HM Sweets for Xmas Presents - cheap recipes?

16011996

i missed something in the lakeland catalogue again!!! got to get my glasses changed.

halloweenqueen_2

I'm sure I've seen mini muffin cases in the home baking section of morrisons.

16011996

ooh, we got a safeway just changing to a morrisons, i'll try in there.

filigree_2

I found what I needed in Asda in the end, on the same display as cake decorations, food colouring etc. Now I'm going to try making peppermint creams in chocolate to serve after Xmas dinner

16011996

i made truffles last night, rolled them in a broken flake, they look good.

r.mac_2

oooh, broken flake sounds a great idea - I will try that.

16011996

well it was in fridge for ages, didn't know what else to do with it.

Glad

Lemon twists

100g ready roll icing
1tsp lemon juice
grsted rind of one lemon
yellow food colouring
icing sugar to dust

knead icing with lemon juice,rind and colouring
roll out to long thin sausage
cut into about 20 peices
flatten then twist each peice

Glad

Marzipan fruits

white marzipan
whole cloves
caster sugar

apples
colour marzipan with green
roll into apple shapes
press clove in stalk up and
dust with caster sugar

strawberries
colour red
make strawberry shapes
push clove in stalk down
dust with sugar

16011996

marzipan fruits. can't wait to try them, my gran used to make them when we were little, not had them for years.

thanks glad. :-*