#poppy cookie platter

[m0chitown]

Caved in and made a Welcome Home OC! >:D

JOHNNY PIE and VANILLA BEAN

"Your friendly neighborhood gentleman and his friend, Bean the Vanilla Ice Cream Dog. Johnny educates others in proper housework and home economics such as cooking, baking, sewing, budgeting, repairing cars, etc! He frequented his front porch where he'd often be seen smoking his pipe and reading the daily newspapers if not novels. He's pretty posh yet down-to-Earth and responsible. A principled man who's compassionate and driven by the new things each day brings him!"

Old scripts illustrated Johnny as a posh gentleman who represents a stay-at-home father despite not having any known children in the show but rather a pet dog made of sweet vanilla ice cream and chocolate bits. He once lived in a land called The Platter Isles where vegetables, fruits, sweets, and edibles alike lived harmoniously with one another. Unfortunately, though, the Isles had been attacked by newcomers, the "Venom keepers", all coming to violently take the Isles as their own by disorder. During the airing times, it was hinted at before, though official in the scripts, that Johnny Pie had served in defending the Platter Isles from the Venom Keepers for quite a while but had eventually been discharged from the military by his General for reasons unknown to Johnny eventually left his home for a much safer environment. While not confirmed, it was heavily implied that his once absent father was Johnny Pie's General, and after finding out that he was involved in the military, he kicked him out to keep his son out of danger. And that is where the Apple Pie citizen found himself now, at peace and at home.

During his time of service in the military, he was paired with a Vanilla Ice Cream dog, one who was adventurous and intellectual. A dog who was curious to find out about the world around him and who also seemed to be highly educated as some episodes depict him to be either reading or writing in the background. He was sent to assist Johnny in spying and exchanging information to and fro with his fellow soldiers. During their times of rest, Johnny and Bean would spend their time playing with a ball or napping together at a base. They didn't seem to leave each other's side and quickly become best friends within the military. But when Johnny was discharged with an order to evacuate the isles, he had to give Bean up to his colleagues as of means of professional business. However, in an episode called "Home Sweet Home," it was confirmed that Bean had snuck into Johnny's bowl boat which was how he now ended up establishing their new home alongside his bestest friend.

Some scripts state that Johnny would also be seen walking around the entire neighborhood with Bean, being more than delighted to greet each and every single one of his neighbors though is closest to Poppy. Often exchanging baked or cooked goods for each other's, as "food's always the keeper when it comes to connecting with others!" he exclaims, "Why, Poppy's cookies always takes the egg!"

Johnny Pie and Bean were often depicted as jointed paper puppets/dolls with the ability to show switch emotions or movements by their moving their limbs, flipping their silhouette that is attached to a stick to form a new emotion or adding additional pieces though, in later episodes, their characters are seen being rotated between paper puppets and hand-held model puppets of themselves.

[steele-soulmate]

Princess of Candy Coated Lies, Modern Royalty AU- King Peter Steele & Grifter/ Single Mother OFC, Soulmate AU

Chapter 7

SUMMARY: Single mother Molly Anne Harper does the best she can do, given her circumstances- since she broke up with her ex-boyfriend by sending him to jail, she’s been struggling to be the best mother to twin daughters while working barely minimum waged jobs. But when she meets her soulmate- King Peter Thomas Ratajczyk of Brooklyn- she quickly finds herself falling heads over heels in love with the guarded, battle damaged ruler. Likewise, Peter finds himself with a family of a women and two little girls who call him daddy. But what happens when their father gets out from behind bars and starts to cause mayhem?

A Soulmate AU where you never know what the first words your soulmate says to you until they say it

CHAPTER WARNINGS: Emetephobia, mentions of disordered eating habits

A NOTE FROM THE AUTHORESS: This fic is dedicated to SkullWoggle on AO3 and @rock-a-noodle on Tumblr.

WORD COUNT: 1281

I smiled as I peeked into the king’s man cave, located in a room right off from the garage. He was instructing Aria and Evie in how to use the big machinery in his woodshop collection, reassuring me that he would stress that they weren’t old enough to operate anything by themselves yet and that he would need to supervise them with strict attention while they helped him with little projects around the house.

I had successfully shopped on Amazon, finding a doorbell with a flashing light for Evie’s bedroom, bedsheets for the girls’ beds in fun patterned colors, more bath towels in corresponding colors- a poppy turquoise for me, soft lilac for Evie and bold red for Aria, and a cheap soccer ball for Aria kick around in the backyard.

I was thinking about wallpapering the ceiling in between the exposed beams of the twins’ bedrooms and had already picked out wallpapers that I thought the girls would like. I imaged Aria’s bedroom as a welcoming, cozy space with a reading nook by the window, a bed heaped with soft pillows and a bookshelf next to her own personal fireplace. For her younger twin sister, I couldn’t help but imagine a calm, soothing room with a dollhouse bookshelf and a bed half hidden in an alcove like situation.

I had started three wish lists on Amazon, each titled accordingly- MOLLY ANNE, ARIA and EVIE- and had fun filling each list with thoughtfully selected things, and I had added the king as a friend to send me items that he would find for the girls and to purchase things for me from my wishlists.

I looked up as my mommy senses went off, telling me that the girls were starting to get hungry as I trooped downstairs to get started on making lunch.

I looked through the king’s impressive stock of food in his kitchen before deciding on simple peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and sea salt and black pepper potato chips for the noontime meal. And so, I got to work- lathering up thick, fluffy slices of bread, one side with peanut butter, the other side with jelly, slicing the freshly made sandwiches into neat halfies and then heaping everything onto two plates before then setting the dining room table for the meal.

I was washing the knives that I had used when the king and my daughters came up from the garage, going into the laundry room to wash their hands. I saw out of the corner of my eye my soulmate soaping up his hands first before swiping the girls’ hands, the three of them giggling and smiling as they scrubbed and washed and dried their hands before coming in to eat.

“Looks good, sweetheart!” the king greeted me, and I could practically hear his handsomely bearded face growing a crinkling smile at the giant cookie platter that I had located to use as his plate. “Aren’t you going to come eat with us?”

I slid into my seat opposite of the king before he had even finished his sentence, where I grabbed one half of a full sandwich and beginning to nibble on that.

The king frowned at me, possibly taking note of how little I ate, but a look of horrified realization crossed his face a second later, and I knew that he understood my secret. Money had oftentimes been stretched so thinly that I could only afford enough food for two meals, sometimes even one meal, even with help from the neighborhood food pantry and government issued food stamps and working two barely paying minimum waged jobs. So on nights when I could only scraped up enough money for two meals, I would lie and tell the twins that I ate at work.

I was thankful that Lady Bridget had bought new clothes for the three of us- the kindly spoilt heiress had very clearly had the time of her life with the girls, buying them underwear, socks, jeans, t-shirts, dresses, sweaters, jackets and shoes. I also figured that the woman would want to play a permanent role in their lives, but I wasn’t sure if I was okay with that or not.

“So, tell me about your rooms and what you have planned for them!” I said to the girls, using both my voice and my fingers.

“Daddy is making me a four poster bed, and Evie is getting a wall bed with curtains!” Aria bubbled after swallowing her mouthful of food. “We’re working on the bed first, but then we’ll work on the other stuff.”

Daddy.

I was smiling at how close to twins were to Peter, and I half wondered if he would want to adopt them one day soon.

I then shook my head to clear my daydreams and scolded myself, reminding me that I was no lady or princess, just a commons woman, a single mother who had a permanent stain on her record for grifting in my earlier years.

“Evie threw up again last night,” Aria announced just then.

“Is she alright?” the king asked, concern on his handsome face.

“I think it’s just acid reflux,” I shrugged. “We would go to a doctor, only I don’t have the money and our family medical insurance literally doesn’t really cover anything when we need it most.”

“I can get you all on my personal medical insurance,” he offered at once. “In the meantime, Barbara- she’s my older sister- she’s always had awful acid reflux, even as a child. Let me ask her if there’s anything that can be picked up without a doctor’s prescription that can help with that.”

He grabbed one last sandwich, telling me to leave the dishes in the sink and that he would take care of them when he came out from his office.

I smiled as I gathered up the now empty plates and set them by the sink before quickly cleaning up from making lunch and shooing the girls off to go and do some reading.

Although it was taking some time for me to get used to this new life as King Peter Thomas Ratajczyk of Brooklyn’s soulmate, I was already beginning to grow accustomed to this new way of life.

