Ha ha ha ha......love your reaction to the crust! I think this is one of the many reasons I love your show, I feel like I can trust what you say. If its good, its good, if not you say it! Thank you for being you!
Your reaction was priceless. Thank you for keeping all the highs and laughs in this one. (No lows because you were just rolling with it and laughing! And that was awesome) 😊
I’ve been watching you for a while now and truly enjoy you! I really never realized it before but my husband and I were homesteaders for 20 years. We loved it and learned so much. We lived at Colton, Oregon. We now live at Troutdale, Oregon. We have been in Gresham Oregon for the past 30 years. My husband is from ND and I am from IOWA originally. We will celebrate our 60 th anniversaries in January. When you made the porcupine balls I had to laugh because my mom made those all my life. They were so good and I made them too for our family. We also made scalloped potatoes a lot. Mom always made something called scalloped corn with it. So so good. It has creamed corn a little milk a little sugar a couple eggs. A couple sleeves of saltine crackers. Crunched up. Bake about an hour at 350. Mom always put it in the oven the same time as the scallop potatoes. We nearly always had ham with it. My dad was a dairy farmer and also raised several quarter horses over the years. He was a real comboy. Including hat boots belt shirt and pants I’m 81 years old now and don’t do most of these things anymore but I sure like watching. I still make bread when I’m well enough. I think I enjoy watching you because you’re real. Love you lots and I wish you the best. From CJ
I don’t think your channel is only seasonal I think of it as full circle which in turn is very educational and shows how to fully utilize all your efforts
Similar to a Bakewell tart. Bakewell is a town in England and this is a historic tart. We use ground almonds not rice and call the topping frangipan. We also blind bake the pastry before putting jam and filling in, which may solve your issue 😁
Yes, we've included the Raspberry Almond (Marzipan) Bar Cookie in our Christmas Cookie lineup for a couple of decades. There is one difference, though. Our recipe uses almond flour in lieu of rice flour. Like you, we all favor almond flavor!
In the UK we call the recipe Bakewell Tart and traditionally cherry jam is used, but any red jam is good, its all yummy ! For the pastry issue try a traditional uk sweet shortcrust pastry but be accurate by weight in your measurements and it should solve the problem 😊
My crust was the same way this Christmas with my buttermilk pie. I think I didn’t add enough ice water to the dough. Much respect to you Chelsea for being honest.
We all make flops sometimes, sounds like you were having a ruff day yesterday lol. I have never heard of anyone making that recipe in my years of growing up, I have never tried it, but it looks delicious. I love broccoli salad, especially when it is cut really small, we have a grocery store here in our area that makes it and sells it in the deli and it is truly delicious.
You are just like visiting with a good friend and laughing together at mistakes. THE BEST! I can't wait to try the marzipan as I've never had anything like that - I also love almond and will share a really old, easy, but sounds complicated recipe my grandmother passed on to me - I'm 77 and she was old then so It is probably way of 150 years old. I'm so busy right now I can't - just stopped to rest and watch you but I must get up and frost a gingerbread house for a wedding shower tomorrow. THANK YOU so much for the snow! I was raided in Wisconsin and moved to Florida as a teen and do miss the beauty - but not the driving. Your cows are so very sweet!
Chelsea, your face just beams, when you step outside to see your cows! They are truly a labor of love for you. I loved your "flop" and how you turned it into an iteration...a work-in-progress! How do you decide which seeds are good for microgreens? Are they bitter at all? If so, how do you counter that?
Love watching your videos. Your pound cake looks beautiful and I really enjoy seeing your cows! Our son raised a dairy cow in 4-H for a couple years. She's been gone for a long time now but I would absolutely love to have another one. Now it's just to convince hubby! Lol
I have been so busy during the holidays that I haven’t been able to watch your videos. Finally I have time. I am loving bingeing your videos. Your channel is so joyful
The marzipan you make is similar to a treat my nanny used to make - she originally used smashed up rice she used to put it in a bag and smash it with a heavy bottomed pot, later on she used baby rice in hers as wouldn't have any "new fangled" equipment in her kitchen lol - the fridge was in the breakfast room not in her kitchen. She also washed EVERYTHING by hand and used a mangle up until she died some 25 years ago. It's also very similar to an English Bakewell Tart - both are lovely. FYI: Marzipan in England is an almond paste you put onto cakes before you ice with Royal Icing., it's often made into fruit shapes and painted to look like the fruits, also used inside cakes.
