More 'Scarlet'

I reckon a lot of you are as taken with red-with-white-polka-dots as I am so I've made a whole wodge of them.  They're over in the usual place.

New polka dots

These cheerful 'Clementine' beads plus a couple of other sets will be for sale on my website at 8.30pm (UK time) this evening.

New Beads

I've got some more sets of five ready for you.  These will be for sale over in the usual place at 8.30pm (UK time) tonight.

Fives

I've been making sets of five in lots of different designs and colours.  I will be adding them to the website over the next couple of days starting at 8.30 pm (UK time) this evening.  Each set of five will be £13.00 including postage anywhere in the known universe.

'Verdant'

Could these be any greener?

(I said that in my best Chandler Bing voice.)

These are available here right now as I type.

Happy Saturday!

'Kumquat & Indigo'

Like orange?  Like bluey-purple?  Then you'll like these!

If you do like them and you fancy turning them into wearable wonders of glassy joy then they will be for sale along with a few others at 9.00pm tonight.  They'll be in the usual place.

Recipe: Cranberry & Orange Cookies

I had an orange and some dried cranberries left over from Christmas cookery stuff and I wanted to turn them into some biscuits but I couldn't find a cranberry and orange biscuit recipe that I liked so I got my Joliver on and I made up my own.  I'm really pleased with how they've turned out so I made a note of my recipe and I thought I'd share it with you lot too.

Cranberry & Orange Cookies

Makes about 16-20

Ingredients

110g softened unsalted butter

100g caster sugar (I used golden caster sugar)

50g soft dark brown sugar

150g plain flour

1/2 beaten large free range egg

100g dried cranberries

Zest and juice of one orange

1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/4 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda

1/4 teaspoon salt

Method

In a large bowl mix the softened butter and sugars with an electric whisk until creamy and fluffy.  Add the egg and vanilla extract and mix in.

Add one teaspoon of grated orange zest and two tablespoons of the orange juice and mix again.

Stir in the flour, bicarbonate of soda and salt.  The mixture will be quite thick so you might need to switch from the electric whisk to a wooden spoon at this point.

Add the cranberries and make sure they're mixed in really well and are evenly distributed.

Roll heaped teaspoons of the cookie mix into balls and place onto a baking paper-lined baking tray.  I put about six biscuits on one tray.  You need to space them well as they do spread.

Bake in the oven at 180°C (160°C for fan ovens) for about twelve to fifteen minutes until the edges are golden. Remove cookies from the oven and allow to cool for five minutes before transferring them to a wire cooling rack.

The cookies will crisp up as they cool but they should have a nice soft, chewy centre.

Merry baking!