New Thrifty Gifty - Organised for Christmas and all ocassions 2010- Santas Challenges

fedupandskint

Plain ones I think - just off to have a look in my nigella book and find a recipe or use yours!

lizalloareds

Scattymum sending you all hugs
feeling sorry for myself got sore legs, a cough and a runny nose

hope everyone has a good day

kelda_shelton

esmer wrote: »

My Heating has packed in. DD is at nursery and if not fixed later, I will deposit her at grans. Im in the kitchen with the oven on to keep warm

Oh, I know that feeling... our packed in on Wed evening and there is meant to be a part arriving by post today.. FINGERS AND TOES crossed. Its only me and my husband and kitty cat as we have no kids but all three of us are frozen when we're in the house.. it was actually warmer in tescos yesterday when we went there!!!

elysia2003

Sending big hugs to keep you warm too.

Susan - thanks for recipe for cupcakes. I've been googling recipes for fudge too, so I'm going to be a domestic goddess this afternoon. Move over Nigella.

NickyBo_2

Have you seen this recipe for Baileys and white chocolate fudge? I'm going to try this out tonight, I'll let you know how it goes

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/68602/baileys-and-white-chocolate-fudge

esmer

here are my little snowmen cupcakes


PS Still got no heating!!! bbrrrrrrrrrr

fedupandskint

Nice esmer! Much nicer than the ones I'll be attempting later on - Hope the oven's keeping you warm while the heating gets sorted out for you x

Made the biscotti for the hampers, found the recipe for flavoured coffee and remembered I have no whitener so thats going on the list of things to get

Rearranged 2 kitchen hampers, looking good

Only have 1 small bundle of presents left to wrap, tie bows in Christmas Eve round large hampers and make up pots of gold on Christmas Eve night

susan42

Esmer - i love those cupcakes, is it fondant icing on the top?

I been making strawberry vodka here and a golden wedding card here

And now i feel inspired by your cupcakes, I `m off to make a roast dinner and some cookies ....:j:j

Fed up - how do you make biscotti ?

esmer

Thanks, yeah its fondant icing.

Now having soup to heat me up, phoned and im 7 in the Q, but the job is not even out with the engineers, they get more when they phone in, so now im having to get my Aunto to go and collect DD and take her to my mums. I cant even get out to go and get a radiator from argos, so I can heat the house. Least I know she will be warm.

You are all looking so organised. I made toffee crunch but I think I burnt my toffee............ it was just too dark looking, but i put all the bits together, waiting on it setting, thne I will cut it, and if bad then in the bin it goes..........

fedupandskint

Biscotti

100g caster sugar, whisk with 1 egg until glossy ribbon stage (electric whisk needed!)
add 1/2tsp vanilla extract, few drops almond extract and fold in 125g plain flour and 1/2 tsp baking powder and 1/4 tsp salt

Then fold in 50g natural almonds and 75g chocolate chips

Shape into a log shape approx 25cm x 5cm and bake at 180c for 20-25mins until golden brown

Leave to harden for 5mins then cut into diagonal slices, then bake for a further 10mins. Turn and cook for an further 5 mins and leave to cool on a wire rack

Recipe says 20 slices - 1 got 12 (cut them a bit too thick to begin with)

Just tried a sm piece - not too bad, think it would be nice with a cup of coffee in the morning either for breakfast or for a snack

I'm going to bag them up in 2 bags closer to Christmas Day and just keep them in an airtight container for now, otherwise I'll eat them!