Day 11 Special

EASY COOKIES

So I already have all my blog posts done for blogmas and it's Tuesday evening at the moment. But I made some amazing cookies this afternoon and wanted to share the recipe with you, and it also matches the other Day 11 post so here you go!!

What you need:

200g butter (at room temperature)
300g caster sugar
1 large egg
325g self raising flour
a dash of milk
200g of any chocolate you like (you can choose however much and what you like)


Let's go:

-Preheat you oven to 200C (390F)
-whisk butter and sugar together until it's creamy
-crack in the egg and mix it through
-add the flour a bit at a time
-break up the chocolate (I chose Milka luflee) and add it to the mixture
-grab the dough from underneath and spread the chunks 
-shape the mixture into 10 balls (amount depends on how big you want your cookies)
-put on baking tray covered in baking paper
-bake for 10-12 minutes (mine took about 9!)
-let them cool

(I took half the ingredients and made 4!)

xxk80

Day 9

TEA. ❄

So I've only got the whole tea-vibe quite recently. Before I always stuck to my good old hot chocolate- which I still love, don't get me wrong. But when I'm sitting in my room with my fairy lights on and some candles burning on my window sill, it's quite nice to have a cup of tea. I'm not really into earl grey or other really ,,grown-up-tea-flavors'' if you know what I mean. I tried out many different ones and came to the conclusion that I have four favorites. 

Creating the perfect vibe for a festive day is fairly easy, and one of my favorite things to do as well. 

What you'll need: 

• An overly festive mug (I got it as a present) similar
• Some chocolate (Mine is a bar of dark chocolate and a little Santa)
• Your favorite type of tea
• A tangerine (it's going to smell like Christmas on a plate)
• Your favorite Christmas cookies (preferably home-made) Linzer Schnitten
• Some fairy lights to set the festive mood (I got mine for like 3€)

My four favorites:

1.Rooibos Meßmer 

2.  Rooibos-Vanilla Südafrikanischer Ovambo 

3.  Rooibos w/ wild berry-vanilla aroma King's Crown 

4.Strawberry-Raspberry Prinzessin Lillifee - Teekanne

xx k80

Nut Wedges

TUESDAY

So I'm kinda swerving into the baking lane(?) and I found a new recipe book on the book shelf. I looked through it and found "Nussecken", and because it's almost Christmas, I guess, I made them. It got me into a really festive mood and I feel like it was a mistake to make them because it's mid October. But you can never be too early for Christmas baking!

What you need:

-*250g flour

-*100g sugar

-*100g margarine

-*1 packet vanilla sugar

-*2 eggs

-*1 teaspoon backing powder

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-1 jar apricot jam

-100g chopped almonds

-100g chopped hazelnuts

-3 tablespoons water

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-200g bittersweet chocolate

First step:

Mix all ingredients (*) in a bowl until you get a stiff dough. You can knead it if it gets too hard.

Second step:

Grease the baking tray with margarine. (Don't forget the corners!)

Third step:

Place the dough onto the tray and smooth it out.

Fourth step:

Spread out the apricot jam onto the dough.

Fifth step:

Take the leftover ingredients and bring them to boil in a pot.

(Don't forget to stir them, they will get burnt quickly!)

Sixth step:

Spread the hot mixture on top of the apricot jam.

Seventh step: 

Put the tray into the oven at 175C (~350F) for about 25-30 minutes.

Eighth step:

Take it out of the oven and let it cool down.

Ninth step:

Cut the dough into many little triangle shapes. But keep it on the tray.

Tenth step:

Melt the chocolate in a bowl on top of hot water.

Eleventh step:

Dip two corners of each nut wedge into the chocolate.

TADAA!

Tell me in the comments what your favorite fall/winter recipe is :)

If you bake the nut wedges, tag them with #k80cake on instagram so I can see them :)

~k80