The marzipan bars are very similar to almond slices, which we have in the UK and also Bakewell tart. I also love anything almond and always buy an extra block of marzipan at this time of year. One to cover the Christmas cake and one to stuff dates with, wrap around cherries and then coat with dark chocolate and then any leftovers just get nibbled on. I also use it to make a cake which calls for a full block of chopped marzipan to be added to the batter before baking. Very, very naughty, but oh so nice😊
Our family’s broccoli salad recipe is identical, except we started par-boiling the broccoli. Or steaming ( I’ve done both). Just ever so little. And the. Immerse immediately in an ice bath. It gets greener, a *touch* more tender while still crunchy and fresh, and I was told makes the vitamins etc more bioavailable. 🤷♀️😊
We pick up our dwarf Nigerian goats tomorrow. One is pregnant. I read goats like their neck rubbed but not the top of their heads like your cow. Chickens are next!! We live in the city but our area is zoned so we can have farm animals. Nigerian Dwarfs are considered pets too. Love your channel! I like looking at snow but hate being in it. In 35 years we have had two snows. Once it was on Christmas Day which was magical.
I make broccoli salad the same way. So delicious. Sorry your marzipan wasn't exactly the way you wanted. But, we all have those days! We just gotta roll with it. 😂
Beautiful snowfall when it comes in small doses! We got a beautiful wet snowfall here in central Alberta yesterday & it looks so pristine! It seems more like the Christmas season when we have snow on the trees & ground. Thanks for sharing your baking, cooking & wonderful farm animals. Blessings to all 🤗💗🇨🇦
😆 I once made a deep dish apple pie where the apples cooked down like they were suppose to but my top crust formed a weird hard shell that was like three inches above the apple filling. It was awful. Still no idea what went wonky with it. As for the broccoli salad, it was always my mom's favorite.
Frangipane!! or Bakewell!! It's divine with melted chocolate swirled through it with cherries!! Valentines Day. It works also without the crust for gluten free people, just line with parchment.
The marzipan bars recipe is very similar to a very popular British dessert called Bakewell tart named after the village of Bakewell in the NW of England.
Your marzipan squares would be called Bakewell Tart in England, originating from the town of Bakewell in Derbyshire. A variation is called Cherry Bakewell, which is your cake with a thick fondant icing covering the top and decorated with glace cherries. Both are still very popular and sold in supermarkets and bread shops - bread shops sell bread baked hours before the shop opens and encompasses many variations of bread not found in supermarkets plus also a load of cakes and pastries. One famous chain of bread shops is called Greggs and they sell sausage and meat pies as well. Ask any English person if they know of Greggs as they are that famous throughout the land. Tea shops sell home made cakes and scones too. Tea shops are sort of cafes and usually just sell teas, scones and cakes, although latterly I have noticed they are adding other snack foods to their menus to increase their revenues. Sorry if you know all this already, just spreading the word to American fans of yours!
Because I don’t do well with raw broccoli 🥦 always blanch it slightly then cool it before making salads. It is a favor veggie though. I think I’d just use my shortbread crust for the marzipan. It does look yummy though. I’m sure the kids would have no problem eating it all!
Gosh I had to giggle. Sometimes our mistakes are just as tasty whether it's a tough crust or not. It all seems to disappear anyway. We also had 4 or 5 inches of heavy wet snow in Red Deer last night. Finally looks wintery and Christmas like. I think I need to start Christmas baking, thanks for the inspiration.🌧🌦☃
I so love that you keep it real❤! The salad looked amazing, I will definitely make that for my family. The dessert looked yummy and a little chewy never hurt😊. Have a great weekend!
What you call Marzipan is an almond paste (amandelspijs) here in the Netherlands used as a filling in Christmas bread (stol) and pastry (amandelstaaf). Marzipan (marsepein) is made slightly different and shaped in different shapes usually a pig or vegetables and eaten as candy.
