Swedish shortbread cookies

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I made cookies today, yah! Aaaannd they turned out delicious! I only made half the batch because I almost got a heart attack when I realized how much butter a shortbread cookie contains ha ha! I also got the latest issue of Elle Interior today, and this day became a really good Friday :)

Here comes the recipe:

150g butter (or margarine)

1 cup sugar

1 3/4 cup flour

1 Tbsp cold water

1 tsp vanilla

With and electric mixer, mix the sugar, butter and vanilla until light and fluffy. Sift in the flour. Use a spoon, or the dough hooks and mix until the dough starts to come together, add the water and make a ball of the dough with your hands. I made some with raspberry jam, roll the dough into balls and make small indentations with your thumb, spoon the raspberry jam into the holes; Some with chocolate, substitute some of the flour with unsweetened cocoa powder, roll the dough into small balls and flatten them out on a plate with “pärlsocker” on. I don’t know if you can find this type of sugar outside the nordic countries?; And some with cinnamon and sugar on them. Roll the dough into balls and flatten them out in sugar and cinnamon (see the picture above).

Preheat the oven to 350F or 180C, bake for 8-10 minutes depending on size. Let them cold on a tray.

Banana and oatmeal cookies

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I made banana oatmeal cookies yesterday. They might not look 100% good, but they taste 100% good :) I found the recipe on a WordPress blog, see the post baking inspiration, but changed it slightly.

Recipe:

Preheat the oven to 200 degrees celsius.

Mix 50 g butter, 1 tsp vanilla, and 125 ml brown sugar until fluffy. Mash 1 banana and add it to the mixture.

In a bowl combine 250 ml flour, 1 tsp baking powder, and 125 ml uncooked old-fashioned oats.

Fold in 100 ml of chopped dark chocolate, or chocolate chips.

Use a spoon and scoop the batter onto baking sheets with parchment paper. You’ll get ~16 cookies. They don’t “spread” so use a spoon to spread out the batter. Bake for about 10-15 minutes, and let the cookies cool before you remove them from the baking sheets.

Och på svenska..

Recept:

Vispa 50g smör och 1,25 dl farinsocker tills det är lite fluffigt. Mosa en stor banan och rör i den i smeten.

I en skål, blanda 250 ml vetemjöl med 1tsk bakpulver och 1 tsk vaniljsocker.

Blanda ingredienserna från de bägge skålarna och rör till sist i 1dl hackad choklad, chocolate chips är bättre, men jag kunde ine hitta några i affären.

Det blir ca 16 kakor. Använden sked för att forma smeten och klicka ut den på plåtar med bakplåtspapper på. Kakorna flyter inte ut såbredut smeten med en sked till den storleken du vill ha. De kommer jäsa på höjden.

Sätt in i en 200 grader varm ugn i mellan 10-15 min, tills de är lite ljusbruna. Låt stå på plåten tills de kallnat.

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I made these cookies in my mother’s kitchen. My mother has incredibly many bowls, plates and things you need for baking, so it was pretty much fun. Then we had coffee in old-fashioned cups (see the picture above), which was kind of a “time clash”, these cookies are to me pretty “modern” :)

 

Baking inspiration

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I looked through the posts I have liked and found some posts that inspired me.

PS. If you have a recipe that you think I have to try :) write a comment, and add a link..

These cupcakes are just too cute, I have to make them. Read the post on Mammahannah’s blog

Ok, this isn’t really a recipe, but a really good idea from The Veggie Vore.

Kate & co had done this really cute cookies, why can’t it be Easter twice a year? :)

Look at this cake, I love the idea to decorate with flowers, check it out on The Single Housewife’s blog 

Banana cookies sounds really interesting if you ask me, I think I have to make these too :) Have a look at the recipe on Buttercream and Chantilly Factory

On the blog Eating for England I found this flourless chocolate cake, a great idea! I bet it’s really moist, and it’s perfect if you can’t eat gluten.

It looks like I have to start baking ;)

 

Photo a day-April

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It’s not too late yet, it’s only the 23d today :) I know someone who needs to write some job applications, which I will do. Ok, I will do it, later. No I’d better do it now.

When I’m done I’ll go outside for a photo-hunt. I can’t wait! I Love to have my bike here in Malmö because I don’t have to take the bus, and biking is faster than walking :)

Here are some of the pictures. I especially like #3 for a funny reason ha ha! Once I came up with the idea to say “hi” to Erik through the mail slot. #2 is a very colorful LP disc. #17 I don’t like to do the dishes. #19 is an orange orange. #5 are tine basil plants. #10 is a box of very cold raspberries.

