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A stol(l)en recipe
I was once told that when skies are grey, temperatures are dropping and your fingers have turned to ice, think of somewhere hot and you’ll feel so much better.
Sitting on my bedroom floor, fiercely hugging my hot water bottle and dreaming of Thailand, I wonder where I ever heard that cr**!
Anyway, the oven has been humming all afternoon as my mum prepares batch after batch of mince pies! Though they’re not entirely vegan (she made a mistake with the margarine). I did manage to convince her that eggs and milk weren’t necessary to brown the tops! It was rather nice to hear her open the oven and say, “Oh I guess you don’t need eggs and milk after all”.
I’ll be making some (not so average) mince pies later this week, which will be vegan! So look out for that post. As for now, you may remember me mentioning some trials of festive baking in yesterday’s post. Well, in an effort to have some vegan treats on offer when the relatives arrive, I was up until 1:ooam last night with the smell of sweet spices filling the air and a stollen baking in the oven.
