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This holiday season, I wanted to make homemade candy as one of my edible gifts for friends, and I concluded that candied citrus fruit would be the perfect
There are no kid in Latvia who wouldn't remember what is a austiņa - little ear (because of the form that reminds of an ear). as my bro' wrote that he tried to make them and passed me recipe, than I decided to make them as well and share with you the recipe to try your own, homemade, easy biscuit recipe. You will need: Flour - 500gr Butter 300gr 1 egg Water - 160ml Sugar - 1 glass ( I used brown and white sugar - mixing them together) Salt - ½ tea spoon Lemon juice 1 tea spoon ( I used fresh lemon for better flavour) Preparing: ~ 1h (baking for 2 plates x20 min. 200-210 C° 1. In the bowl pour flour and salt. Grate in cold butter on a "roughest-biggest whole" side while constantly "soak it" in flour in order to prevent from sticking together. 2. after butter has been mixed in, add egg, cold water and the tea spoon of lemon juice. 3. Knead the dough quickly before the butter has gotten warm. 4. Make a "brick" from the pastry and put in the plastic bag and put in a fridge for 1h. 5.sprinkle the flour on the surface where you plan to put the pastry (make sure it is not wet and big enough)and use rolling pin to stretch it in a rectangular form. 6. try to make it as thin as possible (the thinner it is the more layers the "ears" will have). 7. pout the half glass of sugar of the surface 8. roll in from both sides equally - like a book cover 9. put it back in a fridge for 15min. 10. meanwhile warm up the own to 200-201 degrees. 11. cut the long roll in half to easier to operate. and cut into pieces - around 12. or at least 1-1,5 cm thick 12. Put on the table -source sugar and put each piece in it. 13. than take the rolling pin and make it flat from both sides. as much as sugar sticks- that's the right amount. 14. put on the pan the baking paper and biscuits and put baking for 20min. in 200C° meanwhile put the rest of "ears" back in fridge. 15. I put them in the top part of the own to get them browner and also switches sides of the pan as well as turned them around to get them more brown. 16. and voilà - that's the result. and tastes great! :) they are perfect with afternoon tea and gossiping with your girls,breakfast or just as a snack. :) if you try them as well- let me know how was it! :) p.s. some of the pictures are not mine, as didn't have good light to make close ups, but the result was the same :)
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It’s Saturday & time for another Food for Thought. Once again, Jain has asked us to share our favorite Christmas books this month (& recipes from that book if we want to). For last Saturday I chose my favorite story which was the 1958 version of Jolly Old Santa Claus (go HERE to see that post) but, today I want to share a book that goes OVER THE TOP for Christmas decor. The book is A Fairy Tale Christmas – Creating Magical Celebrations by Karen Anderson. At Lyndhurst, you will go room to room in a romantic fairy-tale castle overlooking the Hudson River in Tarrytown, New York. Lyndhurst is one of America’s finest Gothic Revival mansions & fifteen main rooms are taken over by storybook fantasies. The home of the nineteenth-century railroad baron Jay Gould, Lyndhurst is now owned by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. There are many different stories represented in the decor & in the book. Just a few of the different themes are:Cinderella, Rumpelstilkins, Peter Pan, Hansel & Gretel, & many more. I’d like to share a few of my favorites. Goldilocks & the Three Bears!!! Is this adorable or what? Can you stand how precious this is with the 3 different chairs,blocksgreenery & porridge bowls? I wish you could see these two pages side by side. And yes, I want to share the rest of my decor with you but, I assure you my bed looks NOTHING like this one with that amazing garland hung on the footboards. A nod at a very favorite!!!! The Little Mermaid is near & dear to my heart & brings back fond memories of my time in California! Such a 2 die4 bathroom I have never seen. Now, I have a little mermaid vignette in the windowsill above my garden tub but, I can say that it is no where near so grand as this but, IDEAS are swimming in my head like sugar plaums dancing! That sink (above) of clear glass balls with the tiny white lights sprinkled among them is divine. Again, the tub filled with clear balls & lights to look like bubbles. And the fish suspended among the layers of sheer mermaid colors. DIVINE! And who could pass up Alice In Wonderland? The card garland is so clever! After I scanned this wonder above… my scanner had a “problem”. Time for tech support!!!! But, at least I could share the amazing Snow Queen room which I think may be neck in neck as my favorite! The floor is laid in 12 x 12 mirror tiles & then the snowy scene is set. AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope you go out & find this amazing book & enjoy looking at it as much as I do. Also, be sure & go visit Jain & the other girls at Food For Thought HERE. And enjoy! What was your favorite room? HUGS! Charlene
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