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Make It Perfect

.Recipe Monday.

When I was growing up I lived on a beautiful, quiet country road. One of the things that made this road so beautiful, apart from the breathtaking scenery, was sharing a stretch of it with so many of my cousins, aunties, uncles and grandparents. I’m sure we would drive our parents crazy as we would run from house to house playing games and sharing special moments. Mum would always be ringing around all of the houses trying to find us. One day I was with my cousin Nicki and she taught me how to make these cookies (do you remember that Nicki?). They bring back sweet childhood memories of running carefree from home to home…if your house was boring there was always something fun going on at a house nearby. I cherish those sweet memories captured in the sugary, spicy chewy goodness of these cookies.

Snickerdoodles
230g butter
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
1 3/4 cups plain flour
2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1/4 tsp salt
2 Tbs sugar, extra
2 tsp cinnamon

Beat together butter and sugar until creamy.
Add eggs and beat well.
Mix in flour, cream of tartar, soda and salt.
In a separate small bowl, combine sugar and cinnamon.
Roll biscuit mixture into balls, then coat in combined sugar and cinnamon.
Place on baking tray and bake in a 180 degree Celsius oven for 10-12 minutes.

February 11, 2008
Make It Perfect

.fun times.

Wow, it feels weird that I haven’t been near a computer for the last week. It was a good break actually, just hanging out with family in Sydney. Perhaps it would be good to have a technology-free week every now and then…
I arrived with Oscar and Lil on Monday night. We were welcomed by stormy weather and lots and lots of rain. Our plane didn’t leave until late and we were supposed to get into Sydney at 10pm but were delayed and didn’t arrive until 11pm. I was nervous about how then kids were going to be on the plane, but they were brilliant. Lil just kicked around and was so happy and Oscar kept himself entertained with a little tub of playdough and 4 paddle-pop sticks. Oscar and Lil had fun playing with their cousins. We have been very lucky this week as they have been able to spend time with all of their cousins in Sydney and this week Eve and Chris are down with Charli and Coda so there is lots more playing to come!Jaron was supposed to join us on Wednesday night, but he and Cade had dramas with their flight being canceled and didn’t arrive in Sydney until Thursday night. Bit of a bummer as it took up our only day to be able to go to the shops and do some stuff together, but we couldn’t do anything about it. We were just grateful that they were able to make it in time for the wedding on Friday morning.
Filipa and Chris’ wedding was absolutely perfect. They are a gorgeous couple and so well suited. They looked great together and had such a fun, happy day. We now have all of the boys taken care of in the family and only two girls to join when Ty and Cade get married!
Jaron made life-sized cut outs of Ty and Chris’ brother Steven who is on a mission also so they were with us at the reception. It was funny seeing them pop up all over the place!
We stayed with Gem and Lew at the end of our trip. I think it has been about a year since we last saw them so it was fun to catch up and for the kids to have a play. It was my birthday on Saturday and Gemmah surprised me with a yummy chocolate sponge cake. Our plane trip home was pretty rotten. Oscar had a high temp on Friday night and was off all day on Saturday, we came home on the plane on Saturday night and our flight was delayed so we had to hang around the airport for awhile. He wailed for 2 hours straight! It was atrocious! At first we felt sorry for him, thinking that he must have been feeling sick but when it carried on for 2 hours our patience was really wearing thin. He kept saying “I want to go on the aeroplane” and we thought he was just whinging for the sake of whinging but as soon as we got on the plane he was so excited and happy all the way home! I don’t think two-year-olds get the concept of waiting!!

February 10, 2008
Make It Perfect

.signing off.

We are off to Sydney tonight so I’m going to have a blog-break while I am away. I’ll leave a bit of flickr love to fill my spot while I am gone!!
1. Valentine Project, 2. Deliciousness 🙂, 3. life 9 months later, 4. Untitled, 5. cranes by computer light, 6. A love of shoes?? You think?, 7. Untitled, 8. branch, 9. silhouettesmall, 10. what they feed on, 11. Sleep, 12. Untitled, 13. .rust., 14. his room, 15. Mending, 16. 071111-grandkidlets01b, 17. magic diaper babies, 18. My baby is THREE!!, 19. strawberry owl1, 20. * Fall *, 21. .lady o & her love shadow., 22. cranes, 23. beginning, 24. bedroom, 25. Edible

February 4, 2008
Make It Perfect

.half-birthday.

WOW! It is really hard to believe that Lil is six months old now! People told me that your second baby grows up faster than your first and it is soooo true! To me she still feels like a new, fresh, little baby, but she really is starting to get big. The last six months have been such a delight with her in our family. She is hardly ever crabby and is so easy to take anywhere. People always comment on what a settled, happy baby she seems to be – and she is! I am so excited about the next six months and seeing her little personality begin to emerge even more.

February 3, 2008
Make It Perfect

.Recipe Monday.

We had a senior sister missionary in our ward for awhile who made these delicious hot rolls…they were soooo good! She was serving in our ward when I had Lil and would bring them to me all the time as a treat. I have made them a few times since and they are really easy and not much effort at all really…it helps if you have a big mixer with a dough hook though, otherwise you will have to make them by hand as with most bread recipes. This recipe makes 32 rolls.


Sister Jorgansen’s Hot Rolls
2 1/2 cups hot water
2 1/2 cups plain flour
Beat these together well with a mixer.
Add:
1/2 cup sugar
2Tbs yeast
Mix well.
Now add:
1/3 cup oil
1/2 Tbs salt
3 1/2 cups plain flour
Mix together and continue until your mixer finds it too heavy.
Remove from mixer.
With your hands, knead in enough flour to make a nice soft but not sticky dough.
Lightly grease bowl and place dough back in.
Cover with a tea towel and let rise for about 20 minutes.
Cut the dough into 4 pieces.
Roll one piece with a rolling pin for make a large circle like a pizza.
Cut into 8 triangular pieces with a pizza cutter or knife and roll each piece from the large end to the small.
Place on greased baking tray and let rise for about 10 minutes.
Bake at 180 degrees Celsius for about 25 minutes or until golden brown.

To make cinnamon scrolls:
Take one of the 4 pieces of divided dough and roll into a rectangle about the size of an A4 piece of paper. Spread mixture of butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, raisins, nuts, whatever you like over the top. Roll from the long side. Cut into 12 pieces with a thread and bake. Drizzle with icing while still warm.

This dough can also be used for pizza crust, bread sticks or french bread.

February 3, 2008