Four out of eight biscuit batches have been made. Dough for two more chilling in the fridge for baking tomorrow.
Wow. That looks awesome.
I spent the morning browsing biscuit packaging ideas and printing some bags. So I didn't actually start on biscuits until after lunch. I have made the cranberry coconut oatmeal biscuits & have the pfeffenusse dough chilling in the fridge.
Edit: I've also realised two of my biscuits are almost identical, just shaped differently. So Oma's biscuits are being swapped out for jam drops.
I have decided to bake some biscuits for Christmas. I have narrowed my selection down to 8, lets see how many I end up doing! The current shortlist is:
- pfeffenusse
- Scottish shortbread
- coconut macaroons
- cranberry-coconut oatmeal
- embossed lemon shortbread
- Pizzelle (wafers)
- Chocolate Brownie Cookies
- "Oma's biscuits" - another shortbread variation
I'm focusing on recipes that are not too complicated to make, keep fairly well, with at least a few that can be dunked in a cup of tea. I'll give a few as gift boxes and take some to work, with the bulk of them to be a gift to my Mum - she has been making her own biscuits for years, but recently has started to find the effort a bit much, so I'd like to fill her biscuit jar with home made biscuits for a while.
I was just about to check my email for the estimated time for my grocery delivery today when they delivered it. Faboulous timing, they most often deliver around 11am for this time window. Mr Woof Is not happy about someone encroaching on our territory though.
I suspect it is putting all of it's life energy into these chillies before it dies. I did give it some fertilizer & extra water, but it is in a brutally exposed spot, in full sun right next to the footpath. I only planted it because it was an extra seedling and I figured I'd give it a chance - I guess it's taking it's chance and doing everything it can with it.
I have a jalepeno that miraculously managed to survive the winter after being planted in a terribly harsh, dry spot last year. It is about the size of those plants, and currently has two chiles on it!
I don't have a break and am working on the public holidays. Which means lots of penalty rates lining my pocket ππ°
Good thing. It's going to be hard enough to sleep tonight with the heat, an alarm activating all night would be awful. It also means you don't need my next suggestion of calling the Fire Brigade, who should know how to disconnect an alarm and also carry ladders. The big red trucks and flashing lights tends to draw a lot of attention though.
That is totally not on. Can you disconnect it so you can stop it going off until they can come back and fix it?
I've just put the oven on to preheat for the pfeffenusse - day 2 of biscuit baking begins!