#1 Your reflection

#2 Color

#3 Mail

#5 Tiny

#6 Lunch

#8 Inside your wallet

#9 Younger you

#10 Cold

#12 Stairs

#16 Flower

#17 Something I don't like

#18 Hair

#19 Orange ;)

#21 Bottle(s)

#25 Looking down

I’ll update with more pictures until the 30th of April :)

Risotto, champange and a visit to the flea market

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Last week we drove by a flea market and today I went there to see what they sold. They had a lot of things there, much crap, but also some good things. It’s perfect to go to flea markets on rainy days.

Yesterday the sun was shining, thank god :) We went to have a look at one of Erik’s friends’ new apartment and had some champange before we went to The Green Lion Inn for some food. I had beetroot risotto with Chevré and yellow beets, and Erik and the other guys had fish and chips. They had like 100 sorts of beer there, but since I’m a terribly bad at drinking anything with alcohol in it I had a diet Coke ha ha!

Some hours later (around 1AM) we walked home, and I stopped by at Mc Donald’s to buy a cup of coffee and a chocolate muffin :)

A pretty good weekend.

Say chihuahua

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Cute dog isn’t it? :) The weather was really nice in Malmö last Saturday and we took a  long walk in the sunshine. Here are some pictures..

Fabulous raspberry and vanilla mousse cake

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Me

Voila!

Cherry blossom 

Visst är det härligt med våren? Månadens tema på Söta Saker är Sagolikt, och vad är inte mer sagolikt än körsbärsblom?

Jag passade på att lyxa till det lite extra och gjorde en moussbakelse fylld med vanilj- och hallonmousse. Botten är “brownie-inspirerad” och lite för god för ens eget bästa (lägg hackad mörk choklad i smeten om du gillar det). Chokladbotten passar utmärkt till den lite syrliga hallonmoussen, ovanpå är det en hallongéle som också bryter av lite mot det söta.

Sagolikt gott måste jag säga, vi blev förvånade över hur bra det smakade! hoppas det goda syns i bilderna. Recepten är egenkomponerade så att inga ägg behöver slängas. Bon apetit!

Recept:

Det krävs lite förberedelse, men så fort man är igång så går det enkelt. Jag gjorde 6 stycken bakelser, men det går lika fort att göra dubbelt så många. Det blir chokladkaka över, men den går ju superbra att äta som den är :)

Innan du börjar, se till att du har allt hemma. Gör 2 stycken strutar i bakplåtspapper som du behöver för att spritsa ut moussen. Gör 6 stycken cylindrar i overheadfilm.

Det går precis lika bra att göra en stor kaka istället för flera små, men den behöver stelna något längre.

Kakan

100 g smör/margarin

2 dl socker

3/4 dl kakao

2 ägg

2 msk sirap

1 nypa salt

1 dl mjöl

Vispa smör och socker mjukt och lite fluffigt, tillsätt kakao, sirap och salt, vispa. Tillsätt äggen ett och ett. Rör sedan försiktigt i mjölet. (Det ska inte vara bakpulver i kakan). Häll i en smörad och bröad (“bröa” med vetemjöl) form, sätt in i ugnen på 175 grader i ca 15 min. Kakan ska vara lite kladdig. Låt kallan.

Vaniljmousse

1,5 gelantinblad

2 äggulor

3/4 dl florsocker

1 dl grädde

1 tsk grädde

3/4 dl vaniljyoghurt

1/2 tsk vaniljsocker

Vispa ägg och florsocker vitt och pösigt. Lägg gelantinbladen i kallt vatten (lägg 3 blad i vatten, du behöver 1,5 st till hallonmoussen). Vispa grädden (vispa 2 dl grädde på en gång, du behöver 1 dl till hallonmoussen). Smält gelantinbladen i en kastrull i 1 tsk grädde och rör i vaniljyoghurten.

Blanda äggblandning, grädde, yoghurt och vaniljsocker. Ställ åt sidan.

Hallonmousse

2 äggvitor

1 dl socker

150 g tinade hallon

1 dl grädde

1,5 gelantinblad

Vispa äggvitorna till fast skum. Vispa i sockret gradvis och vispa tills smeten är glansig och vit.

Passera hallonen genom en sil så att kärnorna kommer bort. Lägg lite av hallonpurén i en liten kastrull och värm på, låt sedan 1,5 stycken av gelantinbladen smälta där i. blanda i resten av hallonpurén.

Blanda hallon, grädde och maräng. Ställ åt sidan.

Sedan..

