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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Baking and decorating sugar cookies is one of my favourite Christmas pastimes, there's something really relaxing - almost therapeutic - about rolling out the dough, cutting the shapes, baking them and then carefully icing the cookies and of course adding plenty of sprinkles.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I usually make the traditional vanilla Sugar Cookies, however this year I decided to make some Chocolate ones too and I'm so glad I did! Not only are they delicious with an almost fudgy chew, but the icing and decoration stands out so much more on the dark brown cookies!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These are gluten free and vegan, but you'd never know it! They hold their shape perfectly, just make sure you don't skip the chilling of the dough, it really is crucial.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I made aquafaba Royal Icing to decorate the cookies with and it really gives such a beautiful finish to the cookies and it sets completely firm so you can stack them and package them without damaging the design at all. The recipe for the royal icing is by the extremely talented <a href="https://www.facebook.com/swedishvegan/posts/959118390776093:0" target="_blank">Swedish Vegan</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3/4C margarine, softened (I used Stork)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 1/2C GF plain flour (I used Doves Farm)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 batch <a href="https://www.facebook.com/swedishvegan/posts/959118390776093:0" target="_blank">Royal Icing</a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Various sprinkles (I get my vegan, GF sprinkles from <a href="https://www.bakingtimeclub.com/" target="_blank">Baking Time Club</a>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment or in a large bowl with a handheld electric mixer cream together the softened margarine, sugar & vanilla until light and fluffy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sift the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, xanthan gum and salt and add to the wet ingredients. Mix slowly until completely incorporated. The dough should come together but not be sticky.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Once the dough has been chilled remove one piece from the fridge, remove the top layer of baking paper and use cookie cutters to cut different shapes out of the dough. Carefully transfer them to a lined baking sheet, leaving a little space between each cookie (they don't spread). Bake one tray at a time in an oven preheated to 350/175 for 8 mins. Remove from the oven and allow to cool on the baking tray for 5 mins before transferring the cookies to a cooling rack.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Take the royal icing and split into however many different colours you wish to use. Add water a half teaspoon at a time if the icing is too thick. Spoon into piping bags and you're ready to decorate!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pipe icing however you like onto the cookies and add sprinkles or whatever else you fancy!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Leave to dry out overnight on the baking trays or cooling racks. The icing will set firm and you can then transfer them to a Tupperware container to store.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The cookies keep for about a week in an airtight container.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I need to admit something right off the bat - I've never had a Concha before.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Phew, now that's out of the way! I've never seen Conchas here in the UK although I know they're very popular in the US and Mexico, where they originate from. I've seen pictures on Instagram and always thought they looked delicious, and really pretty with their crunchy sugar topping. The other day while scrolling through pinterest I stumbled upon a blog post on </span><a href="http://www.sprinklebakes.com/2015/04/mexican-sweet-buns-conchas.html" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Sprinkle Bakes</a><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> with a recipe for these sweet rolls and I was immediately drawn in by the beautiful colours of the Pan Dulce. I couldn't put them out of my mind, so I decided to veganize the Sprinkle Bakes recipe and a few hours later I had the cutest, most delicious baked goods ever!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Recipe adapted from </span><a href="http://www.sprinklebakes.com/2015/04/mexican-sweet-buns-conchas.html" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;" target="_blank">Sprinkle Bakes</a></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; letter-spacing: 0.4px;">1/2 cup warm water, 105 to 115°F</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; letter-spacing: 0.4px;">1/2 cup soy or almond milk</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; letter-spacing: 0.4px;">1/3 cup granulated sugar</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; letter-spacing: 0.4px;">1/3 cup vegan buttery spread (I used Vitalite)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; letter-spacing: 0.4px;">1 teaspoon salt</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; letter-spacing: 0.4px;">4C all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love Autumn. I love the colour of the leaves as they fall from the trees. I love the crisp, chilly weather that allows me to wear my large collection of knitted jumpers. But most of all, I love the food. Comforting soups and stews, pumpkin spice coffee...well pumpkin spice everything! And of course, candy corn. