And here are those fairy pies - well rather gnome pies ... ( he's there just to show the scale and his olde worlde charm. ) These little mini pies actually looked like mushrooms with their round toppings. They are yummily made with a shortbread pastry which I recommend you try as everyone wants to know the recipe when they've eaten one.
You mix 4 oz caster sugar into 12 oz plain flour then rub in 8 oz butter and keep on going until the mixture comes together ... then just roll out - I tend not to put a whole lid on the pie
as it is rich and I think just a cut out shape keeps it all a bit lighter and less calorific too !
Moving on to a couple of wintery scenes taken over the Downs during the last batch of snow - it had just started to melt but the remnants of this heavy frost was quite magical. Just waiting with bated breath for this next forecasted snowfall ... at least we have pies in the larder
should we get snowed in.
And so I wish everyone a very happy Christmas and thank you for all your support and lovely e mails since I've got back to my blogging. My New Years Resolution is to keep up the blog and make lots of nice work to post up on it !
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