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 11

The day before Christmas

Now, I feel like the last weekend before Christmas eve is the most stressful. You gotta check that you really didn't forget to buy a present for your mother's sister's best friend, that you have enough wrapping paper, for everything you bought and that you don't run out of bows, ribbons, tape, stickers, fir branches.....
Today is December 23rd, and the countdown to 2016 starts, and all the stress slowly fades out, and you get really exited and start planning and thinking about your new years resolutions. Which might actually be more stressful than the week before Christmas!!
But now you just gotta chill and be exited for the best day of the year (?) 

Cookies in a jar I: Grab some yogurt glasses or any other (they just have to be big enough) decorate the glass, bake some cookies, put them in there, tie a bow around it! TADAA!

Cookies in a jar II: Buy a glass jar or just get a yogurt glass again. (They have to be closeable!) 

Layer:   100g flour
         1 tbs baking powder
         100g soft brown sugar
         30g cocoa powder
         50g dark chocolate chips
         50g white chocolate chips

Add:     1 egg
         80g butter

Bake:    at 170 C for 7-9 minutes

Cookies in a jar III: Special

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

Day 3

Weihnachtsmarkt ❄

I went to the so called " Weihnachtsmarkt" or Christmas market a lot the last weeks. Every time I have a free period I went with my friends, or on the weekends we went in the evening when all the lights were on and there were the coziest and most festive vibes. I feel like in places like that every one is in a good mood and forgets about the stressful gift-shopping and their normal life even if it's just for a zip of "Glühwein" (mulled wine).

Everyone is just wandering around and it's like everything is in slow-mo. 

I went there the first Friday when it opens, and only for a couple of minutes because it was still mid-day and I didn't want to destroy the Christmas magic. But in that short time I met so many people I know and they were all smiling and had a good time. That's probably another reason why this time is my fave, it's just that everyone is so happy which brings me instantly in a good mood. 

I also love that no matter what corner you turn there is a new stall, that's selling something different than the one before. One might sell the best sugared almonds (my favorite) and the next sells handmade jewelry and knitted hats. There also is a little stage where, when it's an advent Sunday there is a little play or a choir is singing. Behind that stage is a house and on the windows there are numbers from 1-24 so it's like a giant advent calendar. And everyday from December first on, a new window lights up.

Around the next corner there is a Ferris wheel. It used to be my favorite thing on that market when I was little, and I still go at least once. I think it's really cool that you can just watch the people laughing and having a good time and you don't hear what they're saying because the Christmas music is covering it. 

Day 2

MUSIC

One of the most important things on Christmas, besides food and presents, is probably music.

Even if there is still no snow and you can't wear your favorite scarves yet -because it's the beginning of November- you can get festive with turning up the Christmas music. 

I created one on spotify ans as of so often I'm going to share it. Let me know what you think of it in the comments.

 xx k80