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I haven't had candy corn since going vegan because the original version is full of honey, sometimes gelatin & confectioners glaze (code for beeswax & shellac - ew!) The past few years I've searched the web for a vegan version, but there doesn't appear to be one! If anyone finds some, please let me know! This year I decided enough was enough, I would just have to make my own!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While there are plenty of recipes for vegan candy corn out there, I don't have a candy thermometer (or the patience to use one!) Last week I made these <a href="http://www.forkandbeans.com/2014/09/13/how-to-make-vegan-googly-eyes/" target="_blank">Vegan Googly Eyes</a> by the incredibly talented Fork and Beans, and I thought the flavour was somewhat similar to what I remember candy corn tasting like! So a few adaptations here and there and I think I've got something close enough to the original, but 100% vegan and not quite so sickly! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Recipe adapted from <a href="http://www.forkandbeans.com/2014/09/13/how-to-make-vegan-googly-eyes/" target="_blank">Fork and Beans</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In a large mixing bowl combine the powdered sugar, cornstarch & salt. Make a well in the center and add the liquid glucose, maple, milk & vanilla. Mix with a wooden spoon until the mixture comes together to form a very stiff dough. Mix with your hands until the dough is very smooth (if it's too dry add another 1/2tsp milk) </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Split the dough into three equal portions and add a few drops of food colouring to the first two bowls until you achieve the desired orange and yellow colours. I found it helpful to make a hole in the dough, put the food colouring in the hole and then knead the dough by hand to incorporate the colour into it. Dust the counter top with powdered sugar and knead the dough until its an even colour and isn't sticky. Repeat with the second bowl of dough.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cut the strip of dough into small triangles (see above photo) and then use your fingers to round the corners off and smooth down the surface of the candy. Place on the lined baking tray and repeat until all the mixture is used up. I found that after a while the dough did dry out a little bit, but the heat from handling them was enough to soften it up again. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These Cinnamon Roll Muffins are the lazy cousin of the cinnamon roll. Light, moist sponge swirled with sticky, sweet cinnamon & drizzled with vanilla icing. YUM.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> And they're gluten free. And delicious. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Perfect for breakfasts, you can even freeze them and then just get a couple out before you go to bed and voila! You've got a yummy breakfast to wake up to!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Recipe adapted from <a href="https://glutenfreeonashoestring.com/" target="_blank">here</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Makes 12 large muffins</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2C gluten free plain flour*</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">8Tbsp vegan butter spread</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3/4C sugar</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">8Tbsp aquafaba (straight from the can - not whipped)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2/3C almond milk + 1tsp vinegar</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1/3C packed light brown sugar</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First make the batter. Combine the dry ingredients (except the sugar) in a medium bowl and set aside. In a small bowl mix together the almond milk & vinegar and set aside to curdle. In the bowl of a stand mixer cream together the vegan butter, sugar & vanilla until light and fluffy. Add the aquafaba, a couple of tablespoons at a time and mix well. The batter will curdle here, don't worry about it! Now add the milk & flour mix in three parts, alternating between the two until everything is incorporated. Set aside while you make the swirl.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fill the muffin cases with half of the batter (I find it easiest to use an ice cream scoop to portion the batter out evenly) then top each with about a teaspoon of the swirl mixture and use a knife to swirl into the batter. Then top with the rest of the batter and the rest of the swirl mixture and swirl again.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bake for 20mins, until risen and golden. Transfer to a wire rack to cool while you make the icing.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In a small bowl mix together the powdered sugar, vanilla & milk until the icing is thick and smooth. if it's too thin, add a little more milk until it's just right. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Once the muffins have cooled slightly, drizzle over a generous amount of the icing and serve.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They're especially delicious served with fresh strawberries & a cup of coffee.