😂 .... that's hilarious 🤣🤣 It's clearly time to shut down and take a break. 💐 I'm glad the new cooks saw it. It does happen, but don't give up. Find your mistakes and just try again 😂
I make something similar, but different at the same time. I call them Almond tarts, or Bird Nest Tarts. I use to make my pastry, now I just buy frozen pre-made tart shells for convenience. It has raspberry jam in bottom, topped with a crumbly mixture of pound cake/eggs/sugar/almond extract, and once baked & cooled, I make a thin icing sugar and almond extract glaze to top it off. It’s a hit with everyone I share with, and always requested. It’s one of those baked goods I only make at Christmas, and it’s always at the top of my to-do list once December rolls around.
Great video. I have never had marzipan. That pound cake looks delicious. Your animals seem so sweet. I have always wanted farm animals but never had the opportunity to have them. Thanks for sharing the snow as well.
Thanks for another fun video. Talking about your dad reminded me of my own. He loved all desserts. He loved chocolate cake with a bit of butter. And of course, that reminds me of your delicious chocolate cake which quite frankly just needs a bit of butter to take it over the top. Have a wonderful holiday! ❤️🌲
Hi from Kentucky, Ido agree on the cutting board not being an issue. But if you want to you can sand it down when an electric sander and then recession it with some mineral oil just let it sit till it dries.
Had to laugh. Your recalcitrant pastry crust reminded me of my early efforts. Used to follow a recipe religiously and made hard as leather crusts. My Grannie and aunt just threw the ingredients in, mixed, came out great. I got really mad at it one day, and dumped the flour etc in, no measuring, came out just fine. Have never measured since. Btw, I really like your ceramic mixing bowls! I have a Gripstand from England my Gran bought for me when I was learning to make bread as a teenager. Still treasure it going on 60 years.
It's very easy to sand your cutting board if you have a sander, wich I presume you have! Then re-oil it, and it's like new. So much better then buying a new one. Perks with wood😊!
Dutch background here. Parents immigrated to Canada. Lots of marzipan desserts and recipes made and eaten over Christmas seasons. Never found anyone who ate those either.
We might get our 2nd on record green x-mas this year. We have maybe 1" or so of snow on the ground and warm clear weather in the forecast. 1997 in the only time that has happened since records began. I hope they are wrong as I love snow and prefer -10c - -20c temps as its dry. beautiful happy cows.
Your marzipan squares are similar to Bakewell Tart in the U.K. I think almond is a Christmassy flavour, in Germany they make almond cookies, and marzipan sweets, as children our German family used to give us each a marzipan pig! A sweet treat indeed x
My parents used to make marzipan candies at Christmas but used almond paste. It was mixed with confectioners sugar and they formed it into cute fruit and veggie shapes, tinted accordingly. A Northern European tradition, maybe? I search for these every year.
Chelsea, thanks for another great video - I always take away at least one cooking hint/tip. 11 degrees here today so I don’t think this is going to be a white Christmas! Love seeing your snow and your charming animals. Oakville, Ontario😍🇨🇦
The marzipan you make is kind of different from the one I have had. A family from Mexico gave me marzipan for Christmas one year but it was basically the filling you make without the jam or pastry. They rolled it in icing sugar so it didn't stick together.. it was delicious!
Two ways to get ground rice. Way 1 cook rice until just done then dehydrate it. Grind it util slightly smaller than grits or sand. Way 2 buy minute rice and grind it to the same consistency.
Yum! The raspberry dessert. I’ve got to try that! It’s way too warm here in Northern Michigan too! It was 50* F today, 12/16/23! Crazy. We have no snow at all. Tip: use a bench scraper to get that extra flour off your bench/counter. 😊
Oh! I made your radio cookies the other day, because I for years made a similar cookie but lost the recipe...yours were delicious!! The store was out of raspberry jam (a crime, really!), so I had to use apricot, but I like apricot just fine. They were so soft and lovely! I don't love almond flavor, so marzipan might be out for me, but I feel you on the crust! Sometimes baking is hard, ok 😂😂
I wonder if painting the remaining trim in your kitchen area...the window trim...the shelf over the stove...the bookcase next to the stove...in your light green or cream would add cohesiveness to your kitchen.