Stansa ut chokladbottnar med cylindrarna som är gjorda av overheadfilmen. Då får du en kaka som passar precis. Fyll pappersstrutarna med moussen (du behöver ingen tyll, klipp bara av toppen så den blir lagom stor). Börja med den vita och spritsa den utmed kanterna (se bilden). Fyll sedan upp mitten med hallonmoussen. Toppa med vaniljmoussen. Ställ i kylen.

Gör gélen, passera 1 dl hallon i en sil, värm sedan purén med 1 tsk socker och 2 msk vatten. Lägg 1 gelantinblad i kallt vatten. Efter ca 5 min krama ut gelantinbladet och smält det i hallonpurén. låt svalna i rumstemperatur, när det är sådär lagom tjockt, fördela på bakelserna och låt stelna i kyl. Ta bort plastfilmen innan servering. Dekorera med grädde och bär. Klart :)

(I made these little cakes this weekend and they turned out great! They could have been bought in a bakery. It’s “brownie cake” with raspberry and vanilla mousse. I was inspired by cherry blossom, my favorite flowers. This is also my contribution to Söta saker.)

This year’s Easter cards

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I only sent five “home made” cards this year, and one that I bought. Who make an Easter card with a poodle painted on it? I don’t know, but obviously I do ha ha! Anyways, it was fun making them. One is from grandma, two for my aunts, one card for my sister and the last one for my mom and dad :)

Coffee at St Knut’s square

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I can’t understand what it is with “mazariner”, they’re delicious! (mazarin= short bread crust filled with something almond(y), iced with pink/white icing) My mom, sister and I had “fika” at one of my favorite cafés in Malmö. My sister had the cake with the strawberry on :)

From Pildammsparken to Värnhem

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My favorite song today: Video Games

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Love this song, but I don’t know why :) Lana Del Ray – Video Games

No sugar for two days!

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We found these flowers today :)

What will happen if you eat no sugar for a week? You’ll probably feel a lot better.

I wrote two days, because I think it’s better to take one step at the time :). Honestly, there is sugar in everything. Yesterday we bought a bottle of sparkling water, and thought it tasted a bit sweet, we read the table of contents (is that what you call it?) and it was sugar in the d**n water. Why?

I know it’s sugar in juice (even though no sugar is added) and there’s sugar in fruit. But what I mean is, I want to avoid things with added sugar in it for a couple of days. Ex. cookies, candy, yoghurt etc.

I’ll give it a try :) this is also fun because I have to find some healthy snacks as alternatives to other things.

Whoaa, we can lean out the windows :)

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The good thing with house constructions (in this case) is that you can lean out the window, and it’s not scary at all, ha ha!

Today is Saturday, so you can buy “lördagsgodis” (saturday candy). Not good for your teeth, but once a week (or twice) tha’s ok (if you ask me). I rinse my mouth with fluoride (flux) every day (because my dentist told me, and because I don’t dare not to after the horrible dry socket story.. ha ha!). Last week I asked myself, and Erik, why they don’t make smaller bottle with fluoride rinse so you can take them with you. He said “I think that is because people who rinse their mouths with fluoride, NEVER go anywhere” Ha ha! (I googled it a minute ago, and there’s a smaller bottle :) Dah!)

Do the birds fly? Is the coffee good?

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Yesterday I had coffee at Grannens (translated: The Neighbor), a café not far from here. The funny thing is that the girl who works there (seems like every day) speaks English, Or no, maybe it’s not funny, and not very strange either, but at least different.

I don’t know if I like the place or not, but the piece of cake (spice cake) I bought yesterday was good. It was just annoying that I couldn’t decide if it was made from scratch or if it was made from cake mix, and since I took it with me I couldn’t ask..

Whatever, took it with me, and got it in a little plastic box :) usually you get a paper bag. I thought it was kind of funny.

Maybe I should say that currently I eat more unhealthy stuff than normally (I KNOW it’s no good) because I want to put on some weight. My troublesome tooth made me lose 2 kg. I’m still thankful that it’s over, gosh that was not fun at all :)

Whooo! I saw an advertising about a baking competition on a Swedish Tv-channel called Sjuan (channel seven). I sent an application, and they e-mailed me back and said they wanted to know more about me. So it means I’m among a group of people who might be in the tv-show. Pretty cool :) Honestly I don’t think they will choose me, but it was fun that they e-mailed me back. it doesn’t happen every day.