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As most of you probably know, I started my own little business a few weeks ago and (incredibly) I've been rushed off my feet with macaron orders! (Thank you so much!) So I've not got a huge amount of time for blogging these days, but these watermelon macarons I made last week are just too cute not to share! Not only are they watermelon flavored (yes, there's watermelon flavouring in these bad boys!) they also have one of my favorite color combinations - green and pink! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">They may look complicated but these pretty macarons are actually fairly simple to create. These are perfect for a summer party, or just for anyone who loves watermelon as much as I do!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Makes 20</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">3/4C aquafaba (water from a can of chickpeas) (180ml)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">1C ground almonds (100g)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">1/2tsp watermelon extract (optional)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Green & pink food coloring gel</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">2Tbsp almond or soy milk</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Pour the aquafaba into a small saucepan and allow to simmer over a medium heat until it has reduced to 1/3C (80ml). This usually takes around 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and leave to cool for 10 minutes.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Pour the reduced chickpea water into the bowl of an electric stand mixer fitted with a balloon whisk attachment and whisk on medium to high speed until soft peaks form. Add half the sugar and whisk until well combined, then add the remaining sugar and whisk at high speed until the meringue is glossy and thick - it should be the consistency of thick marshmallow fluff. Add the watermelon extract (if using) and whisk to combine. Set aside while you prepare your dry ingredients.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Put the<span style="line-height: 18.48px;"> the ground almonds into your food processor and pulse a few times until very finely ground. Add the powdered sugar and process for a few seconds, until well combined.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sieve the almond-sugar mixture and discard any large pieces. Pour half the dry mixture into the meringue and use a spatula to mix the ingredients together, pressing the dry ingredients down into the meringue until everything is incorporated well. Add the remaining dry mixture and fold into the batter.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pancakes are a firm favourite in our house. The boys love them, and Pete & I love them too! I love this pancake recipe because not only are the pancakes perfectly light, fluffy and soft - they are so easy to whip up you could have them everyday (although we tend to save them for the weekend!)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is just the basic recipe, and I added some dark chocolate chips (chocolate is never a bad thing, eh?) but feel free to get creative, adding your favourite fruit, nuts - anything really!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Place a non-stick frying pan over a medium-high heat. Prepare your batter by mixing the dry ingredients together. Add the wet ingredients (reserving the chocolate chips) and mix until smooth. Once the pan is very hot spray with cooking spray and pour 1/4c of batter at a time into the pan. Sprinkle with a few chocolate chips and cook until bubbles appear on the surface of the pancake and then use a spatula to flip the pancake over. Cook until risen and golden, around 2 minutes. Transfer to a plate and continue until you've used all of your batter.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've always loved the sweets and pastries you find in China Town, there are always so many interesting flavour combinations and unusual ingredients. Black Sesame is a common ingredient in Chinese desserts, and has a rich, sweet flavour. I paired black sesame with subtle vanilla to create these unusual, delicate and delicious macarons.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sweet, nutty black sesame shells filled with teal vanilla frosting and a sweet sesame paste center - these macarons are truly delightful!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pour the aquafaba into a small saucepan and allow to simmer over a medium heat until it has reduced to 1/3C (80ml). This usually takes around 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and leave to cool for 10 minutes.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pour the reduced chickpea water into the bowl of an electric stand mixer fitted with a balloon whisk attachment and whisk on medium to high speed until soft peaks form. Add half the sugar and whisk until well combined, then add the remaining sugar and whisk at high speed until the meringue is glossy and thick - it should be the consistency of thick marshmallow fluff. Add the vanilla and whisk to combine. Set aside while you prepare your dry ingredients.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Grind the black sesame seeds in a coffee grinder or food processor until very fine. Add the<span style="line-height: 18.48px;"> the ground almonds and pulse a few times in a food processor until very finely ground. Add the powdered sugar and process for a few seconds, until well combined.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sieve the almond-sesame-sugar mixture and discard any large pieces. Pour half the dry mixture into the meringue and use a spatula to mix the ingredients together, pressing the dry ingredients down into the meringue until everything is incorporated well. Add the remaining dry mixture and fold into the batter.