Update: Cookie Clearance

Thanks guys, so 4 of our jars have found homes, yay! We have 2 left... one crunchie mix and one empty jar, both with the silhouette of a lady on.

 

 

 

 

 

We also have some dip jars left.

Coconut, Icing Sugar or just empty for R8

 

 

 

Cookie Clearance

So...we have some of our delicious Cookie Mix Jars left that are looking for a new home! Have a look below and let us know if there are any that you would like to love and eat :)

Email us on cookieloving031@gmail.com

 

CRUNCHIE MIX

 

 

 

 

 

GLUTEN FREE CRANBERRY MIX

 

EMPTY JARS

Ready to be filled with either a CRUNCHIE mix or CHOC-CHIP mix....

 

 

 

 

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World Baking Day!!!

So yesterday was World Baking Day!! and we had a whole lot of fun...

A few friends and I decided to tackle this thing called baking and really put ourselves to the test. It was quite a task only being allowed to choose ONE delicious thing to bake from the hundred recipes...decisions, decisions! Would love to be ambitious and actually bake all 100! Hmmm...maybe I'll leave that for another day.

 

So here are just a few pics of some of the delicious things we baked!

 

Level 45: Milk Tart Cake

I had SUCH fun putting this cake together! but I must admit I'm glad no one was watching me...kitchen looked like a bomb hit it and I ate WAY to much cake batter and oh my gosh, that ganache had me licking every inch of the bowl (after I had iced the cake of course!) but anyway, it was fun, as baking should always be...click here for the recipe

 

 

 

Level 78: Peanut Butter and Chocolate cake

(click here for the recipe)

 

 

Level 52: Fig Walnut Cake

(click here for recipe)

 

 

Level 80 : Lime Chocolate Sauce cake

(click here for recipe)

 

 

Level 50: Raspberry and White Chocolate cupcakes

(click here for the recipe)

 

 

Level 39: Layer Cake with lemon, raspberries and mascarpone

(heres the recipe)

 

 

And here are all the Bakers!!

 

 

Thanks ladies for making it a fun and rather delicious afternoon! And thanks to the organisers of World Baking Day, great idea, can't wait to do it again!

The Beach Shack Opening

So Tuesday night was the big opening of  "The Beach Shack" in Ballito, a funky gift store with all sorts on offer - and our little jars of goodness where there to share the table! We arrived to a wonderful vibe of happy locals having a drink and a look around...some delightful and interesting little goodies on sale, here are some pics of our jars and a few of our favourite gifts that we would LOVE to own!

If you are ever in Ballito be sure to pop in to 'The Beach Shack' in the Boulevard Shopping centre...there are some seriously fun and amazing gifts for all ages.



Thank you!!

We had SUCH fun on Saturday at the I Heart Market! Thank you to all of you who stopped by to say hi, try our samples and say wonderful things about our products...we are very excited about Cookie Lovings future. Please let us know what you think or if you have anything that you would like to see us make - good news for those people who cant have sugar, Shelanna (our passionate gluten free experimenter) is going to try a little experimenting for you... watch this space!!

Email us: cookieloving031@gmail.com

 

 

I Heart Market

With just a few days to go, Shelanna and I are busy getting ready for the famous 'I Heart Market'. We are very excited and grateful for the opportunity to give 'Cookie Loving' a little outing. So here are some of the Cookie Jar range we will be selling on Saturday. They are a perfect gift for aspiring bakers - we even have a gluten free range! Have a look...

CRUNCHIE

Ingredients: bicarb, salt, brown sugar, flour, coconut, oats

Just add: 125g of marg and 1 1/2 tablespoons of syrup 

What to do: Heat oven to 190'C. Place mixture into greased pan and place in oven for 30 minutes. Cut crunchies while hot and leave in tray to cool down.