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[arttdinoxx]

wanna buy Poppy Pole Platter- ARTTDINOX

Make your high tea evening an artsy affair with the Poppy cookie platter where an immaculately etched form of stainless steel seeks harmony with the Lapi Lazulli Stone. Contains: 1 Pole Large Platter

[ch-3r-ry]

21.12.2021

Food Log #55

Breakfast: Skipped

Lunch (601 kcal): ~ one poppy seed bread roll (203 kcal) ~ 9g light butter (15 kcal) ~ one slice of salami (9 kcal) ~ one slice of ham (23 kcal) ~ 2 lettuce leaves (1 kcal) ~ 46g cherry tomatoes (7 kcal) ~ 65g cucumber sticks (8 kcal) ~ one mini chocolate pudding (82 kcal) ~ 1/2 cinnamon puff pastry treat (253 kcal)

Dinner (86 kcal): ~ 400ml instant chicken noodle soup (76 kcal) ~ 500ml sugar free raspberry mint iced tea (10 kcal)

Snack (547 kcal): Fruit platter consisting of: ~ 103g nectarine (45 kcal) ~ 89g strawberries (36 kcal) ~ 69g raspberries (36 kcal) ~ 45g fresh coconut (162 kcal ;-;) *****************************************************~ one slice of homemade lemon loaf cake (110 kcal) ~ one homemade Christmas cookie (38 kcal) ~ one mini gingerbread star (44 kcal) ~ 7g speculoos cookie (33 kcal) ~ 12g Haribo sour straws (41 kcal)

Exercise (-42 kcal): ~ walking 1543 steps (-42 kcal)

Fast: 17 hours and 45 minutes

Total: 1192 calories

Comment: Yeahhh… I got sick (－‸ლ) I woke up feeling super shitty (still do) and decided that I would restrict like I normally do until I feel better so that I can start my new diet of 650-700 cals after New Years at latest ʕ•̠͡•ʔ Had a metabolism boost day today (which I probably didn’t need now that I think about it lol) and will restrict to 1000 cals tomorrow; still don’t know what I’ll do about Christmas and I’m honestly quite scared (・_・;) I haven’t been losing weight for over a week now and really don’t want to prolong my plateau by binging on Christmas and New Years (ʃᵕ̩̩ ᵕ̩̩)

[hayleysstark]

gingerbread

words: 584 warnings: none summary: Branch doesn't believe the Pack when they tell him that there is, apparently, a holiday tradition called gingerbread trolls. He knows better than to believe that. Not even trolls could be that tactless. Or, apparently, they can. 

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Branch doesn't believe the Pack when they tell him that there is, apparently, a holiday tradition called gingerbread trolls—he knows better than to believe what is very obviously a joke, because not even trolls could be that weird, not even trolls could hit that level of tactless—but the minute he steps into Biggie's warm, bright kitchen, he sees he was wrong.

"You weren't kidding," he says, blankly, and he takes an actual troll-shaped cookie off the platter to turn it over and over in his hand, to make sure this is a real thing that he is really seeing, because he's still not sure if he believes it. "You guys really weren't kidding about this."

Poppy clicks her tongue. "Come on, Branch, when have we ever lied to you?"

Branch can't believe she has the nerve to look him in the face and say that. "Only about a million times. Like when you told me the card you made me for Good Luck Troll Day wasn't going to immediately shower me in glitter when I opened it."

"And you believed her?" Smidge says incredulously.

"Hey, she lied to me!" Branch drops the cookie back on the platter to fold his arms over his chest. "Why are you blaming me for that?"

"I had to!" Poppy says. "You wouldn't open your cards!"

"Because you were putting glitter in them!"

"Okay! I'm sorry! What kind of soulless monster doesn't like glitter?!"

Biggie sweeps over to the table with at least a hundred jars of sprinkles gathered in his arms—Mr. Dinkles, crammed into the crook of his elbow, looks immensely unhappy about this, so Branch reaches up to take half the tiny plastic jars off Biggie's hands.

"Oh! Thank you, Branch! All right, that's enough, everyone," Biggie adds to the Pack. "Let's not fight. We're here to have fun together!"

"Literally no one is fighting except Branch and Poppy," Guy says.

Chenille rolls her eyes. "Yeah, and they're always fighting."

"I can fight with you, too, if you want," Branch puts the sprinkles down on the table with a light little thump. "Trust me, it would be really easy."

"Get bent," Chenille tells him.

"See?"

"Guys, really!"

"Sorry, Biggie."

"All right!" Smidge scrambles into the nearest seat at the table and pumps a fist in the air. "Let's get to it!"

"Ooh!" Poppy bounces into the chair beside her friend. "I'm gonna make a little gingerbread me! And a little gingerbread Harper! And a little gingerbread Mandy!"

"This is so morbid," Branch mutters, but he settles down in the seat beside her.

"No, it's cute!" Poppy elbows him lightly in the ribs. "Don't be such a grump!"

"It's morbid," Branch says. He's not sure how on earth he's the only one at the table who sees the inherent horror in this. "And weird."

Chenille arches a brow at him. "You're morbid and weird."

"Thanks."

"Come on, Branch!" Poppy grabs a cookie off the platter and spreads a thick layer of bright pink icing on it. "Can't you lighten up a little? It's Christmas!"

"No," Branch says, but he takes a cookie and ices it, too. "This is weird. We're the lowest creatures on the food chain. This is literally the most messed-up thing I've ever seen in my life."

"It's tradition!" Satin says.

Biggie nods. "It just wouldn't be Christmas without gingerbread trolls!"

"That's probably what the Bergens used to say about Trollstice," Branch mutters under his breath.

"Just frost the damn cookies, Branch."

[silveredruby]

poppy : what comforts your muse ?

Botanical HC’s 

Her cloak for multiple reasons: It reminds her of home, her mother, the simple comforts in life and that the world isn’t a completely awful place. The fabric reminds her of her family and the steps she’s taken to get here, either by struggling or given to her on a silver, cookie covered platter.

Another thing that comforts her is her firm grip on her ideals. Still, even now she’s too stubborn, or too naive to give them up. She’s still young, but Ruby has stuck to her guns more than she can say for some who are meant to be stronger, wiser, more capable than her.

Ruby can still try, and that’s all that matters.

[hptruefan-cheekytorah]

Nano-vember | The Glue

Part XII

Warning: none

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PART XII

He was losing track of time. Harry knew he was asleep more often than not, but usually he didn’t have to worry about that. In the past, being in a hospital bed and having only Poppy as witness for his antics meant he wasn’t worried about what was going on around him, and if Harry hated anything it was a lack of control. In <i>most</i> situations, of course. 

“You’re awake!” Draco walked back into the bedroom and sat on the edge of the bed beside Harry. “How are you feeling?”

“I imagine this is what getting hit by the Knight bus feels like,” Harry smiled tiredly. “But I think better?”

“You have one more day of bed rest and potions, I have classes today but Neville has taken the day off,” Draco smirked.

Harry didn’t really know what Draco was smirking about but he smiled and went to grab Draco’s hand. Draco pulled away after squeezing back gently.

“None of that, you’re not healthy yet, and I have to leave,” Draco turned towards the door, but paused and looked back. “I’d be careful about that loose tongue of yours, Harry, especially around Neville.” then the smarmy bastard winked--winked!--and left.

Harry paled, sunk back into the bed, and then winced in pain.  What the hell did he say under all those potions? He looked at the vial on the table that said ‘Drink Me’ and despite his worry chuckled. Never should have made Draco watch that movie.

“Hullo, Harry!’ Neville called into the bedroom. “I’m just making some tea, d’you want a cuppa?”

“More than you know,” Harry sighed.

A few moments later, Neville was in the chair beside the bed with a platter of tea, crumpets, strawberries and digestive cookies hovering over the space between them. Harry winced and his hand shook as he brought the tea to his mouth, but if he was saying odd things when he was under those potions, he wouldn’t take it.  He was fine. He’d been through worse.

“Harry, take your potion.”

“I’m good, can’t be on it forever, potions dependency is no joke.”

Neville narrowed his eyes at Harry. “And recovery is no joke. If you’re not careful you could cause serious damage to your body or your magical core.”

Harry sighed. He knew this. “I’ll just sleep it off.”

“I could force you, or get Poppy down here and she can deal with you, but I rather thought you might take the more mature approach and take your bloody potions.”

“You and Draco are going to drive me mental.”

“As if you weren’t halfway there already,” Neville chuckled and gave a sly smile before hiding his face in the Daily Prophet.

“Thanks mate,” Harry muttered, swiping the vial off the side table and swallowing it back. It, of course, tasted horrible. Comparable only to what he figured Niffler piss tasted like.

He felt the potion as it took effect, and within minutes he was sighing with relief. The nauseous twinge that had taken root in his guts was immediately gone. He felt like he was boneless and floating. He smiled at Neville, and worried he might drool as he wasn’t sure he had full control of his face.

“Better?” Neville asked from behind the paper.

“Mmmm.”

“Good, now go to sleep.”

“Had ‘nuff of me already?”