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now it's time for a crucial step -<i> the macaronnage</i>. Firmly press the batter against the side of the bowl and then scoop it up and turn over. Repeat this process a further 19 times. After <i>macaronnage </i>the batter should be thick and glossy but should fall slowly off the spatula like a ribbon and then settle/spread slightly in the bowl. If the mixture is too thick you can add up to 1Tbsp of water, but be careful not to add too much or the mixture will be too thin. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;">Line two large baking trays with grease proof paper and carefully pipe 12 circles onto each, in one smooth motion holding the piping bag directly above the center of each macaron. Drop the baking sheets twice onto a hard surface (this helps to get rid of air bubbles and develops the '</span><i style="line-height: 18.48px;">pied</i><span style="line-height: 18.48px;">') and use your finger to press down any bumps on the surface of the macarons.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sprinkle the macarons evenly with the tablespoon of sesame seeds and leave them to dry at room temperature for 2-3 hours. Once ready to bake, place the first baking tray into a COLD oven, and then immediately set the oven to just under 100 degrees Celcius. Bake the macarons for 20 minutes (some ovens you may have to bake for longer but don't bake for more than 30 minutes) you can check that the macarons are sufficiently baked by gently lifting up a corner of the grease proof paper and lightly peeling it from a macaron shell. If it comes off easily and the macaron doesn't stick then you can turn your oven off!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Turn off your oven and leave the macarons inside with the door shut for 10 minutes, then open the door and leave them to cool inside the oven for a further 10 minutes before removing and allowing to cool completely on the baking tray at room temperature.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Once the oven is COMPLETELY COLD you can repeat the baking process with your second tray of macaron shells. Once the shells are cooled, gently peel them from the baking paper and place them on a tray or rack, ready to fill.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cream together the butter spread, vanilla and one cup of the powdered sugar. Add the milk a teaspoon at a time and mix until smooth. Add the rest of the powdered sugar and mix well, adding more milk as needed until you have a thick and creamy frosting. Add the colouring gel if using and mix until it's an even colour. Spoon into a piping bag and seal at the top.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Grind the black sesame seeds using a coffee grinder, food processor or a pestle and mortar until extremely fine. Add the liquid sweetener a tablespoon at a time and mix well until you have a dark, glossy, thick paste. Spoon into a piping bag and set aside.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pipe blobs of buttercream in a circle around the edge of each base macaron shell, pipe a blob of sesame paste in the center and carefully sandwich together with the top shells.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I don't know about you, but when summer time rolls around I kinda go off proper meals during the day, and just want picky things! I don't know why, but it is what it is. I love just munching on watermelon or veggies with hummus, but my latest favorite snacky lunch is this high protein Brownie Batter Dip with lots of fruit to scoop it up with! This is a great recipe for using up all those pesky chickpeas leftover from making <a href="http://floralfrosting.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Macarons" target="_blank">macarons</a>!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Real talk for a second. There are a load of healthy, sugar free, low calorie sweet chickpea dip recipes floating around the blogosphere and I'm afraid this isn't one of them. I've tried those recipes and I'm sorry (not sorry) to say that I need the sugar. If you want something to taste like brownie batter, sugar is a pretty crucial component. By all means, switch the sugar in this recipe out for a replacement if you wish, but it probably won't taste as good as the full-sugar version! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Makes 1 1/2C </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 400g can of chickpeas</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1/2C full fat coconut milk</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Drain the chickpeas (save the aquafaba for making macarons or meringues!) and remove the skins. This takes abut ten minutes, but it really makes a difference to the texture of the dip. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The past few months have been a struggle to be completely honest. Dealing with crippling anxiety, panic disorder and a Chronic Fatigue Syndrome relapse had left me feeling pretty hopeless and for want of a better word - hollow.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'd avoided church for quite some time due to anxiety issues, and was feeling really distant from God. Thankfully I managed to get my butt into church again a couple of weeks ago and got some prayer (a lovely lady gave a word about someone who was suffering with anxiety, hopelessness and joint, back and stomach pains - i.e: me) and honestly it was like a weight was lifted off my shoulders. Ever since then the word <b>RESTORATION</b> has been popping up again and again, and I've been focusing on that in my prayer life and through Bible journaling.