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glazed candied ginger cookies

10/14/2018

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Yield: About 30 cookies

cookie ingredients
1 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup unsalted butter, softened

1 tsp baking soda
1 ½ tsp ground ginger
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 tsp sea salt
1/2 tsp ground cloves
1/2 tsp freshly ground nutmeg

1 egg
3 tbsp molasses
2 cups flour

ginger sugar mix 
ingredients
⅓ cup turbinado sugar
½ tsp ground ginger
1/4 tsp coarse sea salt




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glazed pumpkin spice cookies

10/14/2018

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Yield: About 3 dozen 2.5" cookies

cookie ingredients:
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
1/2 cup granulated sugar

3/4 cup light brown sugar, packed
3/4 tsp baking powder
3/4 tsp salt (
vegan: reduce/skip the salt if your butter contains salt)
3 tbsp pumpkin spice mix (recipe below)

1 egg (vegan: 1 flax egg)
2 ½ cups all-purpose flour

glaze ingredients:
2 cups confectioners' sugar 
6 tbsp warm water

pinch salt
3/4 tsp pumpkin spice mix (recipe below)

pumpkin spice mix ingredients:
3 tbsp cinnamon
2 tbsp ginger
​1 ½ tsp nutmeg
​1 ½ tsp cloves
3/4 tsp allspice
3/8 tsp cardamom


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candied flowers & herbs

10/6/2018

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This is an update to my 9/7/17 post on candied nasturtiums, which was my first time ever trying out this technique. Since then i've learned a few things, reflected here:
  1. a few drops of vodka greatly speed up the drying process, and makes egg white solution thinner and lighter. this helps flowers keep their shape.
  2. superfine sugar works better than regular granulated sugar because it's lighter weight and flower won't collapse. it's pricy to buy, so definitely make your own in the food processor.
  3. flowers dry better on a drying rack, which allows air flow on all sides. spray lightly with cookie spray so they don't stick.

​Make sure you use plants that are organic/pesticide free. Also, not all flowers and leaves are edible. Please do your research before feeding plants to anyone. :-)
Nasturtium is an entirely edible plant, flowers and leave. This year I planted a bunch of new edible flowers in my garden: bachelor buttons, gem marigolds, bright lights cosmos, lavender hyssop and chamomile. I always save the seed packets so I can identify new plants once (if!) they pop up. :-)
Seeds are mainly from Botanical Interests.

it's fun to test this candying technique on herbs like mint and basil. i recently candied spearmint from my garden and it came out awesome! i used them on chocolate cookies. see photo below.


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edible flower shortbread

10/6/2018

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​I have been growing nasturtium, an edible plant, for several years now. This year I planted a bunch of new edible flowers in my garden: bachelor buttons, gem marigolds, bright lights cosmos, and chamomile. I always save the seed packets so I can identify new plants once (if!) they pop up. Well somehow I lost one particular seed packet, so all summer I assumed the pretty plants with scalloped leaves and purple flowers   were just pretty weeds. In fact so many started popping up that I almost pulled them, fearing they were too invasive!

​Anyway, I was recently at an event at  Feedfeed where they had created a fantastic edible flower/herb table-scape, and recognized my mystery plant! Turns out it’s called 'Lavender Hyssop.' It’s a perennial in the mint family, and has the most delicate licorice scent & flavor. What’s interesting is that it tastes slightly sweet. So it’s wonderful added to salads, or as a cocktail garnish. Traditionally it’s used to make tea & sachets...and commercially to flavor root beer and liqueurs. 
Seeds are mainly from Botanical Interests.


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Chocfetti Shortbread

10/6/2018

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Yield: About 3 dozen 2.5" cookies

Ingredients:
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
3/8 cup granulated sugar
½ teaspoon salt
2 cups all-purpose flour
​1/4 cup sprinkles (quantity can be adjusted to taste)
extra sugar for sprinkling
coarse sea salt for sprinkling
 
You will also need:
Parchment paper or silicone baking mat
wax paper
fork




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not so classic shortbread

10/6/2018

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Yield: About 2 dozen 2.5" cookies

Ingredients:
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
3/8 cup granulated sugar
½ teaspoon salt
2 cups all-purpose flour
extra sugar for sprinkling
coarse sea salt for sprinkling
 
You will also need:
Parchment paper or silicone baking mat
wax paper
fork




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