Hello! Hope you're enjoying the delightful sun today. I popped to the shops this morning on my bicycle, complete with basket. Thrilling on two counts - it was the basket's inaugural journey and I'd not been out on my own with the responsibility of D locks and the like. I did spend the shopping trip expecting to return to an empty bike stand, but was pleasantly surprised. Even the basket was still there. As a 'well done' treat, I managed to scrape together enough change for a bag of juicy cherries. Divine. I was even allowed to test the goods before buying - brilliant. My type of stall.Yesterday afternoon I set about trying out the shortbread rings in the June issue of Country Living magazine. The recipe is seriously simple - icing sugar, flour, butter and baking powder.
They should have looked like this pretty little picture - all swirly and twirly.
Instead, they looked like this because my icing bag (poor tool choice) with medium (in icing not biscuit terms) nozzle exploded in a biscuity mess from the pressure. So, I present to you shortbread dollops. Light and delicious. Just don't spend too long looking at them.
Note to oneself, get a proper piping bag and appropriate nozzles. Sigh.
Hehe! I love making these biscuits but have had so many fights with piping bags and nozzles that a lot of the time I use to dollop them as well. I finally found one that works and haven't made them!!! Your post has inspired me I think mmmmm
ReplyDeleteDo you know I was going to make those very same biscuits tonight, but ran out of time. I was secretly dreading the icing bag part. But now I think I will be dollop-ping instead, as yours look delicious.
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The biscuits do look delicious. I think I will give them a try to and I think the dollop looks much nicer. It gives them that rustic, informal look.
ReplyDeleteI think they look lovely dolloped! Just let me know if you'd like to borrow my cookie press, but I really think dolloping is the way to go!
ReplyDeleteK x
Well they still look rather tasty to me! I hate using icing bags, I've never quite got the trick to make it work properly either!
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