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I love that when I feel depressed or hopeless I can flick through my journaling Bible and see so many of God's promises to me covering the pages. One of the things I'm loving about Bible journaling is not only is it a great way to connect with God - even when I'm not 'feeling it', it's also like a record of my spiritual journey, which is why I date each page - so I can look back and remember what I was going through at that point in my life, and see how God came through for me.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'm starting a Bible Journaling group this month and I'm really excited to see how we all grow together through creative worship. Isn't it great that you don't have to be perfect to be used by God!?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Outfit details: Dress/Thrifted <a href="https://www.seasaltcornwall.co.uk/" target="_blank">Seasalt</a>. Cardigan/Thrifted. Brooch/<a href="http://shopkategabrielle.com/" target="_blank">Kate Gabrielle</a>. Satchel/<a href="http://www.paperchase.co.uk/" target="_blank">Paperchase</a>. Jelly Sandals/<a href="http://www.sunjellies.com/" target="_blank">SunJellies</a>. Glasses/<a href="http://firmoo.com/" target="_blank">Firmoo</a>.</span></div>
Charishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04111377219234179028noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-448273275692512027.post-21801724724006163822016-04-27T13:44:00.000-07:002016-04-27T13:44:10.166-07:00Almond Raspberry Cake<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sweet, chewy almond sponge with a raspberry jam ripple & flaked almonds, finished with a drizzle of thick lemon icing. Perfect cold with a cup of tea or hot with vegan custard as a delicious dessert!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I filled my basket with Easter Confetti, Cute Easter Stamps, a sweet handmade Pencil Case, a bunny Tsum Tsum, Egg Candles, a dairy free Chocolate Bunny, a Chick filled with Toffee Apple Tea, a Glittery Carrot Brooch I made and lots of little colorful chicks! I admit, I loved the carrot brooch so much I made one for myself too!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was such a great afternoon of fun and friendship! Next month I've got Hal's 2nd Birthday party (what!?) so we aren't having a 'proper' crafternoon, but in May we will be back to usual.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They take a bit of work, but they're so sweet and really tasty, they'd be great for a special occasion! I might make some more for my Birthday in June.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Take two cups of the cereal (you are only going to turn these two cups into mini-donuts) and individually dip each loop into the pink chocolate. Place carefully onto the baking tray and top with a few of the sprinkles. Continue dipping and sprinkling until the two cups of loops are all done (if the chocolate solidifies before you're done, you can reheat it once to melt it again.) Place the tray of mini-donuts in the fridge to set for an hour and then mix them into the three cups of plain cereal.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">One of the highlights of this past week was getting my hair done on Monday! I love it so much and can't really imagine my hair without the green now!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I recently discovered the shop </span><a href="http://www.tofucute.com/" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Tofu Cute</a><span style="color: #999999; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> and ordered some Konpeito - the sweets that the soot sprites eat in Spirited Away! How delicious is it? Well...lets just say there aren't any left!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-How cute are these <a href="http://www.mypapercrane.com/blog/2016/03/tiny-easter-candy-cones/" target="_blank">Tiny Easter Cones</a> by Heidi Kenney!?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-Nicola's post about creativity (also how amazing are her new bunting necklaces!)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Vegan Lunchables! Vbites Cheatin' Ham Slices, Violife Original Slices, Ritz crackers & strawberries.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Wanna see more of what vegan kids eat? Click 'What Hal Eats' in the sidebar!</span></div>
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Charishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04111377219234179028noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-448273275692512027.post-5776184595450695362016-02-22T04:32:00.000-08:002016-02-22T04:32:25.955-08:00Mini Kitchen Tour<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Today I thought I'd give you guys a mini tour of my little kitchen! It's definitely my favorite room in the house, and it's my own special place - my happy place!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The kitchen is really quite small, and there isn't a huge amount of storage space so as someone with a LOT of kitchen equipment, baking paraphernalia and pretty clutter it took me a little while to find the right fit for everything. Pete was kind enough to put these shelves up for me, and I've used them to display some of my prettiest clutter and my most-used baking bits and bobs.