Biscuits (what you call cookies)

Aliantha • Oct 14, 2013 8:39 pm
Here are some I made yesterday. Melting moments for the grown ups, and daisy cookies for the kids. :)


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orthodoc • Oct 14, 2013 8:48 pm
They are beautiful, Ali.

Did you make them for a special gathering? For your immediate family?
Aliantha • Oct 14, 2013 9:08 pm
Just for us ortho. We bake most of our own cakes aqd biscuits. I was really happy with the melting moments though. I have never made them before, but my mum used to makes them all the time, so i was pretty happy that they turned out well. :). The daisy biscuits were just for fun for max mostly. They are just a vanilla biscuit with cranberries cut into circles then decorated with a blob of icing for glue, a foulpe of halved marshmallows and an m&m. Really simple.
orthodoc • Oct 14, 2013 9:15 pm
Of course, family is a special gathering, the most special. :)
I always baked cookies and cakes for my family too. I'm glad the melting moments were a hit, as a family recipe/tradition. There's a lot to be said for that.
Big Sarge • Oct 14, 2013 9:15 pm
Wow. Those look good
Aliantha • Oct 14, 2013 9:36 pm
Thanks sarge. :)
Chocolatl • Oct 14, 2013 11:32 pm
Are the melting moments piped? They look yummy!
Aliantha • Oct 15, 2013 1:00 am
Yep, piped. Mum used to do blobs flattened with a fork, but i like the piped look better.
Gravdigr • Oct 15, 2013 5:22 pm
Aliantha;880250 wrote:
...foulpe...


Neither context, nor Google, nor The Free Dictionary, nor Wikipedia can tell me wtf a 'foulpe' is.

Enlighten me, please?
BigV • Oct 15, 2013 6:06 pm
Straylian for "plorp" is my best guess. a unit of measure. I ran off to learn it too.

eta:
after a couple moment's reflection, I believe it's a typographical error that should read "couple". The f and the c are close together and "couple" works in context.
Aliantha • Oct 15, 2013 6:51 pm
Yes, it should have read couple. lol
Happy Monkey • Oct 15, 2013 7:37 pm
Good word, though. It should mean something. Perhaps related to loupe.
xoxoxoBruce • Oct 15, 2013 9:09 pm
You sure make some pretty food. :thumb2:
Aliantha • Oct 15, 2013 9:21 pm
Thanks Bruce. :)
xoxoxoBruce • Oct 15, 2013 9:24 pm
Well you do... and you repeatedly come up with these gorgeous creations. You're pretty talented in the dress 'em up department.
Aliantha • Oct 15, 2013 10:02 pm
I look at lots of books and also get ideas online. Sometimes i even dream them up in my own little brain. I just think its nice to put a bit more effort in. They say people eat with their eyes first, so if it looks great, people will bde more excited to try it. Thats the theory anyway. ;)
xoxoxoBruce • Oct 16, 2013 12:27 pm
I hope the recipients appreciate the effort, as much as we appreciate the pictures.
BigV • Oct 16, 2013 4:39 pm
Aliantha;880365 wrote:
I look at lots of books and also get ideas online. Sometimes i even dream them up in my own little brain. I just think its nice to put a bit more effort in. They say people eat with their eyes first, so if it looks great, people will bde more excited to try it. Thats the theory anyway. ;)


Twil puts that theory to good use.
Aliantha • Oct 16, 2013 6:42 pm
Most of the time Bruce, although like most people, my family take it for granted most of the time. They dont really see the value in the effort i put in for them. Guests do though, so they get a nudge now and then.