hiya - watching more of your backlog! so no, i have never heard of your dad's fav marzipan treat - down here in the states, marzipan isn't as popular as it is, say in europe or probably Canada too? your cake looks yummy - my mother has a Christmas cake recipe in a similar vein - prune cake! it may sound yucky, but it is soooo yummy - and i love the way she iced it: the very dense and moist cake is removed from the hot cake form and put into a tin foil lined cake tin. then she took a thin wooden skewer and jabbed in many holes, and poured over this still-hot cake, a hot glaze made from buttermilk and butter and powdered sugar and the cake sucks it all up and it is so yummy it brings tears to my eyes! you simply cut slices from the tin and all the goo is contained there, such goodness. how 'bout lemon poppy seed muffins with almond extract year 'round? cheers from libby!
@@LittleMountainRanchFunny story, I love mayo so much that once my sister bought me a gallon jar of it for a joke. When she gave it to me I was just delighted and didn’t get that it was supposed to be a joke!
We call it icing sugar in Australia as well. You could still use the video, just do a voiceover on it. Blackberry or red currant jam would probably work well if you don’t want raspberry.
Because I speak directly to the camera most of the time voiceovers are hard to do - looks weird if I’m voicing but also obviously talking to the camera, does that make sense?
I have read that you need a pond to contain the mess of ducks. They poop in water. Then, periodically, the bottom of the "pond" can be cleaned out for the compostables that are highly beneficial for the garden. The pond might be hard in our climate though...it would likely have to be heated (?).
Ha ha ha ha......love your reaction to the crust! I think this is one of the many reasons I love your show, I feel like I can trust what you say. If its good, its good, if not you say it! Thank you for being you!
It’s weirdly kind of hard to show the flops because here I am trying to teach and can’t even pull off a decent pie crust! Lol But human, I am.😊
That's why we love watching you. You're real and relatable. please never change. Merry Christmas 🎅
@@LittleMountainRanchYou’re wonderful! We all have flops!
Your reaction was priceless. Thank you for keeping all the highs and laughs in this one. (No lows because you were just rolling with it and laughing! And that was awesome) 😊
Yes... leave the mess... enjoy the snow and calves. ❤️ Messes are predictably patient... they're always there waiting.😊
Predictably patient...I am going to use that in my arguments with my husband. "But dear, the dishes will be predictably patient while I take a nap!" 😂
I’ve been watching you for a while now and truly enjoy you! I really never realized it before but my husband and I were homesteaders for 20 years. We loved it and learned so much. We lived at Colton, Oregon. We now live at Troutdale, Oregon. We have been in Gresham Oregon for the past 30 years. My husband is from ND and I am from IOWA originally. We will celebrate our 60 th anniversaries in January. When you made the porcupine balls I had to laugh because my mom made those all my life. They were so good and I made them too for our family. We also made scalloped potatoes a lot. Mom always made something called scalloped corn with it. So so good. It has creamed corn a little milk a little sugar a couple eggs. A couple sleeves of saltine crackers. Crunched up. Bake about an hour at 350. Mom always put it in the oven the same time as the scallop potatoes. We nearly always had ham with it. My dad was a dairy farmer and also raised several quarter horses over the years. He was a real comboy. Including hat boots belt shirt and pants I’m 81 years old now and don’t do most of these things anymore but I sure like watching. I still make bread when I’m well enough. I think I enjoy watching you because you’re real. Love you lots and I wish you the best. From CJ
I still make scalloped corn. It’s my husband’s favorite. I also make scalloped potatoes. We are still on our homestead in the upper Midwest.
I don’t think your channel is only seasonal I think of it as full circle which in turn is very educational and shows how to fully utilize all your efforts
Thank you I appreciate that.
Similar to a Bakewell tart. Bakewell is a town in England and this is a historic tart. We use ground almonds not rice and call the topping frangipan. We also blind bake the pastry before putting jam and filling in, which may solve your issue 😁
Yes, we've included the Raspberry Almond (Marzipan) Bar Cookie in our Christmas Cookie lineup for a couple of decades. There is one difference, though. Our recipe uses almond flour in lieu of rice flour. Like you, we all favor almond flavor!
