Butter Cookies

Time to bake some cookies... and we (me and the kids) wanted to make them pretty and tasty!

Butter Cookies,
by James Peterson "Baking"
2 and 3/4 cups flour
3/4 tspn baking powder
1/2 tspn salt
1 cup plus 3 tablespoons butter, at cool room temperature
1 cup granulated sugar
1 tspn vanilla extract
1 egg
1 egg yolk
In bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt. In a mixer beat the butter with the sugar and vanilla until fluffy. Beat in the egg and egg yolk. Mix the flour mixture with the butter/egg mixture just until it well combined. Roll the dough between waxed paper. Refrigerate until cold. Then cut it in shapes.
Preheat the oven to 325F. Bake for 15 to 20 mins. Let it cool.

Decorate with Royal Icing!

Royal Icing
1 egg white
1 cup confectioners' sugar, or more as needed.
Combine the egg white and the sugar, mix with a whisk until smooth and thick enough. Add colour if desired!

This winter busy week...

...we have been celebrating Mateo's 5ht BDay! First at home with us, and on Saturday he finally had a fun party for him and his friends.

I really wanted to go and hang out somewhere before the winter holidays begin. Toronto's busiest The Distillery District was packed with people at night watching the beautiful lights and enormous decorated tree!

Finally, I have tried to get the kids to smile for the camera so we could send some holiday cards to the family and friends! Silly - is what I get!

Happy Holidays!

Easy Raspberry Buttermilk Cake and a Magical Snow

Last night I looked out of the window and saw some huge snowflakes coming down.... so beautiful! Puts you in the mood for the holidays! Then right after I had this urge to bake...
Chosen recipe for that night was Raspberry Buttermilk Cake from here.

I love the combination of fruits in the cakes... a specially raspberries, it got that sourness with the sweetness. How do I explain that, mmmm... just try!

And here are some images of the beauty of outside this morning. When I was driving Mateo to school today, he told me that we are in the magical world of snow!

Whole Wheat Blackberry Ricotta Scones

Now I get to experiment with scones! The original recipe has raspberry instead of blackberry, but as usual I use what I do have in the fridge at the moment. Plus I bought a lot of ricotta, which is amazing for my breakfasts.

Here is the link to this recipe: Whole Wheat Raspberry Ricotta Scones!
By the way holidays are around the corner.... gotta make lots and lots of cookies! Coming up!