Neville sighed. “Harry, just go to sleep, you ponce.”

“You’re mad at me?” Harry pouted. Merlin he couldn’t stop talking, he should go to sleep.

“I’m not, I just don’t fancy listening to potion-induced ramblings.” Neville set the paper down and raised a brow at Harry

“Draco warned you.”

“He said you might have some things to get off your chest, and this may be the only way to do it.” Neville looked away.

“I’m going to sleep.” Harry mumbled feeling his boneless face heat.

Neville chuckled and went back to his tea, as Harry felt himself get sucked into a warm fuzzy sleep.

NEXT

[ivadeshin]

Poppy Seeds (final chapter)

 (1 and 2 are here. 3 and 3.5 are here. spoilers for 1/24′s episode, s2ep49)

"It's got crunch," Nott reports around a mouthful of cauliflower. Everyone else is using forks to stab or scoot the florets, but Nott just leans forward and grabs another one in her hand. "S'good! C'l'b, you fough' har', you sh' ea'."

Fjord laughs. "Yeah, what she said," he agrees teasingly.

Nott narrows her eyes at the half-orc but says nothing.

"It looks great," Caleb says a little too loudly, moving his chipped dinner plate to the bowl and using his fork to ease two florets over. The first bite is good, easy on what is still a very anxious digestive system, and after a few more chews he decides to try dunking it in the beef stew. Even better. He makes a meaningful face at Nott, encouraging her to try, and everyone at the table checks to make sure Caduceus is still in the kitchen before trying as well.

"It's also good as it is," Yasha adds. Everyone nods dutifully.

"Berm! Swales!" the cook in the corner shouts. Two famers look over from the table. "This is yours, right?" He's holding up a piece of cauliflower.

"Aye," either Berm or Swales agrees.

"I don't know what that cow man did to your broccoli, but it tastes damn fine, huh?"

Either Berm or Swales exchanges a glance with either Swales or Berm, and they seem to mutually decide not to correct him.

"I can smell dessert," Beau says conspiratorially. She's leaning back in her chair with one arm drawn back, peering toward the hall to the kitchen.

"I don't smell anything," Fjord says.

"Your nostrils probably got damaged from all the seawater," Nott suggests helpfully.

Caleb laughs. "Paint us a picture, Beau."

"Cakey something. Muffins? Definitely not chocolate." Beau breathes in deeply.

"S'good." When Yasha leans back in her chair as well trying to get a bit closer and get the scent, Beau's cheeks darken a touch and she goes still. Caleb wonders if something will ever come of that.

"It's nice," Yasha agrees, then lifts her eyebrows. "Okay, now it's... garlic."

"Garlic dessert," Caleb says, unable to hide his suspicion.

"No, no, they must've just opened an oven." Beau looks to her space at the table, and seems to realize there isn't much space for an oncoming dish. She very quickly starts a trend by picking up her stew bowl and drinking down what's left of it so they can begin stacking the empties. "Fuck that's greasy."

"Kind of a nice counterpoint to the Firbolg Food," Nott says. She's dragging her last cauliflower floret around the edges of her bowl, coating it in brown broth before stuffing it into her mouth.

"GREEN BEANS!" Jester shouts, doing her best serving wench impression as she reemerges with the serving platter. The cook seems far more at home with this dish as it's set in front of him, and the merchant and farmer table both nod gratefully as the tiefling comes by and drops off their portions.

"Thank you," Fjord says pointedly, smiling as Jester comes by with their extra-big bowl. Jester tosses her hair out of her face, making an absentminded grunt of acknowledgement before disappearing quickly back into the kitchen. Caleb watches Fjord's expression fall a little - he strikes Caleb as someone who wants a little more response but doesn't know how to reach out further himself. Caleb can't judge. He's in no position to judge anyone.

"This is the garlic," Beau says approvingly, tilting the bowl in one direction so Nott, Yasha, and Caleb can start getting portions onto their plates. Caleb then tilts the bowl the other way for Beau and Fjord. "Fuck this smells good."

Caleb looks down at his plate and realizes he has covered nearly half of it. He wonders if he can finish all this.

"Berm!" The cook shouts across the room. "Swales!"

"Ours," Berm and Swales confirm in unison.

"Delectable!" The cook hits the table with his fist and the merchant table follows suit in agreement. The Nein laugh and do so as well, if a little less in sync.

"Scooch," Jester says, having suddenly reappeared amidst all the noise. She looks a little put out, and Caleb is pleased to see that Fjord actually jumps out of his chair to scoot it to one side and fit another one in beside it.

"You get kicked out too?" Fjord hazards, settling back into his seat and watching until she's sitting too to begin eating again.

"He's finishing the dessert, I don't know why he's being so secretive all of a sudden." She's pouting a little, but it's extremely mollified by the two bowls tipped her way so she can start tucking in.

"You both went in there with secret plans and secret ingredients," Nott points out mildly. "And kicked the actual employee out of there."

"Kick me out anytime," the cook roars heartily from across the room, around a mouthful of beans. Caleb is no longer unsure about whether this man came in to work drunk today or not.

"Well, anyway." Jester spears a smaller floret and then a bean that she bends in half, making a neat little bite on her fork. She admires it a moment before eating. Beau grins as she takes another pull of ale.

"We will need another seat," Caleb says after they've had a few moments of comfortable silence, and gets up from his emptied (!) plate to pull another chair between himself and Yasha. "Is there enough of the-"

"We made sure," Beau confirms, and tilts the remainders of the vegetarian bowls onto a plate Yasha grabs from another table. Once it's arranged and the empties are again stacked, Fjord sits up straight and lets out a long, extremely pleased burp that causes Beau to laugh ale up her nose.

"That was very good," Yasha says with complete earnestness.

"Perhaps a breath weapon," Caleb adds, causing Jester to laugh.

"It's a new attack I'm workin' on." Fjord puts on a faux-mysterious look. "Except, it doesn't work if everyone else has had this much garlic as well..."

"Immunity," Nott supplies. She's smiling.

"There it is again," Beau mutters. She's leaning back in her chair again, eyes narrowed. "Maybe we're getting a waft every time he checks the oven?"

"Maybe," Yasha agrees. "Hmm... oh, yes. I definitely smell it."

There's a growing silence at the table as they all join in, breathing deeply, but it's not easy with the remaining haze of garlic and spices from their plates and their breaths. It takes Caleb several times, and then it's immediate - a faraway kitchen, an oval blue plate with a faded flower design around the rim, a very small hand using a fork to cut carefully against the clean white dish -

"-don't think he can hear us," Beau says with a worried edge to her voice, and Caleb turns to see what the problem is. Beau's expression relaxes. "Oh, there he is."

"What?" He says, looking around the table. Several of them are looking at him.

"You were gone for a few seconds there," Nott says, leaning forward a bit. "Are you feeling alright? If you want to go upstairs and rest, we could bring you -"

"Nein, no, it is fine." Caleb quirks his mouth, trying to sort out the vision in his mind with the faint warm smell of baking. "I think I might have had this."

Jester's lips are pressed very tightly together, holding back - laughter? No, a smile, some secretive smile that she doesn't want Caleb to see. He's about to ask her about it when a tall, familiar silhouette appears in the doorway, carrying a repurposed basting tin with a loaf of something in the middle.

“Mohnkuchen,” Caduceus says, with care in every syllable. Caleb stares at the warm yellow cake, freckled with tiny seeds. The Nein make a variety of reactions: surprise, excitement, as Caduceus pulls a blunt knife from his apron and begins to cut it into small sections, making a point to put them on everyone’s plate one by one.

“Wie hast - how did you-” Caleb stares from the slices to Caduceus, then turns to Jester, who is giggling delightedly as if she just pulled off the best prank in the world.

“It was a group effort,” Caduceus answers with a slow grin. When he lays a slice onto Jester’s plate, he roots around in his apron pocket again, pulling out a slightly crushed but very pretty flower that he presses into the top. Jester’s cheeks turn lavender. “I hope it looks right. Apparently it’s pretty common for recipes to have a lot of variations, even if they are written down somewhere...”

“This is a Zemnian thing?” Nott says around a mouthful.

“He called it a moon cookie,” Fjord reminds her.

“No, moon coo-coo, like, a crazy moon.” Beau holds her forkful up to the lantern. “This is super fluffy, dude.”

“Thank you.” Caduceus beams. When he slices the last two for himself and Caleb, he straightens up and gestures something to the cook, who hops onto his feet with surprising speed and disappears into the back - presumably there are other cakes for the other tables.

Indeed, Caleb takes the opportunity to focus on something other than himself and waits until the cook reappears, holding two ancient basting pans awkwardly and peering into them as soon as they’re successfully set down on his little table. A merchant has actually gotten out of his chair to come and collect their dish, saying something to the cook, who then carries a dish over to the farmers’ table.

