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Thursday, November 8, 2012
DIWALI BISCUITS
DIWALI BISCUITS
Makes: +- 50
Involve the whole family in preparing trays of eggless biscuits, to share with family, friends and colleagues during Diwali.
250g SPAR butter
250ml SPAR castor sugar
15ml rosewater
625ml SPAR cake flour
250ml desiccated coconut
1. Preheat oven 200ºC, with the oven shelf set at one above centre position. Grease or paper-line large baking tins.
2. Cream the butter and castor sugar together until creamy white.
3. Blend in the remaining ingredients to a workable ball of dough.
4. Press out half the dough to +-3mm thickness, onto a floured work top. Cut out star shapes using a cookie cutter. Gather the in-between pieces together into a ball, then re-press and cut out more until all the dough is used. Repeat with the remaining half of dough.
5. Transfer onto the prepared baking tins, and bake for 10 minutes. Lift onto a cake cooling rack to cool and crispen.
Hints and Tips: Dip into melted chocolate to coat halfway, or dredge with sieved SPAR icing sugar, or spread brightly coloured water icing over cooled and crisp biscuits using a palette knife dipped in hot water. Decorate using glitter icing tubes, and sparkly edible accessories such as silver dragees, assorted star sprinkles, SPAR red or green glazed cherries, glace ginger, chocolate chips and so on, to create a colourful firework display!
If you live in a humid climate, ensure the iced biscuits are stored in an airtight container in the fridge or in an air-conditioned environment, or all your hard work may be spoilt as the biscuit and icing absorb moisture from the damp air.
Preparation time: 20 minutes
Baking time: 10 minutes x 4 batches
Decorating time: Dependent on topping choice, but water icing option is fiddly and will take an hour.
Makes: +- 50
Involve the whole family in preparing trays of eggless biscuits, to share with family, friends and colleagues during Diwali.
250g SPAR butter
250ml SPAR castor sugar
15ml rosewater
625ml SPAR cake flour
250ml desiccated coconut
1. Preheat oven 200ºC, with the oven shelf set at one above centre position. Grease or paper-line large baking tins.
2. Cream the butter and castor sugar together until creamy white.
3. Blend in the remaining ingredients to a workable ball of dough.
4. Press out half the dough to +-3mm thickness, onto a floured work top. Cut out star shapes using a cookie cutter. Gather the in-between pieces together into a ball, then re-press and cut out more until all the dough is used. Repeat with the remaining half of dough.
5. Transfer onto the prepared baking tins, and bake for 10 minutes. Lift onto a cake cooling rack to cool and crispen.
Hints and Tips: Dip into melted chocolate to coat halfway, or dredge with sieved SPAR icing sugar, or spread brightly coloured water icing over cooled and crisp biscuits using a palette knife dipped in hot water. Decorate using glitter icing tubes, and sparkly edible accessories such as silver dragees, assorted star sprinkles, SPAR red or green glazed cherries, glace ginger, chocolate chips and so on, to create a colourful firework display!
If you live in a humid climate, ensure the iced biscuits are stored in an airtight container in the fridge or in an air-conditioned environment, or all your hard work may be spoilt as the biscuit and icing absorb moisture from the damp air.
Preparation time: 20 minutes
Baking time: 10 minutes x 4 batches
Decorating time: Dependent on topping choice, but water icing option is fiddly and will take an hour.
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10 Tips for exams - Good Luck Matrics 2012
Tips for Exams
1. Find your own deep and compelling reason to successfully learn your subject and pass your exams.
2. Plan your time to include study, revision and social commitments - a balance of having fun, taking breaks and studying is vital.
3. Use multi-coloured Mind Maps® for your notes.
4. Review your notes regularly to reinforce your new-found knowledge.
5. Swiftly skim through your text books and course material before you read them in depth to give you an overview of your subject.
6. Learn how to remember lists of things by linking each item to a location on a journey or route you are familiar with around your town. You could even use your own home.
1. Find your own deep and compelling reason to successfully learn your subject and pass your exams.
2. Plan your time to include study, revision and social commitments - a balance of having fun, taking breaks and studying is vital.
3. Use multi-coloured Mind Maps® for your notes.
4. Review your notes regularly to reinforce your new-found knowledge.
5. Swiftly skim through your text books and course material before you read them in depth to give you an overview of your subject.
6. Learn how to remember lists of things by linking each item to a location on a journey or route you are familiar with around your town. You could even use your own home.
7. Before you do any revision, warm up by doing some gentle exercise to relieve any tension in your body and to get a rush of healthy oxygen flowing to your brain.
8. Do past papers under thorough exam conditions as often as possible to familiarise yourself with the format and the pressures of working under exam conditions.
9. In an exam, make sure you read the question completely and fully understand what the examiner wants before you allocate your time and begin answering the questions.
10. If you are faced with a mental block breathe deeply, relax and ask yourself "If I did know the answer to this question, what would it be?"
8. Do past papers under thorough exam conditions as often as possible to familiarise yourself with the format and the pressures of working under exam conditions.
9. In an exam, make sure you read the question completely and fully understand what the examiner wants before you allocate your time and begin answering the questions.
10. If you are faced with a mental block breathe deeply, relax and ask yourself "If I did know the answer to this question, what would it be?"
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