In the UK we call the recipe Bakewell Tart and traditionally cherry jam is used, but any red jam is good, its all yummy ! For the pastry issue try a traditional uk sweet shortcrust pastry but be accurate by weight in your measurements and it should solve the problem 😊
My crust was the same way this Christmas with my buttermilk pie. I think I didn’t add enough ice water to the dough. Much respect to you Chelsea for being honest.
Love that you showed the flop - we can all identify!!
Your dad’s squares sound a lot like a British Bakewell tart which also has pastry, jam and marzipan!
Yes agree
I looked it up, and yes, it looks super similar. Makes sense since my grandma’s family was from England.
I was thinking this too. Bakewell tarts remind me so much of my grandmother.
Hello! I LOVE your videos because. 1- you show most of your kitchen and move around with ease in it. 2. All the subjects you cover!
Love the cows! So happy for extra long cow content ❤
Love the laughing over fails!! Things like that happen sometimes at the worst times! It sure looked good though. ❤
Love this. Can't be perfect all the time and I'm sure your family doesn't mind a mistake once in a while. Thank you for sharing.
We all make flops sometimes, sounds like you were having a ruff day yesterday lol. I have never heard of anyone making that recipe in my years of growing up, I have never tried it, but it looks delicious. I love broccoli salad, especially when it is cut really small, we have a grocery store here in our area that makes it and sells it in the deli and it is truly delicious.
We make something very similar and it’s called Bakewell tart.
You are just like visiting with a good friend and laughing together at mistakes. THE BEST! I can't wait to try the marzipan as I've never had anything like that - I also love almond and will share a really old, easy, but sounds complicated recipe my grandmother passed on to me - I'm 77 and she was old then so It is probably way of 150 years old. I'm so busy right now I can't - just stopped to rest and watch you but I must get up and frost a gingerbread house for a wedding shower tomorrow. THANK YOU so much for the snow! I was raided in Wisconsin and moved to Florida as a teen and do miss the beauty - but not the driving. Your cows are so very sweet!
Chelsea, your face just beams, when you step outside to see your cows! They are truly a labor of love for you. I loved your "flop" and how you turned it into an iteration...a work-in-progress! How do you decide which seeds are good for microgreens? Are they bitter at all? If so, how do you counter that?
Love watching your videos. Your pound cake looks beautiful and I really enjoy seeing your cows! Our son raised a dairy cow in 4-H for a couple years. She's been gone for a long time now but I would absolutely love to have another one. Now it's just to convince hubby! Lol
I have been so busy during the holidays that I haven’t been able to watch your videos. Finally I have time. I am loving bingeing your videos. Your channel is so joyful
The marzipan you make is similar to a treat my nanny used to make - she originally used smashed up rice she used to put it in a bag and smash it with a heavy bottomed pot, later on she used baby rice in hers as wouldn't have any "new fangled" equipment in her kitchen lol - the fridge was in the breakfast room not in her kitchen. She also washed EVERYTHING by hand and used a mangle up until she died some 25 years ago. It's also very similar to an English Bakewell Tart - both are lovely. FYI: Marzipan in England is an almond paste you put onto cakes before you ice with Royal Icing., it's often made into fruit shapes and painted to look like the fruits, also used inside cakes.
I think you’re talking about your grandma? In the US a nanny is what you might call an au pair.
It looks so beautiful with the snow, like a picture.
The marzipan bars are very similar to almond slices, which we have in the UK and also Bakewell tart. I also love anything almond and always buy an extra block of marzipan at this time of year. One to cover the Christmas cake and one to stuff dates with, wrap around cherries and then coat with dark chocolate and then any leftovers just get nibbled on. I also use it to make a cake which calls for a full block of chopped marzipan to be added to the batter before baking. Very, very naughty, but oh so nice😊
Our family’s broccoli salad recipe is identical, except we started par-boiling the broccoli. Or steaming ( I’ve done both).
Just ever so little. And the. Immerse immediately in an ice bath.
It gets greener, a *touch* more tender while still crunchy and fresh, and I was told makes the vitamins etc more bioavailable. 🤷♀️😊
We pick up our dwarf Nigerian goats tomorrow. One is pregnant. I read goats like their neck rubbed but not the top of their heads like your cow. Chickens are next!! We live in the city but our area is zoned so we can have farm animals. Nigerian Dwarfs are considered pets too. Love your channel! I like looking at snow but hate being in it. In 35 years we have had two snows. Once it was on Christmas Day which was magical.