“Not ours,” either Berm or Swales says.

“Must be the grey man’s,” either Swales or Berm adds. “Poppy seeds. Looks lovely.”

“Thank you,” Caduceus says again, but even as he lowers himself down into the slightly too-small chair next to Caleb, he’s still examining the human’s face, his plate, waiting for what must be the true confirmation of authenticity. Caleb straightens and picks up his fork, cleaning it on his napkin before cutting into the little slice with the edge, finding himself smiling at how light Caduceus managed to get it.

“It looks beautiful,” Caleb says earnestly. As the tiniest bit of steam escapes from the center of the fresh bake, he scoops it up with his fork and laughs at the smell. Like his mother’s kitchen, on birthdays and holidays. After the harvest. When he was barely tall enough to reach the high cupboards, needing a stepstool to help her get the ingredients lined up.

Caleb takes a bite - it’s exactly right. He holds it in his mouth a moment, reflecting before chewing, eating the entirety of the slice in continued silence as the others chat and compliment around him. Yasha is saying something about the green beans, now. Nott is describing how the cauliflower sopped up the rest of other foods. One of the farmers has come over and given the enormous gray man a hearty thank-you pat on his shoulder, a few crumbs around his mouth.

Caleb stays in his own little bubble until he’s done. He can feel a familiar warmth in his stomach, the smell of the cake having mingled with everything else in the tavern in a strange harmony.

When he puts his fork down, Caduceus leans down a little, getting to his eye level and lowering his voice.

“Was it, how do you say it in your area... lecker?”

Delicious. “Yes.” Caleb was temporarily transported, but now that he’s coming back to himself, he doesn’t feel quite the level of pressured anxiety he normally does. “Thank you. I do not know why you did that for me.”

“Because it might make you happy,” Jester pipes in. She seems to understand the flicker on his expression, because she adds, “Not, like, forever. Just a little nice thing for a little nice moment, you know?”

He doesn’t. “You are both very thoughtful. I do not know what to say.”

“You looked happy while you ate it,” Caduceus says. His expression is warm and gentle, as always.  “You don’t have to say anything.”

“Except maybe what we should make next,” Jester adds. “There’s some kind of forest cake in that book we kept... do you decorate it with bark? What is it?”

Caleb actually laughs. “It’s, um. Just a nice chocolate cake.”

**

Caleb sleeps through the night that night. 

**

Several weeks later, when they’re walking through a shaded valley, Caleb recognizes the little flower that Caduceus had put on Jester’s dish. He picks a few, pockets them, and resolves to figure out how to give them to her and why he wants to.

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Poppy Two-Tier Platter

Poppy Two-Tier Platter

If you're looking for a unique way to display your food, look no further than the poppy two-tier platter. This eye-catching design is perfect for buffet-style events, and it makes it easy for guests to choose their favorite dishes. Plus, the vibrant colors are sure to add a touch of personality to any table setting. Whether you're serving up a festive feast or just need an elegant way to show off your cookies, this platter is sure to impress. So why not give it a try? Your guests will love it! 

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Making Halloween Pop

With Ricker Duval And Pink Flamingo Party Co.

If ever there was a year for Halloween, it is 2020. As though designed for a pandemic, this holiday already features plenty of masks, and social distancing isn’t as challenging as it once was, even when we’re partying! So we absolutely cannot wait for October 31 and have teamed up with Pink Flamingo Party Co. once again to help you nail your Halloween Fete, no matter the theme, size, or style of your costumed celebration.

CONSIDERATIONS BEFORE YOU BEGIN

GUEST LIST

Obviously key, but we’re not asking if you’ve got your annoying neighbor on the “maybe” list. When it comes down to it, a party for just adults versus a party for just kids versus a mixed family celebration are very different. Your guest list will help determine your spook factor, too. A six year old is going to react very differently to a severed head platter than a sixteen year old! We keep all of our own Halloween parties entirely family friendly for obvious reasons, but we used to host some barn-burners B.C. (Before Children).

TIMING

Most folks are up for a get-together day or night, but a daytime ‘do is going to feel very different from a nighttime haunted happening. Planning your look and feel to match the time of your day can help people get – and stay – in the spirit.

PICKING YOUR HALLOWEEN STYLE

Are you a classically spooky, scary All Hallow’s Eve enthusiast? Or is a sunny, bright celebration more your style? Ashley at Pink Flamingo Party Co. has you covered!

A BRIGHTLY STYLED PARTY FOR GOOD GHOULS AND BOOYS

For a bright display, ideal for a daytime party or an afternoon pre-trick-or-treating get together, she’s broken the black and orange mold and brought out the big guns with citrus-colored décor and accessories. This color combo is totally unexpected for Halloween, and yet works SO WELL. These perfectly poppy table wares keep the feeling bright and light, but definitely in the spirit. Candy and nibbles from Morsels Party Planning were designed to match both visually and by taste. How much do you want to take a bite of those cookies that look like they might bite back?

Pink Flamingos pink ghost napkins and cute plates, as well as the almost huggable ghost balloons, coupled with friendly ghost and jack o’ lantern cupcake toppers and spirited spider treat bags from Morsels really give this Halloween theme an adorable flair. Plus, the super simple marshmallow pops with very on-trend straw handles are so quick, you can throw them together.

A DARK AND CREEPY PARTY FOR THE DIE-HARD HALLOWEEN LOVERS

If you’re more Morticia Addams sort and want to kick up the creepy and the kooky, Ashley brought out the eerie crow balloon, a devilishly good balloon cake topper, and more. Take a look at this amazing tablescape! Notice how the candy tray we created plays just as well among the creepy and crawly as it did in the bright display. While this table setting is for a more mature audience, who doesn’t love an abundance of sweet treats? Check out the dark and gooey cauldron cake pops that look almost too realistic to eat!

SCENE STEALING COSTUMES (ON A BUDGET!)

Creative? Yep. Cost effective? Absolutely. Super cute? You bet! If you’re in a pickle on the costume front, or just need to switch it up from one Halloween celebration to the next, Ashley put together four utterly adorable and super do-able costumes for the kiddos in our lives!

With just a black base and some balloons, Pink Flamingo Party Co. put together this adorable solar system costume. Outfit the coolest kid in the galaxy with this quick getup!

If you’ve got a real love for sweets, and need to let the world know, this colorful and fun bag of jelly beans is just the ticket! A clear garbage bag and pack of smaller, multi-colored balloons are all you need to get your Jelly Belly style on!

With one simple disco ball balloon from Pink Flamingo, you can make your roller disco dreams come true! Raid your closet and throw on your favorite pair of skates for this easy and super cute costume that’s as comfy as it is simple! Plus, tied the “disco ball” to your shoulder strap and you can have your hands free all party long.

Speaking of sweets, for the bubble gum enthusiast in your life, Violet Beauregard or otherwise, this perfectly pink bubble-themed costume is super cute and incorporates standard and specialty balloons to get that Super Bubble action.

And last but not least, you can create the cutest costume for the tiniest members of your family with just a few balloons and a wagon you already have. This baby bath takes minutes to put together, and is as entertaining to the kiddos as it is simple! No guarantees they’ll want to stay in their “bath” though, after all, they want to join the party too!

GET YOUR OWN PARTY STARTED!

Now go out and get planning. Don’t forget to check out Pink Flamingo Party Co and Morsels Party Planning for you Halloween needs! You can find all of the Halloween themed balloons and decor – and more! – that Ashley used right here. Thank you to everyone who helped make this celebration extra fun – and extra spooky – especially our five costume models (who thankfully get paid in candy!).

Wishing everyone a healthy and happy Halloween!!

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The Holiday Cookie Roundup-2020

Happy Friday!! As promised, my annual holiday cookie roundup! If you’re looking to get a little jump start or do a test run on your holiday baking here is a wonderful collection of tried and true cookie recipes that would be an amazing addition to any holiday platter!!

Some of these are classic holiday treats—

Others are just cookies I know and love!

And in this crazy, stressful year, what could be a better gift than an assortment of homemade cookies?!! (hint, hint)

So pull out those baking sheets, stock up on the butter and sugar and bake your way into the holiday spirit!

LemonDrops—pucker up and enjoy how these melt in your mouth.

Lemon Poppy Seed Shortbread—these are tart and buttery and brighten up any platter.

Jenny’s Lemon Cherry Biscotti—my sister’s specialty—full of dried cherries and lemon zest, these are hard and crunchy and built to last. And they’d ship well too!

Easy Lemon Almond Biscotti —if you like a softer biscotti that comes together quicker than most, these are for you.

Double Chocolate Almond Biscotti—because you need a chocolate version too!

British Wheatmeal Shortbread—buttery and not too sweet—the perfect tea cookie!!