CHOC-CHIP COOKIE



Ingredients: flour, baking soda, salt, caramel sugar, choc-chips 

Just add: 225g/ 1 cup melted butter, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, 1 large eggs

What to do: preheat oven to 170C and bake biscuits for 8-10 minutes, 
cool biscuits for 1-2 minutes before removing from trays

GLUTEN FREE CRANBERRY COOKIE

Ingredients: Sunflower seeds, sesame seeds, cranberries, coconut, rice flour, sugar

Just add: 2 eggs, 1/4 cup yoghurt, 1/8 cup milk or water, 2 table spoons of butter

What to do: Bake at 180C for 40 mins

GLUTEN FREE BANANA COOKIE

Ingredients:  Sunflower seeds, sesame seeds, banana chips, coconut, rice flour, sugar

Just add: 2 eggs, 1/4 cup yoghurt, 1/8 cup milk or water, 2 table spoons of butter

What to do: Bake at 180C for 40 mins

LITTLE COOKIE

Little ingredient jars: spices (nutmeg and mixed spices), chocolate vermicelli, almond icing, coffee beans and 100s and 1000s 

BIG COOKIE

BIG ingredient jars: cinnamon sugar, chocolate vermicelli, coffee beans, 100s and 1000s, almond icing and our famous hummus!

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We make Cookie Jars to order... and you can customize them!! email us on cookieloving031@gmail.com for any enquiries or orders.

It was such a treat to share our stand with a few friends :-)

Nana makes quirky 'Zuma' aprons and  kids' styles too!

You can see more of Michelle's beautiful jewellery on her blog!

Link to Michelle Robyn's blog

Our First Stall at DGHS Mom's and Daughters day!

Kerryn  (a long-standing friend since pre-school) and I have been chatting for a while about potentially starting our own cookie business, so a school market seemed like the perfect reason to finally put our ideas into action....

Kerryn's beautifully painted silhouettes on consol jars currently range from birds to africa and the classic victorian iconic woman...

 some of the baby chic jars and dip jars are:

one cup coffee chinos, almond icing, cinnamon sugar, nutmeg, mix spice,

100s &1000s, chocolate vermicelli

I'm quite proud of the gluten-free recipes I've developed for my dad 

(Saturday showcased banana chip- crunchies as well as a cranberry variation)

I was also delighted that my hummus recipe was a hit

- it's quite reassuring when your inventions are a sell out :-)

Kerryn and I are also making our favourite 

American choc-chip recipe mix in a jar,

as well as her gran's deliciously famous crunchies 

(a firm favourite at family gatherings, girls teas and kruger holidays)

Some of the extra ceramic hearts and birds that I've been making as part of my packaging obsessions!

I shall also have to restock my vintage muffin tray collection
- they certainly are baker's clean-up dream :-)

Why I love baking and presents and all things nice

I fell in love with the aesthetics of gifts from the moment my mom first sung  "brown paper packages tied up with string, these are few of my favourite things, ".  Ironically my interest in cooking began with making mud cakes in Kerryn's garden, although it was few years before I learnt to not burn things.  The courage to  experiment was inspired by my little brother's natural flair for taste sensations. However,  my gluten-free range really took off when my dad temporarily banned me from baking- he said it was to force me focus on my studies, but I figured he was just jealous he could never eat any of the goodies, so I pulled  the sneaky 'These are just for you' move and practised all my other recipes when the rest of the house was sound asleep.  I have since completed my art degree and the wheat-free, gluten-free, sugar-free rusks that my dad now receives are an extended 'thank-you for my wedding and for all the other reasons you are the best dad in the world'.  You see to me cooking is more than the delight of producing a tasty dish, its about the people I share it with- my family, the unexpected midnight visitor, the bustling school kids and a gorgeous husband. The Israelis have a wonderful tradition that says meals are shared between friends not enemies.  Its a motto I'd like to adopt for life! So cookies and gifts are a just a small way through which I begin a conversation with a close companion or a world of strangers that I'd like to class as friends.