Food Friday : Cinnamon Crescent Cookies
I picked up an old 1986 charity cookbook written by Bonnie Stern at a yard sale a couple of years ago and last year Nick and I made these Cinnamon Crescents from it. These are also known as Rugalahs and they were so good that we have made them again! These are only mildly sweet, so great to try if you prefer things less sugary and geared towards grown-up tastes. They might seem a bit fussy to make but they are really fun to do! And look at me ... I helped make the dough, although I left the rolling of it to Nick.
(Readers of my blog will know that Nick is the chef/baker in our home, so this was quite a feat. Of course, he was watching and guiding me all the way through it. And for any other dough-making novices such as myself ... you know when they say you 'feel' when the dough is ready? I never understood that before, but now I know what they mean ... you can actually 'feel' when it is done!)
Themed Thursday : Christmas
Hello. Hope everyone is enjoying this week before Christmas! For my 'Themed Thursday' post this week I'll go for the obvious, Christmas images.
Deck the Halls with Really Big Bells!
One bright and beautiful day last summer, Nick and I were on our way to Kensington Market. On the way, I spotted something put out for trash, that caught my eye. It was some sort of a large banner thing, but what drew me in were the biggest jingle bells I had ever seen that were attached to the banner. Those things were massive! Nick looked away embarrassed as I examined them and just kept walking. Since we were on the way to the market and we would be doing some shopping that would inevitably leave us each with one full bag in each hand to carry home, I made the decision to leave the banner behind, with the premise that I would grab it on the way home. If it was meant to be it was meant to be! And you know the end of the story, because behold, today I show you how I have used said big bells to decorate a cabinet. (Note that if you've been following along since this summer, you would already know about these bells because I wrote about them in July here.)
But making this decorating feat even better is the glass lamp globe, which I also plucked from someone's garbage this summer! As a matter of fact, it was set out, along with three other amber globes, in a fairly busy spot. So, it being broad daylight when I spotted them, with other people around, my pride caused me to walk on by. Yes, I walked another 30 steps or so, and then turned right around, and went back to get the goods. (One of the other amber globes was used to make a Halloween display here).
Vintage Paper Part II : Christmas Seals and Tags
Vintage Paper Part I : Christmas Cards
