It rains, then it rains some more. Actually, it's very welcome, because we were all beginning to worry about drought. And it means that we can spend a cosy day inside with the radio playing and steam on the windows.
I wanted the children to help me with some holiday baking. They were enthusiastic at the start, but then disappeared until the cake and biscuits were finished. Ah well, that's fair enough. I made some small packages of sweet things to give to their swimming teacher, and assorted aunts and uncles.
The apricot balls are a bit of a favourite and they are gluten and dairy free, too. I used this recipe (from years ago on the blog! What a handy catalogue it is.) And the cookies are these ones which are also favourites. I've discovered that if you beat the egg-mixture part of the recipe with an electric beater, the cookies get that shiny crackled texture on the outside. I chopped up a block of extra-dark chocolate to put inside them. I last blogged about them back here in March.
I hope that you have a lovely weekend ahead. We're heading out of town for a few days to stay with friends by a beach. See you next week!
Your holiday baking looks wonderful. I had so many plans of things to make for teachers and didn’t get a thing done. Now we are on winter break so I will have time to make things and get it to them in the New Year. Have a great weekend. Tammy
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