Crafting for Christmas 2009, let's begin again.......

NEgirl

ok i managed to scale down and make a quick tutorial on making the smaller jars of muffin mix - so much easier with premixed ingredients so i think you should either use a packet mix or mix all the ingredients and scale accordingly. Check out my blog for full instructions....

irishgirl62

NE girl love your tag did you use a stamp for it?

NEgirl

yep its a Papertrey Ink one - it came in the special anniversary set you get when you buy 12 sets over the year. The bits are all seperate so you can do the case, topping and cherry any colours you like

irishgirl62

thanks NE girl... Stamping is something I have not mastered, I tend to make a mess of it!

Sian_the_Green

hey all, I really want to make some fudge for people for Christmas and I would like to practice now to get a good recipe, does anyone have a tried and tested recipe? I just bought a sugar thermometer so that should help (I think)

Thanks in advance!

Sian_the_Green

ariarnia wrote: »

I have a load of the amaretto biscuits left and am at a bit of a loss what to do with them. I've been thinking about making some fridge cake with them perhaps?

They are quite hard aren't they? Maybe something like a tirimisu where you soak them in coffee first and layer them with some cream

Mmm, am hungry now!

whoopidoo

Mmmmmmmmmm tiramisu , my favourite... closely followed by carrot cake... ummmmm.

ariarnia

starmummy wrote: »

Wow these are great well done
Love the little spoon can i ask where you got these please?

My partners into medieval reeneactment and I got them from this lady http://www.anniethepedlar.com/ she sends things out on approval so if you don't like what you ordered you can send them back no hassle. she does mass produced wooden spoons (rather than the £7 hand made one's there) for (I think) £2. Not cheap, but only 6 of them were spoons and it looks nice.

TBH I've not seen cheaper spoons elsewhere, but you could try ebay? Make sure the spoon is from a fruit wood, or Ash, or check with the seller that it's been heat sealed as pine, yew and some other sorts of tree can have nastly tasting and toxic sap which can be released when put in hot liquid. Heat sealing evaperates and breaks down most of the sap (basically it's baked in an oven to season)

I also got a load of her spiral headed pins (she makes them herself) as they're really nifty to hold things like flannel cakes together rather than using cocktail sticks - £1 each.

rainmac

Sian_the_Green wrote: »

hey all, I really want to make some fudge for people for Christmas and I would like to practice now to get a good recipe, does anyone have a tried and tested recipe? I just bought a sugar thermometer so that should help (I think)

Thanks in advance!

This is a great recipe, I've made it a couple of times, slow and steady is the way to go... http://handmadebygemma.blogspot.com/2009/04/fudge-by-popular-demand.html

helenhelen

I'm looking for cinnamon sticks to make some tree decorations and also to make pot pourri presents - all i have found so far is the schwartz ones in supermarkets but only 5 in a jar, does anyone know where i can buy a larger quantity at a good price?

Thank you!!!