May 06, 2013

Aunty Sue's Mountain Cookies

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Ok so here's going from one extreme to another. There's no need to wait 36 hours for the cookie dough to rest on this one. These are the quickest cookies you can bake with no sacrifice on more-ish-ness, or tastiness I love discovering family and friend's food secrets and recipes that have been passed through generations. These are the tried and true recipes that become old favourites, and played a hand in creating wonderful memories for those luckily enough to try the results. I hope to create some recipe secrets of my own that will pass on through the family tree. But for the moment,  I'll continue discovering and collecting new ones.  The following recipe comes from Jase's Aunty Sue. If you're a lover of shortbread or just anything buttery, short  and with crunch, this is for you.

Aunty Sue's Mountain Cookies


  • 225gm Unsalted Butter
  • 3/4 Cup Caster Sugar
  • 1 Egg
  • 2.5 Cups Self-Raising Flour
  • 2 Cups Cornflakes
  1. Cream Butter & Sugar until fluffy using the whisk attachment on your mixer
  2. Add the Egg* and Flour to the creamed butter and sugar, using the paddle attachment on your mixer, until well combined.
  3. Roll small portions of the cookie dough in a small ball, and roll the ball around in the cornflakes.
  4. Place onto baking tray, press lightly with a fork, and place in 190degrees celcius oven for 10-12 mins.
  5. Out of the oven, and leave to cool on the tray before devouring. 
Makes 36 (make a dozen at a time). Total time from mixing to your mouth... mm I'd say 20-30 mins :)
* I also added a teaspoon of good Vanilla Extract



Ok tatas for now, all these 36 cookies have my name on it!! :)

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May 05, 2013

Quick, Fire, Bronzey eye!

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Here's another smokey eye, however a bronzed up version. I must say, I'm finding it super difficult (and awkward) to take good makeup shots on my own with the camera. Most of the time it turns into a selfie photoshoot for like 20 minutes and then I give up, throw my hands up in the air, toss my makeup brushes out the window. You get the gist haha!
Until I figure it out, I think the camera phone will have to do for now, and even then, it's a bit of a pulling teeth situation! sorry peeps!

Products used for a quick BRONZE smokey eye look:


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Eyes & brows
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May 03, 2013

36-hour-wait Chocolate Chip Cookie

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As the post title suggests. I waited over 36 hours before I even placed the cookie dough in the oven. I know right? Who can even wait that long? You'd think I would have started chipping away at the cookie dough itself while I waited over a day and a half to make this! I had read about this ultimate, best, ever, chocolate chip cookie on other blog posts around the interwebs, and I just had to try this recipe for myself.
I used Kate Miss' intepretation of the recipe here, simply because she calls it "The Only Chocolate Chip I Will Ever Need To Know How To Make For The Rest Of My Life".  Them's fightin' words lady! But I do agree that yes, the following "must dos" are something to abide by:
  1. Use a mixture of bread flour and cake flour
  2. Wait the full length of time for the cookie dough to sit and "marinate" in the fridge
  3. Take the cookies out of the oven whilst soft at the minimum baking time (i.e. 15 mins). It's always easier to re-bake an under-cooked cookie, than to tearfully chuck an over-cooked cookie out!
I have taken the lazy route with this recipe before and just used plain flour, and also only waited 12 hours. The result was perhaps a bit of a heavier cookie that still had a bit of a sugar crystal texture.


I grew up with a big love for "Farmbake" chocolate chip fudge cookies, but this,  my dear friends, really trumps that childhood memory. Happy weekend everyone!

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May 02, 2013

Splurge or Curb: Bejewelled wrist wear

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For my wedding, I dabbled in a bit of DIY to arm my wrist with as much sparkle as elegantly possible, remember this post here? Decadent jewellery is always something I've admired from the pages of Vogue, on the arms of royalty, on the arms of celebs on the red carpet and so forth. Nothing wrong with a bit of bling bling! The opulence is appealing, but the price tag, is of course, not so much.

When it comes to shopping for bracelets and cuffs, I find it super hard to find anything that would fit my puny little wrists. Until I found this little number from Witchery. Just the right amount of sparkle, just the right amount of heavy metal, and fits my little girl sized wrists.
Considering it's unique look, I thought this was a good buy for AUD 40 (it was on sale of course, but unfortunately not on the website any longer, similar feeling bejewelled bracelets and cuff beauties can be found here, here, here, here , here, and here OR take the splurgey route here and here)!
 



So now that this makes me feel princess-y, I can go and wear this everyday with my ball gown :)
Joking aside, I think this bracelet would look great whether it's to accessorize a T-shirt dress and flats outfit, or paired against a toughened up look of leather and high heels. No need to splash out on jewels when you can test your patience, play around and buy great finds like this one! :)
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April 30, 2013

Highlighting your best features

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Finding a dress that hugs your figure in the right way, or carves out curves you didn't think you would necessarily have, is sometimes a rare find. Especially if you are like me, where the top half is a different size to the bottom half, and finding pieces that are comfortable is an important factor too.
I thought this Topshop number was a good buy. It encompassed a safari print that I love, totally comfortable and strays away from the conventional by highlighting the lower back.






 
 
 
 
 
During this day, I had a jungle fever moment whilst scouting out locations. Not sure why I thought green on green was a good idea, but I liked the pretty ferns hah! No accessorising, just me and the dress... in a forest.


 
 
I also thought it was a good idea to climb a fallen tree that was sitting in the lake. I don't know what got into me that day, but I had fun!
 
 
 
 
Mr Lee was on stand by, bracing for me to fall in the lake. Don't worry peeps...it didn't happen hehe... but he did manage to snap some bloopers.

See the Topshop Leopard Midi Cutout dress here. This also came in a hot pink colour... but has since sold out. Always the way ey?
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