Luminaire Daily Challenge 2021
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Recipe Recipe by Keiron George
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Ingredients Cookies 3/4 c. unsalted butter, at room temperature 1 c. sugar 1 egg 1 tsp. vanilla extract 1 tsp. almond extract 2 1/4 c. all-purpose flour 1 tsp. baking soda 1/4 tsp. kosher salt
Frosting 1 c. butter 4 c. powdered sugar 1 tsp. vanilla extract 3 tbsp. water or milk Green gel icing color 3 tbsp.red and white pearl sprinkles 18 yellow star sprinkles
Directions
Preheat oven to 350º and line two cookie sheets with parchment.
Cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy, 3 to 4 minutes. Mix in egg and vanilla and almond extracts. In a separate bowl, whisk together dry ingredients. Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and mix until smooth. Dough will be thick.
Make three sizes of cookie dough balls: 1 teaspoon, 2 teaspoons, and 3 teaspoons. (You should have an even number of each.) Place medium and large cookies on a cookie sheet and press down slightly on each. Bake until center looks mostly cooked, 7 to 8 minutes. Place smallest balls of dough on another cookie sheet and press down slightly. Bake until center looks mostly cooked, 5 to 6 minutes. When cookies are done, remove from oven and let cool 2 to 3 minutes, then transfer to a cookie rack to finish cooling.
Make frosting: Beat butter until smooth. Add half the powdered sugar and mix until smooth. Add vanilla and 2 tablespoons water and mix until smooth. Add remaining powdered sugar and mix until smooth. Add green gel icing color to frosting and mix until your desired shade of green.
Assemble cookies: Get one size of each cookie. Fit a piping bag with a medium sized star piping tip (I used Wilton 32) and fill bag with green frosting.
Pipe a swirl of frosting onto the largest cookie, then add the second medium sized cookie on top. Pipe a swirl of frosting onto the second cookie, then top with the smallest cookie. Pipe a swirl on top of the final cookie and decorate with a star and round ornament sprinkles. Continue building cookie trees, then refrigerate until ready to serve.
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how about some red velvet cookies?
125 g // 100 g // 75 g (Granulated) // 1 Large // 1 tsp // 1 tsp // 265 g (Plain) // 15 g // 1,5 tsp // 1/2 tsp // 1/2 tsp // 300 g
Flaming Plum Pudding
Recipe
1 c. dark raisins
1 c. dry sherry
1 c. butter
1 c. sugar
1 c. flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
4 eggs, slightly beaten
2 c. chopped dates
1 1/2 c. grated carrots
1 1/2 c. chopped pecans
1 c. bread crumbs
1 c. milk
1 c. currants
1/4 c. dark molasses
1 tbsp. grated orange peel
1 tbsp. grated lemon peel
2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. cloves
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
1/4 tsp. mace
1/4 c. brandy or cognac
Lemon Brandy Hard Sauce
Put raisins in sherry overnight. Grease 2 quart mold with tight fitting lid. Cream butter and sugar in large bowl and blend in flour, baking soda and salt. Stir in raisins with any remaining sherry and all other ingredients except brandy and hard sauce. Mix thoroughly, then spoon into prepared mold and cover tightly.
Place small round rack in bottom of large pot or kettle (8-10 quarts). Cover pot and steam pudding in gently simmering water on stove for about 5 hours, checking water occasionally and adding as needed to keep at same level.
Remove mold from water, uncover, and cool 30 minutes. Carefully loosen edges of pudding with sharp knife and invert onto serving platter. Allow to stand with mold over pudding until pudding releases and is completely cool. Wrap pudding in foil and refrigerate until ready to use.
Before serving, warm by steaming for 1 hour in well greased 2 quart mold with lid, as above. Heat brandy briefly, ignite and pour over pudding as it is brought to table. Accompany with hard sauce.
LEMON BRANDY HARD SAUCE: 1 1/2 c. powdered sugar 1/2 c. butter 3 tbsp. brandy 1 tsp. vanilla 1 tsp. grated lemon peel Combine all ingredients in medium bowl and beat with electric mixer until fluffy. Chill overnight before serving on flaming plum pudding.
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https://www.daringgourmet.com/traditional-nuernberger-elisenlebkuchen-german-lebkuchen/ Authentic German Lebkuchen Recipe
It's a lot on the page so I can't really copy and paste it but if you haven't tried, you should. I love lebkuchen and used to buy them all the time in the Christmas markets in Germany. Looked just like this
The recipes all look so yummy, and beautiful, wow!
The winner of 11th of December is ….. drumroll
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<3 Congrats, what a cute ice bear! <3
Day 12
🔔 Quest: Create a Colovaria logo! 🔔
Create unique one(s) and post thepicture(s) here!
You can use a free logo designer, for example this one:
or any you like, or use your own art.
⭐ Prize: ⭐
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"grey would be the colour if i had a heart" ~nin ❤️
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