wish I could pick a piece off the photo each time I visit your site!! I must say though it looks as though as little mouse (possibly by the name of Rod!!) has been into the almond rocca bag - it’s looking a little diminished!!
Love Ny
Oh man…………….those treats look BEAUTIFUL!! I’m spewin’ I didnt get to enjoy some of Nysters Rocco - that stuff is THE BEST EVER!!!! I’ve tried to cook it to but guess what……..no luck! roflol
Have a great day Keeshie!
Luv Dot
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HI Keesh,
thanks for including your shortbread recipe - I may give that a go. Ellie is really keen on making some Christmas bikkies. When you have a chance drop past and check out my last post - there is a thank you for you there and I’d like to pass on the award there to you too.
Love Kim
Oh my gosh, look at all that yummy food! Not a good idea to look at those pics right before dinner… I’m getting hungry just looking at them! Everything looks totally delish!
Cindy
Wow, talk about salivating all over my keyboard…YUMMO. What a great idea. I love lots of Christmas goodies especially shortbread, chocolate truffles and white christmas and I love Plum Pudding too although I am yet to make my own of that……sorry did you say just one thing??
Oooooh I’m going to have to try that recipe Keesh - I LOVE Shortbread!! Thanks for sharing it xx
Hey Makeesha,
Thanks for sharing your family recipe, the shortbread bikkies look fantastic xoxo
Thankyou for sharing all you do and for deciding to stay an SU! Demo, bless Shelli for her call. All the best for your move to Cairns, take care and have a wonderful Christmas and may 2010 bring you all the peace and wisdom you need in every area. Thanks for all your inspiration and creative sparkle xoxo
cheers
Adele
xoxo
Hi Keesh,
I finally had a chance to make some shortbread with your recipe and OMG, it was delicious. The only thing I had to change was the egg, as I realise after I’d measured all the other ingredients I’d run out of eggs (normally I have lots in the fridge ready to go so I didn’t even think to check)… Anyway, crisis averted thanks to google (and 1tbsp of cornflour & 2 tbsp of water) and I was able to munch on yummy biccies for the last 24 hrs!
Thanks again for all your inspiration for our stampin’ and now cooking too
Luv
Richelle
ps: isn’t it funny how so many stampers luv to cook too