Month: October 2018

Snack time

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Memories of my Montessori classroom are fondly recalled, having been stashed away for many decades now. Scents, sounds, rituals, puzzles, everything low to the ground — I loved it all. Punctuating the morning was snack time, always served at small tables, with small chairs, and on small plates. I still like this break. Although time has rendered me unable to sit at a small table, in a small chair, I do serve my snack on a small plate. A little connection to the past sprinkled with a bit of now is satisfying.

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Morning snacks taste a little better when served on these adorable Celebration Stars Small Plates. Visit http://www.younourish.com to find out more

Thumbprints

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These little sweeties were a one-bowl cinch. An added bonus was that they required no electric mixing equipment. The whole mixture came together using the kitchen’s best tools — les mains. Whole wheat flour, almond flour, butter, sugar, eggs, baking powder, and jam. After ten minutes baking, these shiny morsels emerge needing only a brief cooling. The filling possibilities are endless… chocolate (duh!), spicy jam, peanut butter/jelly, marshmallow, nuts, nonpareils, hazelnut spread, I could go on and on…

3 1/4 cups whole-wheat flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 1/4 cup sugar
21 tablespoons (2 sticks plus 5 tablespoons) salted butter, at room temperature
2 large eggs, at room temperature, lightly beaten
Scant 3/4 cup your choice of jam

Generous tablespoons of the dough are baked at 400 once a scant teaspoon of jam fills the thumbprint.

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Colorful thumbprints look perfectly at home on Rainbow Herbal Small Plates.
Visit www.younourish.com to find out more.