1st February, Day one of 1001 Day challenge!!

So today I start my 101 things in 1001 day challenge, I hope I can do it, so lets see.
I have sorted out my packets of seeds, and this pic shows the first lot to be planted, I am going to pot them in compost over the next few weeks, to hopefully give me a continuous crop later on in the year.

Melting Moments

This is one of the recipes I will include in my recipe book for Sarah & anyone else who wants it.
I made a batch of these today and Kerry loved them, they are so quick and simple.

Ingredients:

65g (2.5oz) margarine

40g (1.5oz) lard

75g (3oz) caster sugar

1/2 egg

5ml (1tsp) vanilla essence

150g (5oz) Self raising flour

rolled oats, dessicated coconut, glacé cherries.

Method:

1. Heat oven to 180*C, 350*F, gas mark 4.

Grease 2 baking trays.

2. Cream together margarine, sugar & lard. Beat in egg and vanilla essence.

3. Stir in flour and mix well.

4. Roll walnut size pieces of mixture into balls, toss in oats or coconut.

5. Place on baking trays, flatten slightly and place a small piece of cherry on each biscuit.

Bake 10 - 15 mins

This will make about 30 - 40 biscuits.

(I made 32 today).

Dont worry if you dont have everthing you need you can compromise slightly, its good to experiment, today I didnt have lard or egg, so I made up the weight of marg to include weight of lard, and used a couple of drops of milk instead of egg. I also mixed oats into the mixture rather than rolling the biscuits in them, and finally I had no cherries so went without!! Biscuits may not of been true melting moments but they were lovely!! Ask Kerry cos they are all gone!!