Welcome Home

What better way to be welcomed back to England, than with afternoon tea, bunting and raspberry lemonade!

 

Cookie Dough Bites

Cookie Dough is one of my favourite things. Since discovering this recipe on Pinterest I have been dying to make them myself. So here goes...! Depending on how large you make them, this recipe should make around 28 cookie dough bites.

INGREDIENTS:

 

8 ounces butter (softened)
1½ cups light brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract or essence
2 cups flour
6 ounces chocolate chips

UTENSILS:
Measuring devices
Large Mixing Bowl
Whisk
Plate

First, the butter and sugar need to be creamed together.

Now the plate is needed. However it is advisable to use a larger one than pictured below, I got rather sticky!

This will make the butter easier to mix with the sugar. Then...

This was when I realised that I needed a larger bowl!

Now you will need to add the remaining ingredients to the mixture.

 Now it's time to get your fingers messy! Knead the mixture until the dough looks smooth, then ...

Leave in the fridge until firm. Should take roughly 30 minutes. Store in the fridge, but keep at room temperature about ten minutes before you serve them. Enjoy!

Too add an extra something, dip them in melted chocolate, or drizzle it on as a topping.

Baking Biscuits

I love it when someone in your family has a culinary urge. Such happened the other day when my younger sister had a sudden urge to make some biscuits. I was naturally there to help with the important things like eating the uncooked pastry, unused toppings and other such things!

 

Many Hands or Too Many Cooks

The whole family was home for what felt like the first time in the summer, and coincidentally it was my parents' Wedding Anniversary, so my brother, my sisters and I made dinner for them. And so serenaded b Josh Groban, we set about making a rather experimental mocha cake!