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F&F Paper Doll Party Style Challenge
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Earlier this week I received a lovely little surprise in the post from F&F at Tesco. I had no idea what the parcel was going to be, and when I opened it I found this prettily wrapped box, containing another, smaller box with a little clue on the front – the hashtag #FFPaperDollParty. Once I opened the second box, all was revealed through a note explaining what the parcel was about…
F&F are running a styling competition for fashion bloggers, and each blogger has received a personalised paper doll with a selection of key pieces from the F&F Christmas Collection to style their doll with. Bloggers must then share their Paper Doll style using the #FFPaperDollParty hashtag, to be in with a chance of winning an all-expenses paid Luxury F&F Experience. How exciting is that?!
The box also contained yet another box, which had four beautifully iced fashion-inspired biscuits inside. These were from London company Biscuiteers, and they’re just lovely!
I really can’t wait to start styling my paper doll, so keep an eye out on blog and Twitter for the different looks that I create!
Naomi x
One Dough, Two Cookie Recipes
4I thought I’d post something a little different today and share with you all a recipe for some cookies that I baked this afternoon. I’ve been an avid baker since my childhood and love to experiment with new ideas and flavours, but sometimes it’s good to keep things simple, which is what I did today and it definitely paid off! These cookies are some of the easiest I’ve ever baked as they only contain a few ingredients, and the basic dough is so versatile. Today I decided to divide the dough and make half of it into orange cookies, and half into good old chocolate chip, but you really could add anything. Lemon zest would be delicious, as would dried fruit and hazelnuts!
This recipe makes 24 generously sized cookies.
Ingredients:
- 200g Unsalted Butter or Stork
- 100g Caster Sugar
- 300g Self Raising Flour (Sieved)
- 1tsp Vanilla Extract
- Zest of 1 Orange
- 100g Milk Chocolate (Chopped)
Method:
- Preheat oven to Gas Mark 4.
- Mix the butter, sugar and vanilla extract together with an electric whisk, until creamy.
- Divide the mixture equally into two bowls and stir half the flour into each bowl, adding orange zest to one, and chopped chocolate to the other. Mix until a dough is formed
- Divide each ball of dough into 12 equal pieces and roll into smaller balls. Place each ball onto a greased or parchment lined baking tray (as far apart as possible) and press down gently with a fork. You may need to bake in batches as they won’t all fit onto one tray. I tend to bake two batches of six at a time.
- Bake in the centre of the oven for 10-15 minutes, or until lightly golden. It’s best to check after 10 minutes and then every minute or two until they’re done.
- Leave to cool on a wire rack.
- Enjoy!
The texture of these cookies is lovely – soft, but also slightly crumbly, like a Viennese whirl. They taste absolutely delicious as well and have gone down very well with my partner and family!
Will you be trying this recipe?
Naomi x