Brown Sugar Pecan Shortbread—these are a huge family favorite and so perfect to dunk!

Peanut Butter & Blackberry Jam Shortbread—Gorgeous looking and tasting! PB & J in a cookie!!!

Susie’s Maple Pecan Thins—my mom’s favorite, lacy and loaded with nuts!

Sugar Cookie Sparkles—like edible Xmas ornaments—so much color and joy!

Brown Sugar Cookies—these may look plain but don’t underestimate their depth of flavor. Make them for the butterscotch lover in your life!

Chewy Molasses Cookies—the spices in these are so seasonal—they’ve become a new family fav!

Jammy Butterballs—these sparkle like winter snow and melt in your mouth. I make these every single year!

Irresistible Chewy Sugar Cookies—huge and addictive—don’t leave me in a room alone with them.

Snickerdoodles—a true classic, you can never go wrong!

Oatmeal Lace Cookies—these mix up easily and lend themselves to all sorts of decoration.

Easy Slice n Bake Butter Cookies—a must-have for any cookie tray! These are a staple in my house!

Sables—a traditional French butter cookie.

Snowballs—so seasonal and bite-sized! My husband’s true love!

Linzer Hearts—show someone how much you care!

Chocolate Chocolate Chip Espresso Cookies—For the chocoholic in your life—you really don’t taste the coffee.

Chocolate Espresso Rounds—for the sophisticated palette—these are rich, buttery and coffee flavored.

Chewy Chocolate Sugar Cookies—sugar cookies just feel so right for this time of year and it’s fun to have a chocolate version topped with plenty of crunchy sugar!

Chocolate Shape Cookies—when vanilla cut-outs just won’t do.

Caramel Treasures—these look intimidating but they’re actually one of the easiest cookies to make on the list—so festive!

Vanilla Bean Thumbprint Cookies with Dulce de Leche—Gorgeous and guaranteed to wow!!!

Chocolate Chip Cookie Brittle—kids, young and old will adore this!

Chocolate Swirled Meringues—light and kinda artsy looking!

Candied Almond Meringues—so pretty and a little out of the ordinary, the candied almonds almost give them a caramelly flavor.

World Peace Cookies—if only baking these would bring it about—deep, dark chocolate.

Raspberry Chocolate Rugelach—the raspberry-chocolate combo is to die for!

Almond Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies—adding almond butter to a traditional chocolate chip cookie is genius!

Salty Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies with Toffee—need I say more?!!

Crunchy Jumbles—these are so easy and the dried cranberries make them so right for this time of year!

The Melted Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie—who can resist a classic?!!

What are your holiday favorites? If you have a chance, let me know and send me a tin! Lol!

Have a great weekend and I’ll be back next week with more cookies (of course) and some real food too!! xoxo

[listsforseb]

in game preferences

loves : frozen tear, obsidian, pumpkin soup, sashimi, void egg, golden pumpkin, magic rock candy, pearl, prismatic shard, rabbit's foot

likes : honey, cheese, goat cheese, coffee, green tea, juice, cloth, mayonnaise, duck mayonnaise, void mayonnaise, dinosaur mayonnaise, pickles, jelly, caviar, aged roe, ancient fruit, blackberry, blueberry, cactus fruit, cherry, coconut, cranberry, crystal fruit, grape, hot pepper, melon, rhubarb, spice berry, starfruit, strawberry, plum, flounder, quartz, salad, cauliflower, baked fish, parsnip soup, vegetable medley, fried calamari, lucky lunch, fried mushroom, pizza, bean hotpot, glazed yams, carp surprise, hashbrowns, pancakes, salmon dinner, fish taco, crispy bass, pepper poppers, tom kha soup, trout soup, chocolate cake, pink cake, rhubarb pie, cookie, spaghetti, fried eel, spicy eel, maki roll, tortilla, red plate, eggplant parmesan, rice pudding, ice cream, blueberry tart, autumn's bounty, super meal, cranberry sauce, stuffing, survival burger, dish o' the sea, miner's treat, roots platter, triple shot espresso, algae soup, pale broth, plum pudding, artichoke dip, stir fry, roasted hazelnuts, pumpkin pie, radish, salad, fruit salad, blackberry cobbler, cranberry candy, bruschetta, coleslaw, fiddlehead risotto, poppyseed muffin, chowder, fish stew, escargot, lobster bisque, maple bar, crab cakes, shrimp cocktail, life elixir, maple syrup, earth crystal, fire quartz, emerald, aquamarine, ruby, amethyst, topaz, jade, diamond, tigerseye, opal, fire opal, alemite, bixite, baryte, aerinite, calcite, dolomite, esperite, fluorapatite, geminite, helvite, jamborite, jagoite, kyanite, lunarite, malachite, neptunite, lemon stone, nekoite, orpiment, petrified slime, thunder egg, pyrite, ocean stone, ghost crystal, jasper, celestine, marble, sandstone, granite, basalt, limestone, soapstone, hematite, mudstone, slate, fairy stone, star shards, fiddlehead fern, amaranth, artichoke, beet, bok choy, cauliflower, corn, eggplant, garlic, green bean, hops, kale, parsnip, potato, pumpkin, radish, red cabbage, tea leaves, tomato, wheat, yam

neutral : fried egg, bread, hops, tea leaves, wheat, pufferfish, anchovy, tuna, sardine, bream, largemouth bass, rainbow trout, smallmouth bass, salmon, walleye, perch, carp, catfish, pike, sunfish, red mullet, herring, eel, octopus, red snapper, squid, sea cucumber, super cucumber, ghostfish, stonefish, ice pip, lava eel, sandfish, scorpion carp, midnight carp, sturgeon, tiger trout, bullhead, tilapia, chub, dorado, albacore, shad, lingcod, halibut, woodskip, void salmon, slimejack, midnight squid, spookfish, blobfish, crimson fish, angler, legend, glacierfish, mutant carp, lobster, clam, crayfish, crab, cockle, mussel, shrimp, periwrinkle, snail, oyster, seaweed, green algae, white algae, milk

dislikes : apple, salmonberry, pomegranate, peach, orange, apricot, chanterelle, common mushroom, daffodil, dandelion, hazelnut, holly, leek, morel, purple mushroom, snow yam, horseradish, winter root, unmilled rice, sweet pea, crocus, sunflower, tulip, summer spangle, fairy rose, blue jazz, wine, ale

hates : seafoam pudding, strange bun, poppies, clay, complete breakfast, farmer’s lunch, omelet, oil, beer

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Stardew Valley Sebastian

Sebastian is a NPC and one of the marriage hopefuls who live in Stardew Valley. 

He lives in the master's shop with his mother Robin, his stepsister Maru, and his stepfather Demetrius. He tends to feel like the "unfavorite" as a result of how essentially his sister is respected both by his kin and assorted villagers. His living strategy in the storm cellar appears to additionally detach him dismissing the way that it would show up he settles on due there by decision. He's not a to an incredible degree social individual, and necessities time alone, something others don't generally get it.

He isn't miserable, regardless he is amazing mates with both Sam and Abigail, who he hangs out with at the Stardrop Saloon on Fridays. He sometimes plays pool against Sam and he regularly wins. He additionally plays the solace in a band with Sam, and as time goes on impacts him to enable Abigail to be their drummer.

He has to some degree a "gothic" state of mind, slanting toward fogginess to the light and having a vitality for things by a wide margin most consider unsavory. He's to some degree philosophical and reliably considers destruction, the motivation driving life, and so forth. Regardless of the way that he and Sam are both to some degree rebellious, he's to some degree all the more close-lipped regarding it.

He has an energy for sci-fi and dream and qualities examining books in those game plans and programming PC entertainments and tabletop envisioning redirections.

Sebastian fills in as a free originator, and passes on disappointment at his activity not being seen as basic by others. He feels discontent in the valley and requirements to leave for the city sooner or later in the not so distant future.

Family

Love

"I really adore this. In what manner may you know?"

Set Tear, Obsidian, Prismatic Shard, Rabbit's Foot, Sashimi, Void Egg, Pumpkin Soup

Like

"Much esteemed, I like this."

Amaranth, Amethyst, Apple, Apricot, Autumn's Bounty, Bean Hotpot, Blackberry Cobbler, Blueberry Tart, Bok Choy, Cauliflower, Cherry, Cheese Cauliflower, Chocolate Cake, Chowder, Coffee, Coleslaw, Cookie, Corn, Cranberry Sauce, Diamond, Dish O' The Sea, Earth Crystal, Eggplant, Emerald, Fiddlehead Risotto, Fire Quartz, Garlic, Green Bean, Hashbrowns, Ice Cream, Jade, Kale, Maki Roll, Maple Bar, Maple Syrup, Miner's Treat, Parsnip, Parsnip Soup, Pepper Poppers, Pink Cake, Pizza, Plum Pudding, Pomegranate, Poppyseed Muffin, Potato, Pumpkin, Quartz, Radish, Radish Salad, Red Plate, Rice Pudding, Roots Platter, Ruby, Salad, Spaghetti, Stir Fry, Tomato, Topaz, Trout Soup

Unprejudiced

"...thanks."