If everything was possible, I would like to arrange the biggest coffee-and-cake-picnic ever, and invite every one I know, and every one they know too. That would be awesome! :)

Look at these birds, you see them all over the city, but I don’t know if they can fly. I guess they can haha! because it would take ages for them to walk. Maybe they’re just lazy :)

KeepCup – I want one

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Lately I’ve been posting about coffee. As you can see in the post below, we make our coffee the very old fashioned way, but it tastes good.

Today when I was at the hair saloon having my hair cut, I glanced through a magazine and saw an add about this company – KeepCup. I WANT ONE. You order on-line, and you can choose which colors you want on it. Like pink :) It’s Eco friendly, not black (like all the other take away cups), it comes in 4 different sizes (good for me who only want a small cup, and it fits in your bag), it doesn’t leak, and it’s kind of cute. (http://www.keepcup.com/) 

If I had a Mocca Master on top of this, life would be just a little little bit better.. 

Saturday in pictures

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Is it spring yet?

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Yesterday we found flowers in the garden. I wonder if the spring is here already?

Pink lime cupcakes

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On Valentine’s day I made cupcakes, pink, of course. Three colors of pink :) Ok, the cupcakes in the pan look like something else, but I put frosting on them :) Then I added just a hint of color to 50 ml of sugar and mixed. It looks kind of nice to sprinkle it on top of the frosting. I put the cupcakes in the freezer, and that’s why the cupcake in the last picture looks very frozen..

The recipe is really simple and I made half of the batch, filled half of the paper forms with “white” batter, I then divided the rest of it in two bowls and added little red color  to one, and slightly more to the other. I shouldn’t have added so much in the first on because the difference between the colors weren’t that big.

I used plastic bags, filled it with batter (the two colors of pink) and cut of one the corners (just a little piece) then you should stick it into the middle of the white batter and squeeze ;) then take the other plastic bag, cut of the corner, put it in the centre of the pink color and squeeze. This part is actually very funny..:)

When I do frosting I take 50 g of butter (put it in a bowl), add a little confections sugar, add 1 tablespoon of milk. Use an electric mixer and mix until smooth, add as much confections sugar as needed (until it’s smooth, but not too think). Done.

100 g butter

2 egg

150 ml sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla (or lemon juice, I used lime juice)

200 ml milk

2 teaspoons baking powder

Pu the oven on 200 degrees celsius. Melt the butter, then add the milk and let it cold. With an electric mixer, beat the eggs and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the baking powder to the flour. With a spoon fold in the flour mixture and butter to the egg mixture. Done. Fill paper forms with the batter, preferably, use a muffin pan. Put in the oven for about 10 minutes or until a toothpick comes out dry.

A New Blogging Idea

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I downloaded a new app to my iPhone – like Paint in Windows, but better. The idea is to draw a picture every day and upload it :). Today I made three (so far haha) it’s fun!! Ha ha!

There was some kind of tutorial thing you could use too :)
A new picture tomorrow.. :)

Pictures from the weekend – grafitti, muffins, and Malmö

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These pictures are taken in Malmö, we took a walk through the outskirts of the city..
I like the colors in the pictures.. Then we went home and made banana muffins :)
A great weekend!

Look what I bought today! The cutest little frying pan..

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I thought it would work great to make small pancakes (the Swedish type) in it, or a small omelette ;) I also bought a couple of earphones (pink) from Koss, so much better than the ones I had before, the music sounds great!

I’m back on track! Yah!

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It has been so long since I posted something! Isn’t it time for a new post now? I’ll share some pictures I’ve taken with my cell phone. I love the app called Instagram. Hope you all’re having a good week. Ops, I couldn’t help myself, I added some more pictures ha ha!

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Stockholm in Pictures

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Pictures

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As I think I have said 3000 times before, ha ha! I have pretty much going on right now and that’s why I’m not writing so much. I’m looking after a dog, I’m working, and I’m studying. But I think life is quite fun right now, so I’m ok.

These are some pictures from Malmö and surroundings. Some are from the course I’m taking, so the other people are “students” too. I don’t live far away from the beach, and sometimes you see horses in the water, pretty cool – I can’t understand how they dare to take the horses out there. I always think “ah, soon the horse will step into a hole and the will both drown” LOL! But I guess that won’t happen LOL! AND not to forget, there’s also a picture of some cookies a friend of mine sent me, she is from Poland, so the cookies are (were) haha! Polish too :) Thank you!!

I’m planning to buy some new stuff like pillows, a carpet, some new frames to put pictures in etc. My apartment needs something new. I tink I’ll go for floral patterns, and the color deep pink, maybe some dark green too. The couch is white, and the walls too, and I think it just feels too white, haha!

Hope you’re haveing a great weekend!