Thank you, Chelsea!
I love that you are not perfect and that you are not afraid to show us.
Loved the video the scenery was beautiful.
I make broccoli salad the same way. So delicious. Sorry your marzipan wasn't exactly the way you wanted. But, we all have those days! We just gotta roll with it. 😂
Beautiful snowfall when it comes in small doses! We got a beautiful wet snowfall here in central Alberta yesterday & it looks so pristine! It seems more like the Christmas season when we have snow on the trees & ground. Thanks for sharing your baking, cooking & wonderful farm animals. Blessings to all 🤗💗🇨🇦
😆 I once made a deep dish apple pie where the apples cooked down like they were suppose to but my top crust formed a weird hard shell that was like three inches above the apple filling. It was awful. Still no idea what went wonky with it. As for the broccoli salad, it was always my mom's favorite.
Frangipane!! or Bakewell!! It's divine with melted chocolate swirled through it with cherries!! Valentines Day. It works also without the crust for gluten free people, just line with parchment.
The marzipan bars recipe is very similar to a very popular British dessert called Bakewell tart named after the village of Bakewell in the NW of England.
Your marzipan squares would be called Bakewell Tart in England, originating from the town of Bakewell in Derbyshire. A variation is called Cherry Bakewell, which is your cake with a thick fondant icing covering the top and decorated with glace cherries. Both are still very popular and sold in supermarkets and bread shops - bread shops sell bread baked hours before the shop opens and encompasses many variations of bread not found in supermarkets plus also a load of cakes and pastries. One famous chain of bread shops is called Greggs and they sell sausage and meat pies as well. Ask any English person if they know of Greggs as they are that famous throughout the land. Tea shops sell home made cakes and scones too. Tea shops are sort of cafes and usually just sell teas, scones and cakes, although latterly I have noticed they are adding other snack foods to their menus to increase their revenues. Sorry if you know all this already, just spreading the word to American fans of yours!
I didn’t, thank you!! I love learning new things about food from different areas.
Never have I had it , but looking forward to trying. Congratulations to the winners.
Because I don’t do well with raw broccoli 🥦 always blanch it slightly then cool it before making salads. It is a favor veggie though.
I think I’d just use my shortbread crust for the marzipan. It does look yummy though. I’m sure the kids would have no problem eating it all!
Thanks for the tip on blanching...may help me
Our broccoli salad is the same but it calls for golden raisins and no cheese. It’s a go to!
Gosh I had to giggle. Sometimes our mistakes are just as tasty whether it's a tough crust or not. It all seems to disappear anyway. We also had 4 or 5 inches of heavy wet snow in Red Deer last night. Finally looks wintery and Christmas like. I think I need to start Christmas baking, thanks for the inspiration.🌧🌦☃
I have never had or heard of that recipe. The snowy weather is beautiful!!
I so love that you keep it real❤! The salad looked amazing, I will definitely make that for my family. The dessert looked yummy and a little chewy never hurt😊. Have a great weekend!
What you call Marzipan is an almond paste (amandelspijs) here in the Netherlands used as a filling in Christmas bread (stol) and pastry (amandelstaaf). Marzipan (marsepein) is made slightly different and shaped in different shapes usually a pig or vegetables and eaten as candy.
😂 .... that's hilarious 🤣🤣 It's clearly time to shut down and take a break. 💐 I'm glad the new cooks saw it. It does happen, but don't give up. Find your mistakes and just try again 😂
Yup! Glad Christmas break is coming.
I make something similar, but different at the same time. I call them Almond tarts, or Bird Nest Tarts. I use to make my pastry, now I just buy frozen pre-made tart shells for convenience. It has raspberry jam in bottom, topped with a crumbly mixture of pound cake/eggs/sugar/almond extract, and once baked & cooled, I make a thin icing sugar and almond extract glaze to top it off. It’s a hit with everyone I share with, and always requested. It’s one of those baked goods I only make at Christmas, and it’s always at the top of my to-do list once December rolls around.
