Another Lovely Day...........

Club Quilt today....and it was a lovely day....and we did have a nice roll up.....for morning tea today I made "Caramel, Date and Walnut Slice".....very nice and quick, the recipe is below....

And I had a win....Every month at "Patchwork Plus" .....Sarah has I guess, you could call it a lucky door prize...if you make a purchase your name goes into a draw ...and this month Sarah decided to have an extra draw....and guess what I won...yippee I won this lovely charm pack of these blues....I think a table runner may be the way to go...what do you think....Sarah thank you so very I love them...Sarah has a fantastic online store her service is super fast, please take a minute and pop over and check out her goodies.....

Date, Caramel and Walnut Slice...

1 1/2 cups plain flour

125g butter

1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed

1 egg lightly beaten

1/2 teaspoon bicarb of soda

1/2 cup cream

1/2 cup chopped dates

1 cup walnut pieces (100g)

Grease 20cm x 30cm lamington pan (I also line the bottom and sides with baking paper)....Sift flour into a bowl rub in butter, stir in sugar....(I just mix the flour and sugar together melt the butter and stir in)....Press half the mixture firmly over base of prepared pan bake in 190 degree oven for 12 mins..remove, cool slightly...Combine remaining ingredients with the leftover flour mixture, mix well, pour over base cook in a 190 degree oven (moderately hot) for 25 mins...cool in pan...................this is yummo.......

Another good day…..

  

Club Quilt today and it was so nice to catch up with the girls and see all the lovely projects they have been working on.……I spent the day getting lots of blocks ready to stitch…..I have 5 blocks to stitch for Gardeners Journal so they are all traced and ready to go….. Tail Feathers this is one of the smaller blocks that I have completed….and I have prepped another 8 smaller blocks ready to stitch…

Today I took along another version of a “Caramel Date Walnut Slice”….is was to have macadamia nuts not dates  and walnuts but I had these in the cupboard so I substituted..

1 Vanilla cake mix, 1 cup of coconut, 125gms melted butter, mix together and press into a slice tin, cook for 15 minutes……in a saucepan mix 1 can condensed milk, 1 tablespoon golden syrup, 1 tablespoon butter, stir over heat until just thickened…..make up 1 cup of chopped walnuts and chopped dates, about half of each or what ever you have….when base has cooked, remove from oven, sprinkle evenly with the walnuts and dates pour over the caramel  mixture, return to oven for 20 mins, I think mine was a little over done so I would check after 15 mins…..

The original recipe asked for 1 cup of chopped macadamia nuts and this was to be stirred thru the caramel before pouring over the base…

hope you have all had a great day…

take care Peg..:>)

Always remember you're unique. Just like everyone else.

Early Bird have you joined….

 

 

 

 

I have joined Judith’s Early Bird Christmas Crafting…here is my Journal to record my progress…..I have tried raw edge appliqué on some leftover stitcheries from Christmas (Among the Gum Trees) a bit more practice, but I think I could get to like this…..and bit of cross hatching, one of my new covered buttons.. and I have a cover...……and if you haven’t already joined up for this new venture, why not pop over and have a look at Judith’s blog..

Recipe for “Caramel Date Walnut Slice”

1.5  cups Plain Flour – 125g melted butter – 1 cup brown sugar firmly packed – 1 egg lightly beaten – 1/2 teaspoon bi-carb soda – 1/2 cup cream – 1/2 cup chopped dates – 1 cup walnut pieces

Sift flour stir in melted butter, stir in sugar, press half the mixture into a greased 20cm x 30cm pan, bake in a moderate oven for approx 12 mins…cool..combine remaining mixture with the sifted bi-carb, egg, cream, dates and nuts – mix well pour over base, bake for a further 25mins or until just firm…sour cream can also be used instead of the cream…….enjoy……

Today is the last day for OPAM……how many finishes did you get for May?

take care Peg…..:>)…..

On the weekend…..

A couple of projects I was working on over the weekend….

Club Quilt yesterday and this was the slice I made and took along “Caramel Date Walnut Slice”….if you would like the recipe you can find it on my recipe page…

Happy Monday

Take Care Peg……

There is just one life for each of us:  our own. 

 

Funky Flowers….

 

 

 

Club Quilt day today……it was a lovely relaxing day catching up with the girls….I made a Caramel Date Walnut slice, will post the recipe later this week….Last night I trimmed all the threads on this table runner made last week….this is my version of Hatched and Patched…Funky Flower Tablerunner…

 

A huge big thankyou to Allie for giving me this award….that really is just so ‘sweet’, now I am to give this to 10 blogs…this is going to be very hard…..so I am going to do this the easy way… if you visit me today please accept this award…big hug to you Allie, thankyou once again…xx

take care Peg…:>)

Club Quilt today…

Yesterday was a great ‘Me’ day….so how was yours….

I will show more of this project a bit later on…

Club Quilt today…..I have made a Caramel Date Walnut slice, I have a big bowl of mixed chocolates, and of course some sewing….oh dear it is another ‘me’ day, but this time with wonderful company.

Happy Sunday

Take care Peg….

The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.