"Little Mac" Macarons

The Bun
Colour your Macaron batter with a little brown and yellow food colour to achieve the bun tone, and then top with some sesame seeds before baking.

 

 

Burger filling
The patties were made by cutting out circles from readymade chocolate biscuits (or bake a batch of brownies, if you have time). For the lettuce and cheese slices, colour white fondant with green and yellow food colouring and roll it out thinly. For the cheese cut out a neat square, and for the lettuce cut a rough circle and frill the edges roughly with you fingertips for a realistic effect.

 

Ganache sauce
1/4 cup pure cream and 150g white chocolate combined in a bowl over a pot of simmering water.

 

To assemble Little Mac together layer the lettuce, cheese, patty and macaroon shells with a little ganache in between.

 

The Kids love these, Adults are also fascinated. These are an alternative to the cupcake version.

Orange & Cranberry Cookies

 

Orange & Cranberry Cookies

 Ingredients

• 3/4 cup butter, room temperature
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 2 tablespoons fresh orange juice
• 2 teaspoons fresh orange zest, finely chopped
• 2 cups flour, all-purpose
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 cup dried sweetened cranberries

Orange Sugar for coating

• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoons fresh orange zest, finely chopped

Instructions

1.     Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line cookie sheet with silicone mat or parchment paper

2.     In a large bowl, cream together the butter, sugar and egg

3.     Add orange juice and zest, blend well

4.     Combine flour, baking soda and baking powder. Gradually add, creaming after each addition

5.     Stir in cranberries

6.     Combine sugar and zest for coating in a small bowl

7.     Scoop cookies with a cookie scoop or tablespoon, roll into ball then roll in orange sugar

8.     Place on cookie sheet

9.     Bake for 11-12 minutes - rotating pan after 6 minutes

10.  Cookies should be firm but still soft in the centre

11.  Let set on pan for 2 minutes then remove to cooling rack

12.  Store in air tight container

 

Cleaning in the 60's

Edible Food Markers

This edible Marker in Black, will allow you to decorate your cakes, cookies etc with fine detail.

We will gradually add a range of colours from this supplier.

Kitchen Tea Cutters by Ann Clark

 

These Ann Clark Cookie Cutters are beautifully made. The handle allows for easier cutting of the cookie dough and eliminates distortion of the shape. The size of the cutter is 11cm x 8cm cost is $12.20 each.

Ann has produced a Tea Cup to compliment her Tea Pot cutter. The Tea Cup and Saucer measures 7cm x 10cm and costs $12.20

Christmas Cookies

Snow Man Cookies

Ingredients

• 200g/7oz self raising flour
• 100g/3½oz caster sugar
• 100g/3½oz butter, plus extra for greasing
• 1 large free-range egg, lightly beaten
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

For the decorations

• white and blue fondant icing
• white and black writing icing
• sprinkles
• 48 small chocolate balls

 

• Preparation method

  1. Pre heat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4.
  2. Mix the flour and sugar together in a bowl, then rub in the butter with your fingertips until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.
  3. Add the egg and vanilla essence and mix to form a soft dough.
  4. Roll out onto a well-floured work surface and cut into rounds. Place on greased baking sheets and bake for 10-12 minutes, or until golden brown.
  5. Cool on a wire rack. When completely cool decorate.
  6. Roll out the white fondant icing and cut out circles the same size as the biscuits, brush the backs of the circles with a little cooled boiled water and stick them to the biscuits, smoothing down the icing as you stick it on.
  7. Roll out the blue icing and cut out more circles, then cut these in half and using a little more water and stick on top of the white icing for the hats.
  8. Brush the hats with water in places where you want the sprinkles to stick and then sprinkle!
  9. Pipe decorations on the hat with the white writing icing, then pipe a small blob for the hat bobble and another for the nose – stick on the chocolate balls. Pipe black eyes and mouth then leave to set.

Plunger Cookie Cutters and Embossers

These Plunger Cookie Cutters are available in two designs, Angry Birds and Sesame Street characters. For the adventurous try matching the cookie with a fondant topper for that added wow factor. There are 4 cutters in each set and the cost is $9.00.