Perfect Christmas Crinkle Cookies!

Here is the recipe for the delicious Christmas Crinkle Cookies I made this morning. I'd found this recipe a little while back on one of my favourite food blogs 'Iowa Girl Eats'.  They just looked so pretty and seemed surprisingly easy to make so I wanted to give it a go myself. And guess what, they taste just as good (if not better) as they look!! A soft, fudge-brownie  style cookie....yummmm. Enjoy :)

Chocolate Crinkle Cookies
Makes approximately 25 cookies

♥ Ingredients:
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 cup vegetable oil
2 eggs
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup icing sugar

♥ Directions:

In a bowl mix together cocoa, sugar, vanilla and vegetable oil. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, until mixture is smooth. In a separate bowl, sift together flour, baking powder and salt. Mix into wet ingredients in 3 batches, mixing until just combined in between each batch. Cover the dough and chill for at least 4 hours, or overnight.

Preheat oven to 180C (350F) degrees. Scoop out one tablespoon of dough, roll it into a ball between your palms and roll in icing sugar. 

I was so excited one I started to see the cracks appearing in the cookies!!

Place on a non-stick sprayed, or parchment paper lined, baking sheet and bake for 8-10 minutes. Let cookies cool on the baking sheet for 2-3 minutes before removing to a cooling rack.  

And then show them off to all your friends and family, they are bound to be impressed ;) 
And they will dissapear in no time. Mmmmmmmm! xoxo

I wish you...

.....a Merry Christmas!!! ♫

I am back home in the Netherlands at the moment to celebrate the holidays with my family. I arrived on Friday night and spend most of yesterday in the kitchen; baking up a storm! I love baking for friends and family so Christmas time is no exception. Want to see the goodies I made?

♥ Christmas Crinkle Cookies!

♥ Christmas Biscotti!

I will share these two (delicious) recipes hopefully later today or tomorrow :)

But for now I want to wish you all an AMAZING Christmas time with family and friends

And remember......

xoxo Roz

Fashion must have; the white silk blouse

For a while now I have been looking for the perfect silk blouse and I finally found one at Zara that I really liked. This classic staple (and in my opinion a must-have in any girls wardrobe) has the ability to adapt to any sort of look; from classic to bohemian, from elegant to tomboy chic. There’s virtually endless ways pair it, layer it, transform it. I liked the pocket and shoulder details on this shirt. 

Here is a recent simple outfit of the day with my silk blouse: 

♥ Silk Blouse with front pockets from ZARA (buy here for £39.99)

♥ Black leggings with knee seam from ZARA (link)

♥ Black leather flat riding boots

♥ Tiffany Silver Bead earrings (link)

Then later in the day I added on a blazer and scarf for a bit of warmth...

♥ Black Jersey Blazer from ZARA (link)

♥ Leopard print tube scarf

♥ Watch by Michael Kors

Love this shirt, wore it out the other night for dinner with a beige tank top, dark blue skinny jeans and knee-high heeled boots. So simple, so elegant and so comfortable! Think this new shirt will get lots of use :) Have you got yourself this fashion must-have item yet? xoxo

Weekend Brunches: Lowry & Baker +

Wow aren’t the days are just flying by at the moment! The other weekend I discovered this fantastic wee brunch cafe in Notting Hill that I thought I’d share. Lowry & Baker is a seriously cute cafe on Portobello Road, up where it’s a bit quieter so you do not get swamped by the thousands of tourists. The set up is very casual with lots of mismatched tables and chairs and it has a basic counter right smack-bang in the middle of the cafe for preparing food. This place is so tiny that the food is actually all prepared right there behind this counter on a little portable kitchen stove; it feels a bit like walking into your friends kitchen!    
They have a regularly updated chalked-up menu on the wall with delicious breakfast or lunch choices plus an impressive display of muffins, cakes, pies and banana breads to lead you even further into temptation. I personally don’t drink a lot of coffee but have been told the coffee here is excellent too (Monmouth brand).
I chose the poached eggs on toasted sourdough with mashed avocado and smoked salmon! I love how the food and drinks are served on vintage tea plates! Plus the fresh flowers on each table are such a lovely touch.The poached eggs were perfection; there is a real art to cooking the eggs JUST right!!This yummy breakfast certainly disappeared from that pretty plate rather quickly ;) If you are ever in London or Notting Hill I definitely recommend checking this place out. The perfect weekend chilled out breakfast spot..
Lowry and Baker
339 Portobello Road
London W10 5SA
020 8960 8534   
www.lowryandbaker.com

And yes it’s that time of the week again....
Happy Hump Day everyone :) xoxo