Showing posts with label creative baking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label creative baking. Show all posts

Deck the halls with piles of icing!!

Unfortunately getting caught up in the Christmas madness has prevented me from doing anything crafty but fortunately my two nieces and I changed all that today by making some colourful Christmas biscuits! 


It was great to be creative with my hands again especially with my two favourite little people while singing songs from 'Frozen' and running screaming from Bears half way through - we may have consumed a little too much sugar and went crazy for a bit! 

The result was hilariously messy but I think you'll agree still tasty looking! I also wanted to use the finished product as a way of thanking each of you who voted for Tiddlybobs in the UK Blog Awards and shared the link. Unfortunately I didn't get through to the next round but it meant a lot to know how many of you are enjoying reading the blog and I can't wait to post more creative inspiration in the New Year. 


Button Biscuits

As it was biscuit week on Great British Bake Off and in honour of my new blog logo I decided to try my hand at baking some button shaped biscuits. The recipe I used was from this blog post by 2011 GBBO finalist, Holly. 

It's a great recipe but unfortunately I didn't have the equipment so I improvised with the cookie cutters and glasses I could find in my house including using a chopstick to create the holes! This meant that my biscuits were a lot bigger than the ones Holly made and this affected the cooking time so I wasn't sure when to take them out! In saying that I think I guesstimated pretty much on the button (PUN!!!) and they came out looking great if a little uneven in thickness! But who cares once they taste great right?