Showing posts with label refreshment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label refreshment. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Watermelon cookies

This one is the watermelon.
Other colours for other fruits

Ingredients

  • 2 cups of self raising flour [all purpose]
  • 1 and a 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/3 cup butter
  • 1/2 cup shortening
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tbsp milk
  • 1 tsp vanilla essence
  • 3 drop of red food colouring or beetroot juice
Method
  1. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt into a small bowl.
  2. Beat the butter and shortening until light and fluffy.
  3. Gradually add the sugar while beating this well in.
  4. Stir in the egg, milk and vanilla.
  5. Gradually add the flour mixture to the creamed mixture.
  6. Mix well.
  7. Add a small amount of either food colouring or beetroot juice.
  8. Beat til blended.
  9. Shape the dough into a ball.
  10. Cover.
  11. Chill for three hours.
  12. Preheat over to 190 deg C [375 Deg F]
  13. Divide the dough in half keeping one portion in the fridge.
  14. Roll the first portion out to 5 mm [1/4 inch].
    1. Use a lightly floured board or the mixture becomes unusable.
  15. Cut the dough with 8 cm [3 inch] round cookie cutter. 
    1. then cut each circular piece in half.
  16. Place on ungreased cooking sheet.
  17. Press several chocolate chips into each cookie.  
  18. Repeat the process.
  19. When cooked and cooled then ice or add the frosting by dipping the outside of the circular edge into the frosting and move it around to the other edge.
  20. Place the watermelon biscuit on a baking sheet until frosting is hard.


Similar Posts

  1. Juicing the watermelon
  2. Zappy Watermelon Cooler
  3. Watermelon Salad with Feta and Mint
  4. Frosting recipe

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Thursday, August 18, 2011

Wacky Witches Brew



Makes 20 cups [12 litres or5 quarts.] 
        4       cups Cranberry juice cocktail
        1       cup chopped candied ginger
        2       large oranges
        12      ounce can thawed frozen apple juice
        6       ounce can thawed frozen limeade
        2       cups seedless grapes
        4       cups water
        2       bottles gingerale (1.2 ltr / 8 cups or 32 ounces each)
        450 to 900g or 1-2     pounds dry ice

1. In a large pan, bring 1 cup of cranberry juice and candied ginger to a boil over high heat.
  2. Boil uncovered, about 2 minutes, then set aside. 
   3. With a vegetable peeler, pare peel from oranges.
   4. Cut orange peel into thin 2-inch long worms.
   5. Add orange peel to cranberry mixture. 
   6. Cover, and chill at least four hours or overnight.  
   7. Squeeze the juice from the oranges. 
   8. Put juice in a large pan, or heavy bowl. 
   9. Stir in cranberry-ginger mixture, plus3 cups of cranberry juice, the apple concentrate, limeade, grapes and water. 
   10. Add ginger ale and 450 g [1 pound piece] of dry ice (***Never touch dry ice! Use tongs to handle).
              - Ice should smolder at least 30 minutes. 
              - For an extra scare, add a the gory hand.


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Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Gory Hand


Besides being able to eat the hand this is a great decoration to scare your friends. Other hands are inedible while making terrific table and room decorations.

  1. Make a strong cherry or other red Jelly by using 3/4 of the recommended amount of water.
   2.     Hang a clean rubber glove over the sink by using clothes pins attached to thin 
strips of wood. 
           - If the glove has a fur like lining turn the glove inside out ... especially if the end result hand is to go into liquid as a display / ice cube. 
  3.      When the jello has cooled pour into glove and place in the deep freeze. 
  4.     Be careful not to have the hand pressing against anything or it will ruin the shape. 
  5.     When the Jelly is frozen cut the glove off using small scissors. 
  6.    Keep your masterpiece in the fridge until ready to display. 
        -Or place the hand inside the wacky witches brew.




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Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Crunch Fruit Pops

Ingredients;
  • Strawberries
  • Bananas
  • Kiwi Fruit
  • Watermelon
  • Yoghurt in dipping bowl
  • Favourite crunch cereal in a dipping bowl
  • Paddle pop sticks. 
Directions:
  • Cut fruit into bite sized pieces
  • Push a piece of fruit onto the end of each paddle pop stick
  • Holding the stick, roll the fruit piece in yoghurt and then in cereal
  • These treats are better eaten straight away.