So where to start? Its been almost three weeks since I last had chance to post anything on here and why is that I hear you shouting? Have you not done anything? Have you been stuck in a black hole? Simple answer is that work has gone crazy and the last thing I have felt like doing in the evening is posting anything to the blog, cue shocked gasps! We have all had lots of fun, I thought I would share with you all though is a bit of baking we did a couple of weekends ago. Lyns was at work so James and I decided to make some biscuits. Cooking I can do, baking not so much. In the end they tasted pretty good but I was outside of my comfort zone, James on the other hand approached it like a pro.
You plug in in dad and leave the rest to me
Hurry up dad, I’m ready to mix
I think Lyns must have done a fair amount of baking with James because he had the whisk out of the draw and the metal attachments plugged in before I had even got my apron on.
After he had mixed the dough, we got to the bit that James was not so keen on, the getting your hands in and kneading. Funnily enough he refused to do that, so I was called upon to roll up my sleeves and dive in. After this, I rolled the dough out and James was in his element cutting out the biscuits. Lyns had some cutters from when we went to Disney World a few years ago and we made some Micky Mouse shaped biscuits.
Also, for Lyns’ birthday, I had bought her a cutter that can be used to make all different designs of sugar icing. James had decided that today we were making ladybirds, so off we went.
A very careful kneading from James to minimise contact with hands.
I did the cutting and James did the sticking. I think they turned out pretty good and they even tasted reasonable as well. Not a bad way to spend a rainy afternoon.