Fish, All Milk, Aquamarine, Blackberry, Blueberry, Bread, Bullhead, Cactus Fruit, Clam, Cockle, Coconut, Coral, Crab, Cranberry, Crayfish, Crystal Fruit, Fried Egg, Grape, Halibut, Herring, Hops, Hot Pepper, Mussel, Nautilus Shell, Oyster, Pancakes, Periwinkle, Rainbow Shell, Sardine, Shad, Shrimp, Spice Berry, Starfruit, Strawberry, Sunfish, Wheat

Extreme aversion

"...?"

Alamite, Blue Jazz, Bomb, Cave Carrot, Chanterelle, Cherry Bomb, Common Mushroom, Copper Bar, Crocus, Daffodil, Dandelion, Fairy Rose, Fiber, Field Snack, Fire Opal, Frozen Geode, Geminite, Gold Bar, Hardwood, Hazelnut, Holly, Iridium Ore, Jamborite, Leek, Lumber, Malachite, Maple Seed, Melon, Nekoite, Neptunite, Opal, Purple Mushroom, Red Mushroom, Refined Quartz, Salmonberry, Slate, Snow Yam, Solar Essence, Spring Onion, Sunflower, Sweet Pea, Thunder Egg, Tigerseye, Tulip, Void Essence, Wild Horseradish, Wild Plum, Winter Root, Battery Pack

Severely dislike

"...I severely dislike this."

All Eggs (next to Void Egg), All Mayonnaise, Bat Wing, Beer, Bug Meat, Carp, Cheese, Chub, Clay, Cloth, Complete Breakfast, Copper Ore, Dwarvish Helm, Farmer's Lunch, Garbage, Glass Shards, Golden Pumpkin, Green Algae, Iron Ore, Jade Hills, Jelly, Joja Cola, Juice(Tomato), Omelet, Pale Ale, Pickled(Corn, Green Bean, Parsnip, Tomato), Poppy, Sap, Sea Urchin, Seaweed, Skeletal Hand, Slime, Snail, Stone, Strange Bun, Sugar, Torch, White Algae, Wild Honey, Windows, Wine

Well ordered Routine

| - Spring - |

Sunday

Time Place

03:00PM Leaves room and goes to kitchen

06:30PM Goes to smoke at the lake close to his home by the fence.

10:00PM Goes home.

Monday

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Tuesday

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Wednesday

Time Place

03:10 PM Leaves room and goes to kitchen

06:30PM Goes to smoke at the lake close to his home by the fence.

10:00PM Goes home.

Thursday

Time Place

10:00AM Wakes up and playing PC.

03:00PM Leaves room and goes to kitchen.

06:00PM Goes to lake close house to smoke.

10:00PM Goes home.

Friday

Time Place

03:10PM Leaves the house to hang out at the pool table in the cantina.

05:00PM

Plays pool with Sam.

09:00PM

Strolls home.

11:00PM Arrives home.

Saturday

Time Place

09:00AM Leaves to go to Sam's home.

12:00PM Goes to Sam's room.

01:00PM Is in Sam's room.

06:00PM Leaves Sam's home and goes to the stream with Sam.

06:30PM Smokes at the stream in the northern woods with Sam.

07:30PM Leaves backcountry.

10:00PM Arrives home.

Blustery Days

Time Place

03:10PM Leaves the house to hang out at the pool table in the cantina.

05:00PM Arrives at bar.

08:00PM Arrives at his room.

11:00PM Arrives at home.

| - Summer - |

Sunday

Time Place

09:00AM Is in room.

03:10PM Leaves room and goes to kitchen.

03:50PM Leaves kitchen and goes to room.

06:30PM Leaves room and goes outside

10:10PM Arrives home.

Monday

Time Place

05:30PM Leaves room and goes to kitchen.

06:30PM Goes to the lake close to his home by the fence.

10:10PM Arrives home.

Tuesday

Time Place

03:10PM Leaves room and goes to kitchen.

06:30PM Goes to the lake close to his home by the fence.

10:10PM

Arrives home.

Wednesday

Time Place

03:10PM Leaves room and goes to kitchen.

06:30PM Goes to the lake close to his home by the fence.

10:10PM Arrives home.

Thursday

Time Place

03:10PM Arrives Train Station

06:30PM Right Tunnel at Train Station

08:10PM Left Tunnel at Train Station

10:00PM Leaves Train Station

10:20PM Enters his home

Friday

Time Place

03:30PM Exits House

04:50PM Arrives at the bar

09:30PM Exits the bar

11:10PM Arrives home

Saturday

Time Place

09:10AM Leaves House and goes to Sam.

11:30AM Meet Sam at the course close to Sam's home.

12:30PM Goes to Sam's room.

12:50PM Arrives at Sam's room. (band hone?)

06:00PM Leaves Sam's home and goes to the stream with Sam.

06:30PM Goes to the stream in the northern woods with sam

07:30PM Goes home.

10:00PM Arrives home.

Stormy Days

Time Place

09:00AM Is in room

10:40AM Leaves house and goes to shoreline dock

01:40PM Arrives at shoreline dock

05:00PM Leaves shoreline dock for home

07:40PM Arrives home

07:50PM Goes into room. Does not leave for rest of the night

| - Fall - |

| - Winter - |

 Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Time Place

9:30 PM Leaves Stardrop Saloon

Saturday

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Gluten-Free Chocolate Pecan Shortbread Cookies

Crisp melt-in-your-mouth gluten-free pecan shortbread cookies dipped in dark chocolate. Topped with powdered sugar, toasted pecans, flakey salt, these festive cookies will be the hit of your cookie platter. This recipe is made in partnership with Diamond Nuts.

Be careful – these cookies should come with a warning. I’ve cut out these pecan shortbread cookies into little two-bite coins, which makes it incredibly easy to eat a dozen in less than five minutes. And a whole batch in less than an hour. On any normal night when I eat cookies, I portion myself to keep from recklessly eating all the cookies. When there’s a holiday cookie plate involved, though, I aimlessly grab a cookie each time I walk past the table. In my opinion, that’s how holiday cookies are meant to be enjoyed. These chocolate pecan cookies are the perfect cookie for just that. Before you know it, you’ll have eaten the whole plate without even realizing.

This butter pecan shortbread recipe is the third in a year-long partnership with Diamond Nuts. All of my Diamond Nut recipes so far are great for the holidays. First I made poppy seed almond flour muffins – to make them for the holidays, sub in cranberries for the peaches or just leave the peaches out all together. Next I made smokey maple roasted rainbow carrots with walnuts and feta. And now, my true love: cookies. Buttery, melt-in-your-mouth pecan shortbread cookies dipped in chocolate and sprinkled with more toasted pecans and flakey salt. 

The other day at the market, a man and his daughter put a box of gluten-free chocolate almond cookies on the conveyor belt in front of me. They caught my eye because, well, cookies. Making conversation, I asked if he’d bought them before and if they were good. He shrugged, “I think so. We’re buying them again, so I guess we liked them.” MEDIOCRE REVIEW AT BEST.

He took it a step further though, and before I realized what was happening, he’d ripped open the box and handed me a cookie right there in the check-out line, “now you won’t leave wondering.”

Guess what? I bought a box. He’s a hero.

I wish I could rip open a box of these homemade gluten-free chocolate pecan shortbread cookies for you to taste right now. You’d rush to the kitchen to make a full batch. They’ve got a crisp bite while still melting in your mouth. With loads of toasted pecans, they taste a lot like snowball cookies (or Mexican wedding cookies) except even better because they’re dipped in dark chocolate and sprinkled with more crunchy pecans.

Tips for making melt-in-your-mouth crunchy pecan shortbread cookies

Give the pecans a quick toast in the oven before adding them to the cookies will intensify their flavor and make them crunchy when baked up in the cookies .If you skip this step, the pecans won’t get crispy while they bake in the cookies, leaving a less than desirable soft texture. Toasting takes Diamond Nuts buttery smooth pecans and gives them an irresistible depth of flavor you’ll want to put on all the things.

To toast them, I take a bag of Diamond Nuts chopped or whole pecans and toast them as is. When they’re nice and toasty, chop the nuts up even more finely. Chopping the pecans up after baking will make sure any of the super fine dust pieces don’t get too toasty or burn in the oven.

