White Christmas

White Christmas

1 1/2 cups rice bubbles
1 cup powdered milk
1 cup sugar
1 cup desiccated coconut
1/3 cup chopped red glace cherries
1/3 cup chopped green glace cherries
1/3 cup sultanas
250gm white vegetable shortening (COPHA)

1. Line the base and sides of a shallow 28 x 18cm tin with foil

2. Combine the rice bubbles, powdered milk, sugar, coconut and fruit in a large bowl. Make a well in the centre
3. Melt the shortening over low heat. Cool slightly then stir into dry ingredients
4. Spoon into the tin and smooth the surface. Chill for 30 mins or until set. Cut

"SAND ART" Brownies in a Jar

SAND ART" Brownies in a Jar

Add to a wide mouth preserving jar (750ml) in this order:

3/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp Baking Powder
1/2 + 1/8 cup flour
1/3 cup cocoa
1/2 cup flour
2/3 cup brown sugar
2/3 cup sugar
1/2 cup chocolate chips
1/2 cup white choc (chopped)
1/2 cup nuts

This should pack nicely into the jar.

Include a decorative tag with these instructions for making these brownies:

Combine contents of jar with:
1 tsp vanilla
2/3 cup vegetable oil
3 eggs

Pour into a greased 9x9inch pan. Bake at 180 degrees Celsius for about 30 minutes.

there was a thread on this but I am hopeless at finding things on EB; I got this off EB ages ago and feel compelled to post it every year, the people who have made them are so impressed...one year I will make them myself . I think someone said last year that they used a 1L jar, the 750ml was too small.

Rudholf Noses

Rudholf Noses
rum balls
pktwhite choc melts
pkt jaffas

make rum ball things as per normal with the marie biscuits cocoa condensed milk coconut, roll in coconut.
then when they are all made and hard put white choc melt on bench (flat side down)
then melt some more white choc, l just put in a freezer bag and snip a small hole in corner for piping bag, squeeze a small amount of melted choc onto white bud, enough to stick rum ball so it stands alone, then another small blob of white melted choc then top with a jaffa, mmmmm these look really cute and a nice pressie too, put in fridge to set hard....
l put a few in a little white dish and wrap in cello and tie red ribbon on top, looks really nice....

Bath Salts

Bath Salts

WASHING SODA ( in washing powder section, in clear bags, clear white crystals, sometimes sold in boxes)

FOOD DYE

FOOD ESSENCE or ESSENTIAL OILS

Crush soda, if crystals are large, you can do this in a plastic bag and rolling pin

in a glass bowl, mix soda with a few drops of colour and essence.....

Ive done your typical
Pink with rose oil
Purple with lavender
Green with apple, or lime
yellow/orange with lemon/orange essence
orange colour with mango essence

AND it makes great yummy smelling chocolate/lolly bath salts, with essence and colour, such as

COCONUT ICE coconut essence, colour 1/2 pink, and layer in a bottle

Chocolate essence, and brown food colour ( or mix other colours to get brown

neapolitan ice cream. vanilla essence with no colour, pink with strawberry essence, and the choc as above

Licorice. aniseed essence.

BOUNTY BAR coconut, as above, and choc as above

Cherry ripe. cherry essence, red colour. mix in with coconut salts.

TOP DECK vanilla, and choc layered

you can mix and match so many flavours/smells and colours. they look great in moconna jars, or the little shaped jars you get in $2.00 shop. a lot or recycled jars look great too. you could give, with a edible version you make too