Re: More Christmas baking

On Wed, 18 Dec 2024 20:16:02 +0000, Graham wrote:

On 2024-12-18 12:15 p.m., Dave Smith wrote:

I was feeling a little guilty about a serious lack of Christmas spirit
but then it started to snow so I was inspired to come home and bake some
mincemeat tarts. I had a jar of Robertson's mincemeat filling that I got
at the end of the season last year.  I made two batches of dough, opened
up the mincemeat and laced it with some brandy. I used to make small
tarts but decided this year to make the bigger ones. It is probably
because I am lazy and hate fiddling with the small tarts.
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The first batch is out and cooling and the second batch is in the oven,
and then there is a third one for when that one is done. There was
enough dough and mincemeat left to make one very large tart using a
Pyrex ramekin.

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I have batches of almond tarts and vanilla sablés cooling now.
Yesterday I made chocolate crunch and GF choc chip cookies, the
latter to a NYT recipe that has proven to be popular. These are
for my BC family. On Monday I'll be making the same things for my
Calgary family.

You should send a fancy box of your luscious treatz to President - elect
TRUMP, Graham...
When he receives it, he'll exclaim, "OH, a lovely gift from Canada, our
51st state...!!!"
🇺🇸 😎 🇺🇸
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GM
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