Teenager (Part 2)

There are teenagers in the house...

and they are cracking me up!

Teenager...

Happy birthday to our precious first born... the blonde, bright-spark with a will of iron, and debating skills that would put even the world's top lawyers to shame.

Today, Sym's and I are now the proud owners parents of a teenager, and we are looking forward to the awesome years ahead!!

So proud of you J... and feeling especially old now that you are legally allowed (and have been hanging out for) your own facebook account.

Oh dear...

Happy Birthday!!!!

Grieving...

We are grieving and shocked at the loss of a dear friend and pastor at the moment.

So thankful for our hope in Jesus Christ, and the knowledge that right now he is having the time of his life.

Beautiful thoughts about him here.

Cranberry, Walnut & Chocolate Chip Biscuits

There is something about the tartness of cranberries mixed with the crunch of walnuts and sweet chocolate chips... I'm drooling right now as I type!

This is a basic chocolate chip biscuit recipe (my all time favourite that I make all the time) with the extra additions of cranberries and walnuts.  As you can imagine, the flavour combinations you could create with the basic recipe are endless... pistachios & cranberry, coconut...  Mmmmmm!!! 

Cranberry, Walnut & Chocolate Chip Biscuits

Ingredients
125g butter

¼  cup sugar

2 tablespoons condensed milk

A few drops of vanilla essence

1½  cups flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

¼  cup chocolate chips (or more)

½ cup dried cranberries

¼ cup chopped walnuts

Cream butter, sugar, condensed milk and vanilla until light and fluffy.

Sift flour and baking powder into creamed mixture. Add chocolate chips, cranberries and walnuts and mix.

Roll teaspoons of mixture into balls and place on greased tray. Flatten with fork.

Bake at 180°C for approx 20 minutes.

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