Bakes For Christams

I love Christmas and the food at the time. Especially everything sweet! This post is my 3 favourite bakes for Christmas. Even though it's really close to Christmas, it's not too late to bake something. I'm sure it'll be great for New Year as well.

3. Brownies - Have a look at my post on it here.

• Brownies are really easy, quick and simple to make. You can whip them up whenever you want for yourself or for a party.
• Brownies are great for sharing - you can cut them up into lots of little or bigger pieces. You can even rip them up.

 2. Biscotti

• Biscotti is great for gifts. You cut it into small pieces so you can wrap it up.
• I believe biscotti tastes of Christmas. There are lots of spices, nuts, fruits and just tastes very festive!
• Although it may seem tricky, it really isn't. The actual time to do it takes a while but the things you're doing aren't particularly hard.

1. Shortbread - I also have have a post on this here.

• Shortbread just brings me back to Christmas when I think of it. You can use Christmas cutters to make it seem even more festive.
• Shortbread isn't hard, like brownies you can whip it up really quickly. 

Millionares Shortbread

About 2 weeks ago I made some Millionaires' Shortbread from Mary Berry's Ultimate Cake Book. They were absolutely delicious. I loved it.

Ingredients:
For the Shortbread:

• 250g plain flour
• 75g caster sugar
• 175g butter, softened

For the caramel:

• 100g butter or margarine
• 100g muscovado sugar
• 2 x 397g cans of condensed milk

For the topping:

• 200g plain or milk chocolate, broken into pieces

My tips

• You can always use chocolate cake cake covering
• Make sure you have the right sized tin
• A faster way to make it set is to put it in the freezer

My review
First up I had to make the shortbread, that wasn't too hard because I have already made shortbread before. Then I had to make the caramel. We only had one tin of condensed milk, we used that and it turned out very good indeed. So one tin of condensed milk does work. Last of all was the chocolate which is always going to be easy because all you have to do is melt it. By the way you have to let the caramel set before you pour on the melted chocolate. Once I had poured the chocolate on it had to set. It was taking too long so we froze it then had a piece. It was extremely nice mm. I wasn't given scores but I expect they all thought 10/10 because it was just too good for words. I only got about 3 pieces when there was 20.(NOT FAIR) I hope you will make some.

Sweet Shortbread

A few weeks ago I made some Shortbread for the family to try. This recipe is from Tana Ramsay's Family Kitchen. I will try very hard to try to remember what it was like making it.

Ingredients:

•  100g plain flour
• 50g cornflour
• 50g caster sugar
• 100g butter

Makes: 12 pieces

My tips

• This recipe may take a few goes to get it just right.
• You have to get the quantities just right because if you don't the Shortbread pieces won't stick together.

My review:

The Shortbread was amazing even though it kept falling apart. I don't think we put enough flour in because the mixture wouldn't stick together. Everybody in the family gave it a 10/10. The worst bit of the Shortbread was that it wouldn't stay together. Try it yourself!!