September 2015 Dueling Darlings ~ New Beginning~

~~Hello Darling Peeps,
Here we are...it is the 15th of the month and, as such, we are 'battling our duels' ! 
This month's hostess are Jeanette (for us Dazzlers) and Kelly (for the Divas). We Dazzlers received a beautiful kit which included  adorable images from Penny Black. Aren't these hedgehogs cute? ♥

 This picture to the right shows the inside of my card. I chose to leave it without a sentiment, for now....
perhaps at  a later date I will include
a Birthday sentiment as one of my friend, who happens to be a teacher,
will celebrate her special day soon...
I think she would rather like this card....

 

Above is a close up of the sweet image ...

I just love PB stamped images!

On my card, I rounded the edges on the right corner, as a tribute to Jeanette, from whom I learned this simple, yet lovely tecnique....Thanks Jeanette for being such an inspiration, and for the wonderful kit received!

As part of some extra fun, we were requested to add a *Tutti Frutti*

recipe, and I decided to include the one I learned from Cooking class, at my school...simple and easy but ohhhhh soooo goooddd!!

EMPANADAS (serves 2-3)

375 mL sifted flour

5 mL baking powder

125 mL lard

100 mL cold water, approx.

1 mL salt 25 mL icing sugar

125 mL apple pie filling (I make my own)

Topping:

3 mL cinnamon

1 mL nutmeg

approx. 1 mL allspice

25 mL icing sugar

1. Preheat oven to 400 ºF.
2. Sift flour to measure. In a medium bowl, sift together flour, salt and baking powder.
3. Cut in lard with a pastry blender until it resembles small peas.
4. Sprinkle _water over flour mixture, raking with a fork. Gather to make a stiff dough. Knead dough 2-3 times just to hold together.
5. Roll dough to .3 cm thick Cut out sixteen circles (9 cm diameter) using a custard cup and sharp knife.
6. Fill center of each circle with about teaspoon of pie filling. Moisten edges with water and fold dough in half Crimp edges with a fork to seal.
7. Place on parchment lined cookie sheet. Bake for 15 minutes or until golden.
     *Dust empanadas with the sugar mixture while they are still hot!*
   
   
                                               ♥  ENJOY!! ♥