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COMING HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS:GINGERBREAD HOUSE WITH DARING BAKERS
“And I had but one penny in the world. Thou should’st have it to buy gingerbread.“ William Shakespeare, Love’s Labours Lost HO HO HO… Come home to the Daring Bakers, to a wonderful, fragrant, sweet smelling holiday home. This month we open the doors and hearts of our beautiful gingerbread homes to you. The December 2009 Daring Bakers’ challenge was brought to you by Anna of Very Small Anna and Y of Lemonpi. They chose to challenge Daring Bakers’ everywhere to bake and assemble a gingerbread house from scratch. They chose recipes from Good Housekeeping and from The Great Scandinavian Baking Book as the challenge recipes. Making the gingerbread house…
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FRESH FIG TART WITH VANILLA SCENTED FRANGIPANE… Inspired baking!
“Why are we surprised when fig trees bear figs?” Margaret Titzel They weighed heavy on my mind, and the pressure was killing me. My SIL who had been visiting for the past few days had bought me some fresh figs from Pune since she knew how fascinated I am by them. The fact that figs are highly perishable creations of nature didn’t make life any easier. But the past few days had been a race to the finish, and I never got a chance to pay attention to these unassuming looking fruit, rather plain from the exterior. Finally got some time one afternoon to sit and browse blogs and almost…
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Fresh Ginger Cake and Fresh Ginger Chocolate Chip Cookies
“Nose, nose, jolly red nose, Who gave thee this jolly red nose?† Nutmegs and ginger, cinnamon and cloves, And they gave me this jolly red nose” Anonymous I’m on a GINGER high, or call it a roll, but my days are full of ginger. It’s a flavour, with sharpness, that I’ve come to love, and am surprised that the kids have taken to it so willingly too. Fresh ginger is far more pronounced in its gingery taste, and since it’s the season for fresh, wonderful young ginger root here, I’m taking full advantage of it! Ginger has proven medicinal value, and I have been using it as a base for…
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Mushroom Soup, Fougasse, Char-grilled Broccoli Salad
Mushroom Soup, Fougasse, Char-grilled Broccoli Salad, it's time for a savoury break, a short & crisp recipe as most of my family has been bitten by the flu bug. We have a house full of sniffles & coughs, and this meal is the call of today.
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Delicious Orange & Oat Scones … gorgeous little crumbs
Delicious Orange & Oat Scones, there's something about scones. Quintessential, charming & endlessly enjoyable. A classic holiday platter 'cookie' of sorts...
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Hibiscus Macarons with a Lavender-Hibiscus Mascarpone …
Hibiscus macarons using natural colours and flavours. The filling for the macs was mascarpone...flavoured gently and luxuriously with lavender, vanilla sugar and hibiscus. This batch was very delicate and delicious!
