Sep
9
Apple and Plum Crumble
by Sofia - in Cooking
Yksi parhaista syksyn jälkkäreistä on omena-murupaistos. Tämä versio ei sisällä lainkaan sokeria, gluteenia, maitotuotteita eikä kananmunia joten se sopii myös monille allergikoille. Resepti on niin helppo, että tämä valmistuu aivan käden käänteessä joten sen voi tehdä vaikkapa tänään iltateelle.
This crumble is dairy free, gluten free, egg free and sugar free but filled with flavour and all kinds of goodness. It´s perfect for a fall dessert. You may want to enjoy it with some ( vegan) vanilla ice-cream, some vanilla custard or just on it´s own.
Apple & Plum Crumble
6 apples
6 plums ( or other stone fruits like peaches, nectarines or apricots)
1/2 cup raisins or dried currants ( optional)
crumble
1 cup almonds
1 1/2 cups oats
1/2 cup maple syrup
3 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp vanilla powder/ extract
3 tbls coconut oil
1. Core the apples and cut in to segments. Pit the plums and cut in to segments also.
2. Oil you oven proof dish with a little coconut oil just to prevent sticking. Add the apples, plums and if you like, raisins/ currants in the dish.
3. Put the almonds in an food processor and pulse in to crumbs ( maybe 30 seconds).
4. Mix the crumble ingredients together and add on top of the apple & plum dish.
5. Bake in a 180°c oven for about 25 minutes or until the crumble has nice colour and the apples have soften.
Sep
8
Sisätossut
by Sofia - in Good things for kids Shopping
Eräänä päivänä Pinterestiä selaillessani törmäsin kuvaan suloisista lasten juhlakengistä. Tietenkin mielenkiinnosta kurkkasin lähdettä. Löysin Espanjalaisen ( netti) kenkäkaupan nimeltään Okaa Spain. Meillä oli kivat tarhatossut tytöille vielä hakusessa ja löysin tuolta mielestäni todella suloiset. Kun tossuja pitää kuitenkin tilata kaksin kappalein ( Purkan jalka kasvaa niin hirmuista vauhtia, että meillä jäävät kaikki Hattaran vanhat kengät lähes suoraan käyttämättä) oli hintakin mielestäni sopiva. Nämä eivät olleet oikeastaan sisätossut vaan kesäkengät, mutta koska niissä on ohut ja taipuisa kumipohja ja materiaali on pellavasekoitetta, ne ovat ihan täydelliset sisätossuiksi. Kengät näyttävät napeilla kiinnitettäviltä nilkkaremmikengiltä, mutta niissä on oikeasti tarrakiinnitys, joten lapsi saa ne helposti itse puettua. Kengät ovat myös konepestävät mikä on kiva lisä, ovathan ne kuitenkin vaaleanpunaiset. Nahkainen pohjallinen kannattaa ottaa pesun ajaksi ulos kengästä ja sitten ne voi heittää 30 asteen pyykin mukaan.
Tässä kuvassa näkyy tuo tarranauhakiinnitys
Sep
7
Leivoimme tyttöjen kanssa perjantaina pilven muotoisia hattarakeksejä! Niistä tuli oikein hyviä ja alta löydät ohjeen kekseihin englanniksi. Jos jokin kohta ihmetyttää niin käännän mittoja tai aineksia mielelläni suomeksi joten kysy vain!
Yes you read right. That is what we baked with the girls on Friday night. I bought the Sweetapolita cookbook or actually bake book fairly recently and the girls and I loved it. Granted, it´s filled with sugary recipes but it´s also filled with sprinkles and colour and pastels and just good all American flavour combos like root bear float chocolate cakes and such. And Cotton Candy Cloud Cookies. Yup! That is the recipe my little bakers pointed at and said in unison ” Let´s make these mommy!” and I could hear my brain saying do not bake these with a three year old and my mouth said ” Sure they look so cute!”. And there you have it. Promises made must be promises kept.
I have learned quite a few things about baking with kids. There must be rules for the girls ( patience is one of them) and then there must be rules for mommy ( patience is the most important on of them!). But mostly I´ve just learned that a little guidance is good and letting them do whatever they want and enjoy the outcome is also good. That usually ends up in best results. So obviously the cloud cookies I made myself and the girls got to choose their own shapes. I have quite a collection of cookie cutters I have acquired over the years so there really is where to choose from. First I made the cookie dough with Cotton Candy´s help while we sat Bubble Gum in front of the new short movie Frozen Fever just to make the process little faster and smoother ( and cleaner to be honest). Then the dough went to the fridge too cool down. After that we baked the cookie. I helped a little with the rolling of the dough and showed them how the cookies are easiest to lift to the cookie sheet ( with a small spatula). The girls got to do their own cookies and did a great job. These cookies are left a bit thicker, American style, so they are easy to handle for smaller hands too. After they were baked I made the frosting while the girls were observing. They got to decorate their cookies while I decorated and shot mine. So there was the moment when one cookie got a 2 cm thick frosting and yes there were sprinkles here and there but all in all I think we did a good job and were happy with our cookies. The cotton candy was tricky though as when it gets in to contact with air it starts melting on the cookie. I used disposable cloves while working with it but still it was melting very fast. So I would not make these for a party because they looked pretty for about 5 minutes. In fact the cookies have their second coating of cotton candy on these pictures as the first melted while I was attaching the bows on the straws. Or maybe I just had the wrong kind of Cotton Candy, who knows. I bought mine in a tub from a movie theatre. But I think they were so pretty while they lasted! And the cookies tasted good too. Maybe just a tad sweet for my liking with all the frosting but the flavour was soft like eating a little cloud. Just like we were!