My favorite time-saving tip is to toast more nuts than you need for the recipe. While I’m at it, I toast up a whole bag or two of pecans at a time and then just return whatever I don’t use to the bag for later use. This method also means I always have toasted nuts on hand for other recipes (browse other recipes for pecans here!). Perhaps most importantly, it ensures I’ll have enough pecans when I inevitably taste a handful before they go into the cookies.

  How to keep gluten-free shortbread cookies from spreading

The key to getting perfectly fluted shortbread cookies without spreading is to chill the dough before baking. I am very impatient though and hardly ever plan enough in advance to deal with long chill times, so I’ve got two shortcuts that cut that time down significantly!

Chill the dough after rolling it out. This pecan shortbread dough is not too soft and sticky. It’s firm enough to be rolled out between two sheets of parchment paper right after mixing. Slide the rolled out dough still in the parchment paper onto a baking sheet, stacking one dough oval right on top of the other. Chill the whole baking sheet. They’ll  chill much faster if they’re rolled out and the metal baking sheet helps too! 

If you’ve got space for it, chill the dough in the freezer. I have a pretty packed freezer, but I almost always chill my dough in the freezer. I just slide the baking sheet right on top of my freezer drawer of nuts. Like I said, I have no patience. Especially when I want cookies. Chilling the dough in the freezer cuts the chill time in half. 

Make your gluten-free holiday cookie plate in advance

The holiday dessert table in our house always has a cookie platter with no fewer than four types of cookies on it. That’s a big commitment! Baking four types of cookies all at once? Who has time for that? Especially when you’re probably also cooking a holiday meal. That’s where making cookies in advance and freezing them comes in handy.

You can bake these gluten-free chocolate-dipped butter pecan shortbread cookies up to a month in advance and freeze them in an airtight container until the big day. I tested the method for Thanksgiving this year and they tasted exactly the same as the day I made them! Just let them come to room temperature for 20 minutes before serving.

For other cookies that are best warm from the oven, you can make, shape, and freeze the dough so all you have to do is plop them on a baking sheet and bake. To keep the cookie dough balls from sticking together, put the cookie dough balls on a baking sheet in the fridge or freezer for 30 minutes before putting them in a container or bag for longer-term freezing. Then just bake them straight from the freezer.

Bake-ahead gluten-free cookies

Freeze-ahead gluten-free cookie dough

Disclosure: Special thanks to Diamond Nuts for providing the ingredients for this recipe and sponsoring this post! And thanks to you for supporting the companies that keep Snixy Kitchen cooking!

Crisp melt-in-your-mouth gluten-free pecan shortbread cookies dipped in dark chocolate. Topped with powdered sugar, toasted pecans, flakey salt, these festive cookies will be the hit of your cookie platter.

Ingredients

3/4 cup Diamond Nuts chopped pecans, divided

3/4 cup + 1.5 tablespoons (102g) finely ground blanched almond flour

1/2 cup + 1 tablespoon (68g) gluten-free oat flour

1/4 cup + 2 tablespoon (48g) cornstarch

¼ teaspoon kosher salt

1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature

1/4 cup + 2 tablespoons (56 grams) powdered sugar

1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

4 ounces bittersweet dark chocolate

2 tablespoons powdered sugar

Optional: Flakey salt

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350°F. Spread the chopped pecans on a baking sheet and toast for 6-10 minutes until toasty and fragrant. Pour the pecans onto a cutting board to cool. Once cool, finely chop the pecans - you don't want the pecans as fine as dust/flour, but the finer they're chopped, the easier your dough will be to roll out. Measure out 1/2 cup of the finely chopped pecans to put into the cookie dough. Set the rest aside for sprinkling on top.

Whisk together the 1/2 cup finely chopped pecans, almond flour, oat flour, cornstarch, and salt in a medium bowl. Set aside.

In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment or a medium bowl with a hand mixer, beat the butter on high until light and fluffy, 3-5 minutes.

Slowly add the powdered sugar and beat until incorporated. Add the vanilla extract and mix until smooth.

With the mixer on low, slowly add the dry ingredients to the butter and beat until completely smooth, scraping down the sides as necessary.

Roll the dough out between two parchment sheets into a 1/8 -1/4-inch thick oval. Place on a baking sheet and chill in the fridge for 30 minutes or freezer for 10 minutes.

Use a 2-inch round or fluted cutter to cut out cookies. Using a knife or bench scraper as needed to lift the cookies, transfer cookies to a parchment lined baking sheet, 1-2 inches apart. Repeat, rolling out the dough again as needed. Chill the cookies in the fridge for 20 minutes or in the freezer for 10 minutes.

Bake cookies, one tray at a time, on the middle rack for 10-12 minutes, until the edges just begin to turn golden. Let cool on the baking sheet for at least 5 minutes before using a fine metal spatula to transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Repeat with remaining baking sheets.

While the cookies bake, Melt the chocolate. You can melt the chocolate in a double broiler, or do as I do and place it in a small microwave safe bowl. Microwave for 30 seconds, stir. Repeat until the chocolate has completely melted.

Dust the cooled cookies with powdered sugar. Gently dip them halfway into the chocolate, tilting the cookie to get a clean chocolate line. Set the dipped cookies on a parchment lined baking sheet to set. While the chocolate is still melted, sprinkle the cookies with the remaining finely chopped toasted pecans and a few flecks of flakey salt. Let the chocolate firm up before serving (you can speed this process up with a quick chill in the fridge!

Notes

Store cookies in an airtight container for 3-4 days on the counter or freeze the cookies for up to a month. Let come to room temperature before serving

Source: https://www.snixykitchen.com/gluten-free-chocolate-pecan-shortbread-cookies/

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Gluten-Free Chocolate Pecan Shortbread Cookies

Crisp melt-in-your-mouth gluten-free pecan shortbread cookies dipped in dark chocolate. Topped with powdered sugar, toasted pecans, flakey salt, these festive cookies will be the hit of your cookie platter. This recipe is made in partnership with Diamond Nuts.

Be careful – these cookies should come with a warning. I’ve cut out these pecan shortbread cookies into little two-bite coins, which makes it incredibly easy to eat a dozen in less than five minutes. And a whole batch in less than an hour. On any normal night when I eat cookies, I portion myself to keep from recklessly eating all the cookies. When there’s a holiday cookie plate involved, though, I aimlessly grab a cookie each time I walk past the table. In my opinion, that’s how holiday cookies are meant to be enjoyed. These chocolate pecan cookies are the perfect cookie for just that. Before you know it, you’ll have eaten the whole plate without even realizing.

This butter pecan shortbread recipe is the third in a year-long partnership with Diamond Nuts. All of my Diamond Nut recipes so far are great for the holidays. First I made poppy seed almond flour muffins – to make them for the holidays, sub in cranberries for the peaches or just leave the peaches out all together. Next I made smokey maple roasted rainbow carrots with walnuts and feta. And now, my true love: cookies. Buttery, melt-in-your-mouth pecan shortbread cookies dipped in chocolate and sprinkled with more toasted pecans and flakey salt. 

The other day at the market, a man and his daughter put a box of gluten-free chocolate almond cookies on the conveyor belt in front of me. They caught my eye because, well, cookies. Making conversation, I asked if he’d bought them before and if they were good. He shrugged, “I think so. We’re buying them again, so I guess we liked them.” MEDIOCRE REVIEW AT BEST.

He took it a step further though, and before I realized what was happening, he’d ripped open the box and handed me a cookie right there in the check-out line, “now you won’t leave wondering.”

Guess what? I bought a box. He’s a hero.

I wish I could rip open a box of these homemade gluten-free chocolate pecan shortbread cookies for you to taste right now. You’d rush to the kitchen to make a full batch. They’ve got a crisp bite while still melting in your mouth. With loads of toasted pecans, they taste a lot like snowball cookies (or Mexican wedding cookies) except even better because they’re dipped in dark chocolate and sprinkled with more crunchy pecans.

Tips for making melt-in-your-mouth crunchy pecan shortbread cookies

Give the pecans a quick toast in the oven before adding them to the cookies will intensify their flavor and make them crunchy when baked up in the cookies .If you skip this step, the pecans won’t get crispy while they bake in the cookies, leaving a less than desirable soft texture. Toasting takes Diamond Nuts buttery smooth pecans and gives them an irresistible depth of flavor you’ll want to put on all the things.

To toast them, I take a bag of Diamond Nuts chopped or whole pecans and toast them as is. When they’re nice and toasty, chop the nuts up even more finely. Chopping the pecans up after baking will make sure any of the super fine dust pieces don’t get too toasty or burn in the oven.

My favorite time-saving tip is to toast more nuts than you need for the recipe. While I’m at it, I toast up a whole bag or two of pecans at a time and then just return whatever I don’t use to the bag for later use. This method also means I always have toasted nuts on hand for other recipes (browse other recipes for pecans here!). Perhaps most importantly, it ensures I’ll have enough pecans when I inevitably taste a handful before they go into the cookies.

