Advent 2025 - Day 16
Dec. 16th, 2025 09:44 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wiseheartI've made the flourless almond cookies today, for my friend Evie's sake, who has recently developed gluten intolerance. They turned out well enough, but if I ever make them again I'll use ground almonds instead of chopped ones and will skip the cooked chocolate filling for simple ganache. Or chocolate butter cream.
I also cooked lunch: Kleingehacktes with mashed potatoes, which Mum appreciated very much. This is a dish from our childhood that I improvise from time to time because I don't know how Grandma used to make it. But it's yummy, so I don't really worry about it.
For the rest of the day I was mostly lazy. I read fanfic while the physiotherapist lady was working with Mum, then I took a nice, long nap, and then we watcher the Great Christmas Bake-Off. After that I prepared some things for tomorrow's baking round - the beginnings of the ma'amoul dough need a night in the fridge because they contain semolina. I never made this particular recipe before, so I'm a bit anxious, but I hope it will work. Apparently, this is how they make ma'amoul for Christmas in Nazareth, so it would be very fitting. Last year I made the idiot-proof Iranian version. I'm going to make two different fillings, one with date paste and one with walnuts and cardamom; I'm looking forward to what they'll be like.
In theory, I've got two more sorts of biscuits on my baking plan. But if I feel too tired by Friday, I'll simply skip them. Too bad, as those are some of my absolute favourites, but I'm only willing to keep baking as long as I actually enjoy it.
I also cooked lunch: Kleingehacktes with mashed potatoes, which Mum appreciated very much. This is a dish from our childhood that I improvise from time to time because I don't know how Grandma used to make it. But it's yummy, so I don't really worry about it.
For the rest of the day I was mostly lazy. I read fanfic while the physiotherapist lady was working with Mum, then I took a nice, long nap, and then we watcher the Great Christmas Bake-Off. After that I prepared some things for tomorrow's baking round - the beginnings of the ma'amoul dough need a night in the fridge because they contain semolina. I never made this particular recipe before, so I'm a bit anxious, but I hope it will work. Apparently, this is how they make ma'amoul for Christmas in Nazareth, so it would be very fitting. Last year I made the idiot-proof Iranian version. I'm going to make two different fillings, one with date paste and one with walnuts and cardamom; I'm looking forward to what they'll be like.
In theory, I've got two more sorts of biscuits on my baking plan. But if I feel too tired by Friday, I'll simply skip them. Too bad, as those are some of my absolute favourites, but I'm only willing to keep baking as long as I actually enjoy it.