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Just part of my teapot collection is on the upper shelf (how cute is the kitty teapot!? I found it in a charity shop on our honeymoon!) along with some of my salt & pepper collection and some other random bits and bobs I like to look at. I love my sprinkle jar - I made it a year or so ago when I had lots and lots of sprinkle bottles with hardly anything left in them so I just dumped them all in together. Pete gave me the KitchenAid timer last Christmas and it's one of the best gifts I've ever received, and my lovely friend Kelly made me the little crochet macaron! Isn't it cute?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This section is probably my favorite bit of the kitchen. I taped up postcards and pictures on the cupboards and just had to add the row of pompoms along the bottom! It just makes everything so bright and cheerful! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> I'm obsessed with my beautiful storage jars, and I'm so glad I went to the effort of finding each of the Orla Kiely Coffee Jars when they were special edition in supermarkets a while ago. They are perfect and they hold what I believe to be the vegan trinity - Cashews, Nutritional Yeast and Cornstarch! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I love my little coffee corner, complete with the espresso machine we got as a wedding gift. I have so many mugs (too many mugs) and when we moved we decided that my Arabia Finland Moomin Mugs would be for display purposes, and I love to see them hanging on the wall. I keep resisting buying more by telling myself there's nowhere to put them! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I was really excited when I found the storage jars with the polka-dot lids in Asda just before Christmas. They're shaped so that you can have them upright or tilted, and they were really cheap (£3 if I remember correctly) If I ever see any more I will definitely grab a couple more, they're so handy! (Here I've used them to store my Soy Milklets and some sweeties!)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As we have very little storage space we decided to have our pots and pans hanging up, which has actually made life much easier. It's so easy to find the pan I want rather than rifling through drawers and cupboards, searching for the right thing. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My oven is an electric (which is really annoying to someone used to a gas hob) but it does the job! I had to get creative with my spice-rack as a regular one wasn't big enough to hold all my spices and seasonings! I ended up buying a cheap shower caddy from Wilkos and spray painting it pink, and all of my spices fit perfectly! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Our fridge was given to us second-hand by a kind family friend when we moved into our house, and we decided to try to liven it up a bit by covering the front of it. We used temporary wallpaper which we picked up at the local hardware store, and I love it! One day I definitely want to cover the sides of the fridge too, but we just haven't got around to it yet! The fridge is always covered in magnets, photos and scraps of paper, including our menu for the week and my Jamie Oliver Bingo (Pete and I played it on date night a few months ago...wild times, I know.) </span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I love the little wall space next to the fridge - it's so hard to get a good photo because the fridge is totally in the way, but hopefully you can get an idea of what it's like from the photo above. I hung my 'Pumpkin Everything' sign there after taking it down after Autumn, I just couldn't bare to put it away in the loft! And of course I'm proudly displaying my incredible Macaron Recipe Illustration by the ever-talented Brittany Ketterman. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">How have you added character to rooms in your house?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">You know when you try to do one awesome thing, and it doesn't work out exactly as you planned but you end up with another awesome thing instead? Well that's what happened with these macarons. These were my second attempt at making Galaxy Macarons, but the colors were much more pastel than I had hoped they would be...but that just made them into Mermaid Macarons! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Top the macarons with the shimmer and sprinkles and leave them to dry at room temperature for 2-3 hours. Once ready to bake, place the first baking tray into a COLD oven, and then immediately set the oven to just under 100 degrees Celcius. Bake the macarons for 20 minutes (some ovens you may have to bake for longer but don't bake for more than 30 minutes) you can check that the macarons are sufficiently baked by gently lifting up a corner of the grease proof paper and lightly peeling it from a macaron shell. If it comes off easily and the macaron doesn't stick then you can turn your oven off!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Turn off your oven and leave the macarons inside with the door shut for 10 minutes, then open the door and leave them to cool inside the oven for a further 10 minutes before removing and allowing to cool completely on the baking tray at room temperature.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-<b>We got to church!</b> With a baby, a teething toddler and my ME relapsing lately it's been really tough to get to church, but this morning we were able to make it and we all had a great time. Hal fell asleep during the worship music, he was so relaxed! And Ezra enjoyed playing in the ball pool in the creche!