Halloween Gingerbread Biscuits

 

Soooo, the other day I decided to make some Halloween inspired biscuits, and I thought I would share them!

 

Ingredients:

350g (12oz) plain flour

2 teaspoons of ground ginger (you can leave this out if you want plain biscuits)

1 teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda

100g (4oz) butter or margarine (sliced into chunks)

175g (6oz) light brown sugar

1 egg

4 tablespoons of golden or maple syrup

 

For the decoration:

200g icing sugar

A few drops of orange food colouring (or red and yellow, mixed)

Writing icing

 

You will also need Halloween shaped cookie cutters (unless you're good at cutting shapes with a knife)

 

1) preheat the oven to 190° and grease a baking tray.

2) Put the flour, ginger, bicarbonate of soda and butter/margarine into a mixing bowl. Rub together with your fingers until it looks like breadcrumbs.

3) Add the sugar to the mixture, and stir. Then break the egg into a bowl and mix it with the syrup.

4) Add the egg and syrup into the mixture until it makes a dough.

5) Knead the dough, and roll it out, until it's about 5mm thick. Cut out your shapes, and put in the oven on the baking tray. Bake for about 12-15 minutes

6) When the biscuits have cooled, mix a few drops of the food colouring in with the icing sugar, and add as much water as needed. (You can miss out the food colouring if you've made ghosts).

 

Happy Halloween!

What will you be doing?

♥

 

 

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Brownies

In my last blog post I mentioned my most recent favourite recipe, chocolate chip cookie dough brownies! So here it is...

 

  

 

(They taste better than they look ;) Promise!)


For the brownie:
175g (16oz)  Margarine
350g (12oz) Caster sugar
3 eggs
100g (4oz) plain flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
70g (3oz) cocoa powder
an oblong tin, roughly 20cm x 30cm

1) Heat your oven to 180°C, 350°F, Gas mark 4. and grease the tin.
2) Melt the margarine and mix in the sugar.
3) Beat the eggs and add them to the mixture, along with the flour, baking powder and cocoa powder. Stir until everything is mixed well.
4) Pour the mixture into the tin and smooth with the back of a spoon. Bake for about 40 minutes


For the cookie dough:
150g Margarine
150g Caster sugar
300g flour (any type you like)
splash of milk
as many chocolate chips as you want!

1) Melt the margarine and mix it with the sugar
2) mix in the chocolate chips and flour, and add tablespoons of milk until the mixture turns to a soft dough.
3) After the brownie has cooled, spread the cookie dough mixture onto the brownie, and wolah!

Hope you enjoy!

 ♥

September Favourites

When I decided I wanted to do a post about my favourites for September, I thought I would be writing about beauty products. But as I went to write them down, I struggled. I realised that there haven't been many beauty related products I have really been LOVING this month, So I decided to include some random favourites too!

 

Beauty 

Bourjous Colour Boost - Peach On the Beach 

I have worn this constantly through September and absolutely love it! The colour is so pigmented and goes on really nicely, giving a slight gloss to the lips. Although I see coral as more of a summer colour, I will definitely still be wearing this through the Autumn months.

 

  Bourjous Bronzing Powder

 This is one of the best bronzers I've tried! Since my tan had already mostly faded by September, this was a great way of bronzing up my skin.

 

 Hair 

 Herbal Essences - Bee Strong Range

 This has been my saviour through September and all of summer. The sun, as well as using hair straightners so often, really dryed out and damaged my hair. These products put the moisture back in, and made it look and feel a lot stronger and healthier.


Food

Belvita Breakfast Biscuits - Crunchy oats

For some weird reason, I've never liked any type of cereal, so I find it really difficult finding things to eat for breakfast. This month, my Mum picked up some of these breakfast biscuits, and I have eaten them most days since. I even sometimes put them with fruit and yoghurt, just to make me feel like I'm being healthy haha.
Chocolate Brownie's with Cookie Dough
A few weeks ago, I saw a picture on tumblr of Chocolate brownies with cookie dough on top, and thought, I want that! So I took my favourite brownie recipe, and my favourite cookie recipe, and boom! This is now one of my favourite things ever. (I forgot to take a photo, so I'll put some up soon, along with the recipe!)


Songs
This month I have been listening to two songs on repeat. The first is a song called Great Escape, by an amazing singer, Mike Dignam, who i discovered on Youtube. This song was perfect for summer, and I have listened to it most mornings getting ready. You can listen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LhpMXYKemE
The second, is the song Wings, By Birdy. She has such an amazing voice, and It's one of those songs were I feel like the lyrics were written for me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBKfy0FwUC8

Fairy Lights

Since it's now autumn/ Fall, I wanted to add a new touch to my room, to make it feel more cosy. I recently brought these fairy lights, from Amazon, and absolutely love them! They are so simple (and were fairly cheap too!) but they instantly make the room feel more cute and festive!

If you have written a post on your monthly favourites, be sure to leave a link in the comments, and I'll go and check it out!

♥