  How to keep gluten-free shortbread cookies from spreading

The key to getting perfectly fluted shortbread cookies without spreading is to chill the dough before baking. I am very impatient though and hardly ever plan enough in advance to deal with long chill times, so I’ve got two shortcuts that cut that time down significantly!

Chill the dough after rolling it out. This pecan shortbread dough is not too soft and sticky. It’s firm enough to be rolled out between two sheets of parchment paper right after mixing. Slide the rolled out dough still in the parchment paper onto a baking sheet, stacking one dough oval right on top of the other. Chill the whole baking sheet. They’ll  chill much faster if they’re rolled out and the metal baking sheet helps too! 

If you’ve got space for it, chill the dough in the freezer. I have a pretty packed freezer, but I almost always chill my dough in the freezer. I just slide the baking sheet right on top of my freezer drawer of nuts. Like I said, I have no patience. Especially when I want cookies. Chilling the dough in the freezer cuts the chill time in half. 

Make your gluten-free holiday cookie plate in advance

The holiday dessert table in our house always has a cookie platter with no fewer than four types of cookies on it. That’s a big commitment! Baking four types of cookies all at once? Who has time for that? Especially when you’re probably also cooking a holiday meal. That’s where making cookies in advance and freezing them comes in handy.

You can bake these gluten-free chocolate-dipped butter pecan shortbread cookies up to a month in advance and freeze them in an airtight container until the big day. I tested the method for Thanksgiving this year and they tasted exactly the same as the day I made them! Just let them come to room temperature for 20 minutes before serving.

For other cookies that are best warm from the oven, you can make, shape, and freeze the dough so all you have to do is plop them on a baking sheet and bake. To keep the cookie dough balls from sticking together, put the cookie dough balls on a baking sheet in the fridge or freezer for 30 minutes before putting them in a container or bag for longer-term freezing. Then just bake them straight from the freezer.

Bake-ahead gluten-free cookies

Freeze-ahead gluten-free cookie dough

Disclosure: Special thanks to Diamond Nuts for providing the ingredients for this recipe and sponsoring this post! And thanks to you for supporting the companies that keep Snixy Kitchen cooking!

Crisp melt-in-your-mouth gluten-free pecan shortbread cookies dipped in dark chocolate. Topped with powdered sugar, toasted pecans, flakey salt, these festive cookies will be the hit of your cookie platter.

Ingredients

3/4 cup Diamond Nuts chopped pecans, divided

3/4 cup + 1.5 tablespoons (102g) finely ground blanched almond flour

1/2 cup + 1 tablespoon (68g) gluten-free oat flour

1/4 cup + 2 tablespoon (48g) cornstarch

¼ teaspoon kosher salt

1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature

1/4 cup + 2 tablespoons (56 grams) powdered sugar

1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

4 ounces bittersweet dark chocolate

2 tablespoons powdered sugar

Optional: Flakey salt

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350°F. Spread the chopped pecans on a baking sheet and toast for 6-10 minutes until toasty and fragrant. Pour the pecans onto a cutting board to cool. Once cool, finely chop the pecans - you don't want the pecans as fine as dust/flour, but the finer they're chopped, the easier your dough will be to roll out. Measure out 1/2 cup of the finely chopped pecans to put into the cookie dough. Set the rest aside for sprinkling on top.

Whisk together the 1/2 cup finely chopped pecans, almond flour, oat flour, cornstarch, and salt in a medium bowl. Set aside.

In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment or a medium bowl with a hand mixer, beat the butter on high until light and fluffy, 3-5 minutes.

Slowly add the powdered sugar and beat until incorporated. Add the vanilla extract and mix until smooth.

With the mixer on low, slowly add the dry ingredients to the butter and beat until completely smooth, scraping down the sides as necessary.

Roll the dough out between two parchment sheets into a 1/8 -1/4-inch thick oval. Place on a baking sheet and chill in the fridge for 30 minutes or freezer for 10 minutes.

Use a 2-inch round or fluted cutter to cut out cookies. Using a knife or bench scraper as needed to lift the cookies, transfer cookies to a parchment lined baking sheet, 1-2 inches apart. Repeat, rolling out the dough again as needed. Chill the cookies in the fridge for 20 minutes or in the freezer for 10 minutes.

Bake cookies, one tray at a time, on the middle rack for 10-12 minutes, until the edges just begin to turn golden. Let cool on the baking sheet for at least 5 minutes before using a fine metal spatula to transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Repeat with remaining baking sheets.

While the cookies bake, Melt the chocolate. You can melt the chocolate in a double broiler, or do as I do and place it in a small microwave safe bowl. Microwave for 30 seconds, stir. Repeat until the chocolate has completely melted.

Dust the cooled cookies with powdered sugar. Gently dip them halfway into the chocolate, tilting the cookie to get a clean chocolate line. Set the dipped cookies on a parchment lined baking sheet to set. While the chocolate is still melted, sprinkle the cookies with the remaining finely chopped toasted pecans and a few flecks of flakey salt. Let the chocolate firm up before serving (you can speed this process up with a quick chill in the fridge!

Notes

Store cookies in an airtight container for 3-4 days on the counter or freeze the cookies for up to a month. Let come to room temperature before serving

Source: https://www.snixykitchen.com/gluten-free-chocolate-pecan-shortbread-cookies/

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Baked Parmesan and Sundried Tomato Pesto crackers have recently become our favorite. Great to have with tea or coffee, these are ideal for kids snacking time. Baked and made with whole wheat these are on the healthier side as these are not deep fried, though has butter in it. I love sun-dried pesto in my sandwiches, pizza and with crackers. It is also a good flavorful addition to pasta. My kids also like the flavor of these. Whenever I make these, pack some in kids lunch boxes for their snack time. Kids love to have these with hummus or home-made marina sauce or any cheesy dip. You can add rosemary or thyme to add on the flavor. This is the recipe of Paul Hollywood of “The Great British Bake Off “ fame, when I saw this recipe for the first time on Netflix, I immediately tried it. The only change that I made to the recipe is that I omitted egg and added onion seeds(kalonji) to it. You can add sesame seeds(black or white)., or add some caraway seeds, dried fenugreek leaves and make baked Mathri using this recipe. Adjust the recipe as per your preference, add any grated cheese or herb to it. Click here for the original recipe.

Let’s see how I made these full of flavor Baked Parmesan and Sundried Pesto Crackers.

Sundried Tomato Pesto and Parmesan Cheese Crackers

Baked Whole Wheat Crackers made with Sundried Tomatoes Pesto and Parmesan Cheese. 

1 Cup Whole Wheat Flour/All-Purpose Flour

1 Tbsp Sun-dried Tomato Pesto

1/4 Cup Butter

1/4 Tsp Nigella Seeds/Kalonji (Caraway, Poppy or Sesame Seeds can be used)

10-20 ml Water (For kneading the dough)

Fresh herbs like Rosemary, Thyme (A sprig, for adding to the dough)

Pre-heat oven to 400 F or 200 C.

Combine all the ingredients together except water and mix.

Knead to a soft dough using water as required. Cover and keep it for few minutes.

Roll out the dough using a rolling pin, into the required thickness around 3mm or as per the thickness required.

Using a cookie cutter, cut out the portions of dough. I used a 7cm round cookie cutter and got around 18 pieces. Re-roll the dough if required.

Line the cutouts on a dusted baking tray and refrigerate for at least 15 minutes.

Bake in the preheated oven for 10-12 minutes.

Check for doneness after 10 minutes. Crackers will turn golden brown. Cool on the wire rack and store in an air-tight container. Stays good for 10-15 days.

Any hard cheese blend will also work fine in the crackers.

I used Nigella seeds, caraway(ajwain), poppy seeds(khus-khus), sesame seeds(til) any of these can be used in the recipe.

Brushing the crackers with milk wash will give a nice shine to the baked crackers. 

Thyme, Rosemary or oregano or dried herbs can be used in the recipe for added flavor.

Baking time will vary with the thickness and the size of the crackers. Check the oven after 10 mins.

I wanted to do these savory crackers post during Diwali time, I had baked these also but somehow cudn’t take pics and these were gone by the next day. Since I am participating in Bake-A-Thon so thought of finally doing a post on these.

Try the crackers for your cheese platter along with some olives. Do give these crackers a try, I am sure you will love these simple and full or flavors crackers.

Taking my Crackers to Dec’18 Bake-A-Thon Day 7.

Check out the other bloggers doing this Bake-a-Thon An InLinkz Link-up

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    Baked Parmesan and Sundried Tomato Pesto Crackers Baked Parmesan and Sundried Tomato Pesto crackers have recently become our favorite. Great to have with tea or coffee, these are ideal for kids snacking time.