Game of Thrones Cookies and Bee Mead
Game of Thrones honey spiced cookies
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Dang!!! You know I love a geek shop, and Warpzone Prints is a geeky cookie cutter paradise. The store sells a plethora of cutters including Harry Potter, Dr. Who, retro movie monsters, Bill Nye the science guy and today's Game of Thrones cutters. If your looking for something to wash down today's cookies, scroll right down to Bee Mead :)
Making stamped cookies; I've adapted my cookies from a Martha Stewart recipe for sugar cookies, but you could use your favourite sugar cookie recipe and reduce or even omit the baking powder.
- 2 cups sifted plain flour (all-purpose) flour
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp ground ginger
- 1/4 tsp ground allspice or ground cardamom
- 2 tablespoons of *honey
- 1/2 cup butter (well softened)
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
6. Transfer baking tray to the *freezer, and chill until cookie dough is firm, about 15 minutes. Place the baking tray in the oven, and bake cookies for 6 to 10 minutes.
*I used honey in these cookies, when you are baking with honey you will notice your baked goods will brown more quickly... keep an eye on them, particularly if your stamped cookie has small protruding parts like wolves ears.
Hand wash your cutters in warm soapy water, using a soft toothbrush/small cleaning brush to clean dough still left in details.
Friends and family took the opportunity to partake in a Bee Mead tasting last week. Pure Australian Clover Honey is combined with New Zealand Manuka honey to produce this light and refreshing take on mead. "Refreshing" was the word coined by everyone that tried it. If you are a mead connoisseur Bee Mead probably isn't going to hit the spot with you, but for the rest of us I can't think of a better "Games of Thrones" season returns beverage. Bee Mead is a clear lightly sparkling, ciderish and meadish (my blog I can make up words!!) with final note of honey tasting drink. My stepson Dan thought it was highly drinkable, with not too much sweetness. My friend Jacinta thought it was surprising (in a good way), light and refreshing. Bee Mead is available in honey, honey ginger and lime/lemon.... we tried the honey. Serve well chilled or over ice.... in your Game of Thrones goblet of course. Pop over to the Bee Mead website for more information. Dan Murphy's is selling it in Australia.
Happy Baking :)
In the mood for honey? Honey Joy cupcakes here