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-<b>Yes Mum Cards</b>. I ordered some of <a href="http://www.londonhypnobirthing.co.uk/shop/" target="_blank">these </a>affirmation cards and I have to say that they are really a great encouragement on those days when life's a bit of a struggle!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-<b>Crochet!</b> I decided to learn to crochet this week, I tried to learn a few years ago and it was a hilarious failure! I found <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npIsh-o9AM0" target="_blank">this </a>YouTube video on how to crochet a granny square and now I've mastered it and am making a few a day! I plan to make them into a snuggly blanket when I've got enough!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-My gal pal Britt (you may remember her from my <a href="http://www.floralfrosting.blogspot.co.uk/2016/02/boss-babes-brittany-ketterman.html" target="_blank">Boss Babes</a> post earlier in the week) has finally set up a <a href="http://brittdoesstuff.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">blog</a>! I can't wait to see what she has in store!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> For my January Crafternoon I made my girly guests Mini Scrapbooks as favors. I had seen a few different styles of little scrapbooks browsing Pinterest, and decided to use paint swatches as the base pages to work with.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The nice people at B&Q didn't seem to mind that I was taking oh so many swatches home with me! (Thank goodness!) I picked lots of lovely bright colors but also picked up some greys and blacks so that I had a nice variety of pages to choose from.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Cookie Dough Recipe adapted from Kelly Peloza's Vegan Cookie Connoisseur </span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Makes 12 bars</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">1/4C vegetable oil</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">1/2C smooth peanut butter</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">1/4C sugar</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">1Tbsp maple syrup</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">1C vegan chocolate hazelnut butter or vegan chocolate spread</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">250g dark chocolate, melted</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Grease a square cake tin and preheat the oven to 175/350.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In a medium sized mixing bowl combine the oil, peanut butter, sugars, maple, milk and vanilla until you have a smooth, caramel-like mixture. Add the flour, baking soda and salt and mix well. Fold in the dark chocolate chips and press the cookie dough into the tin using your fingers (make sure it's nice and even.) Carefully press the hazelnuts into the top of the cookie dough, space them about an inch apart. Bake the cookie bars for 15-20mins, until they're golden brown and don't jiggle if you shake the pan. Leave to cool in the tin before moving on to the toppings.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Spread the hazelnut butter evenly over the cookie bars. Pour the melted dark chocolate over the top and use a knife to smooth it over. Sprinkle the chopped hazelnuts over the top and place the cookie bars in the fridge to set for a few hours or overnight.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Once set turn the bars out and cut into 12 slices. I find it's easiest to cut them with the bars upside down on a chopping board (chocolate side down) as the cookie part is softer than the chocolate so cuts easily. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This week has been difficult, as I had a bit of a CFS relapse. even though I've not been able to do much, I've still had plenty of sweet moments to highlight!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-<b>How amazing is this BB-8 cushion!?</b> Hubby found a couple of these great cushion covers in a clearance sale online - we only had to pay the postage!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-<b>Saying goodbye to my favorite jeans.</b> I must admit this was bittersweet for me! As much as I'm happy to be slimming down, I absolutely love these jeans! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-<b>Matching boys!</b> I can't believe my boys are almost in the same sized clothes! Hal has always been a size down from his age and Ezra is two sizes up!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-<b>Kitchen organizing.</b> I spent some time sorting stuff out in my little kitchen yesterday, as I'm going to do a little tour on the blog this month. I love it when everything's organized!</span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sweet links</span></i></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-The rainbow-fairy Flora Fairweather's simple but beautiful <a href="http://florafairweather.com/2016/02/05/a-friday-project/" target="_blank">Doll House DIY</a> is definitely something I want to try making for Hal!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-Cat's <a href="https://kittycatcollar.wordpress.com/2016/01/07/blessed-are-the-cracked/" target="_blank">'Blessed are the cracked</a>' post over on Kitty Cat Collar </span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-Elora's post about <a href="http://www.elorasaurus.com/2016/01/bootin-gluten.html" target="_blank">Bootin' Gluten</a> over on Elorasaurus</span></div>
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