I decided last night that I needed an ’Idea’s book’, as I have notes all scattered around my desk of things that I want to do and make, so today I found a large journal that I’d had up in the wardrobe for a long time, and decorated it with buttons, I’m pretty pleased with it, if I do say so myself lol, it’s much more appealing now, than just a boring brown, now I can jot away to my hearts content. I haven’t had a chance to make any more button crafts today or add buttons to my store, as I had so many phone calls to make in preparation for our shift this weekend. I did though manage to get lots of baking done ready for the freezer – yum yum, I found a great bulk recipe on the Saving Mum website, so it was nice and quick to make, and the boys were pretty happy when they came home to the smell of freshly baked cookies.
Here’s the recipe if anyone wants to give it a try, it makes nice large biscuits, and only 10 minutes to cook – just too easy!
PREP: 10mins COOK: 10mins (each tray)
Times the ingredients by four and freeze the uncooked dough.
Makes about 35 biscuits. Choose a flavour and add to a batch.
INGREDIENTS
125grams Butter
2/3 cup Sugar
1 Egg
1 teaspoon Vanilla Essence
1¾ cups Self Raising Flour
1. Preheat oven to 200°C. Cream butter and sugar until smooth and light. Mix in the egg and vanilla essence. Add flour and mix well.
2. Split the mixture up into bowls and add individual flavours to each bowl (right). Roll the mixture into logs about 5cm in diameter.
3. Freeze the biscuit dough by double wrapping logs in cling wrap. Or make the biscuits straight away by slicing the rolls into 6mm widths.
4. Place evenly on a baking tray, lined with baking paper and cook for 10 minutes. The tops remain pale, not golden. Let the biscuits cool on the baking tray for 5 minutes before removing.
FLAVOURS
A. Crunchy. Add ½ cup Sultana’s and ¾ cup crushed cornflakes.
B. Coconut. Add 3 tablespoons Coconut.
C. Chocolate Chip. Add ½ cup Chocolate bits.
D. Chocolate Biscuits. Dissolve 2 tablespoons Cocoa, 1 tablespoon Sugar in 2 tablespoons boiling water. Add to mix.
E. Jam Drops. Press finger prints into the centre of each cut biscuit and drop ½ teaspoon Jam onto each.
NOTE: To cook the frozen biscuit dough just slice the frozen rolls into 6mm widths and bake (step 4).