I love you! Your reaction to the crust was perfect. Honesty is the best even when it’s bad.
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Great video. I have never had marzipan. That pound cake looks delicious. Your animals seem so sweet. I have always wanted farm animals but never had the opportunity to have them. Thanks for sharing the snow as well.
Thanks for another fun video. Talking about your dad reminded me of my own. He loved all desserts. He loved chocolate cake with a bit of butter. And of course, that reminds me of your delicious chocolate cake which quite frankly just needs a bit of butter to take it over the top. Have a wonderful holiday! ❤️🌲
I love that my dad brought your dad to mind. Mine is missed.♥️
@@LittleMountainRanch Yes, I miss my dad every day. ❤️
Love seeing the snow.
Hi from Kentucky, Ido agree on the cutting board not being an issue. But if you want to you can sand it down when an electric sander and then recession it with some mineral oil just let it sit till it dries.
Sometimes the most obvious things escape me! Lol Now to find the time.
Great video, Chelsea. I'm glad you have snow as it will be 43°F here in NB Christmas Day 😢
Had to laugh. Your recalcitrant pastry crust reminded me of my early efforts. Used to follow a recipe religiously and made hard as leather crusts. My Grannie and aunt just threw the ingredients in, mixed, came out great. I got really mad at it one day, and dumped the flour etc in, no measuring, came out just fine. Have never measured since.
Btw, I really like your ceramic mixing bowls! I have a Gripstand from England my Gran bought for me when I was learning to make bread as a teenager. Still treasure it going on 60 years.
you're so honest sometimes it is good for us to see a mistake on a channel it makes us human. love your channel and wishing you a Merry Christmas
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Never had anything similar
I'm over here yelling "get that milk back into the fridge!"😁
Great video. Thank you, hope you’re enjoying the snow.
Enjoying might be too strong a word, but tolerating fits. Lol
Definitely Bakewell tart. A British favorite from my youth.
Enjoyed the video
It's very easy to sand your cutting board if you have a sander, wich I presume you have! Then re-oil it, and it's like new. So much better then buying a new one. Perks with wood😊!
Never had this before. I may treat myself to your cookbook in the new year
I am from Dutch descent, marzipan cake was a staple at Christmas!! My husband also makes these in tart shells so they are bite size. Sooo yummy!❤
Thanks for great video
Dutch background here. Parents immigrated to Canada. Lots of marzipan desserts and recipes made and eaten over Christmas seasons. Never found anyone who ate those either.
We might get our 2nd on record green x-mas this year. We have maybe 1" or so of snow on the ground and warm clear weather in the forecast. 1997 in the only time that has happened since records began. I hope they are wrong as I love snow and prefer -10c - -20c temps as its dry. beautiful happy cows.
Your marzipan squares are similar to Bakewell Tart in the U.K. I think almond is a Christmassy flavour, in Germany they make almond cookies, and marzipan sweets, as children our German family used to give us each a marzipan pig! A sweet treat indeed x
My parents used to make marzipan candies at Christmas but used almond paste. It was mixed with confectioners sugar and they formed it into cute fruit and veggie shapes, tinted accordingly. A Northern European tradition, maybe? I search for these every year.
Chelsea, thanks for another great video - I always take away at least one cooking hint/tip. 11 degrees here today so I don’t think this is going to be a white Christmas! Love seeing your snow and your charming animals. Oakville, Ontario😍🇨🇦
You’re plus 11 in Ontario?? Holy moly!
The marzipan you make is kind of different from the one I have had. A family from Mexico gave me marzipan for Christmas one year but it was basically the filling you make without the jam or pastry. They rolled it in icing sugar so it didn't stick together.. it was delicious!
Two ways to get ground rice.
Way 1 cook rice until just done then dehydrate it. Grind it util slightly smaller than grits or sand.
Way 2 buy minute rice and grind it to the same consistency.
Thank you! I’d have completely missed the pre-cooling it part.
I have not ever heard of it but I have your cookbook so I will try to make it this year!
Yum! The raspberry dessert. I’ve got to try that! It’s way too warm here in Northern Michigan too! It was 50* F today, 12/16/23! Crazy. We have no snow at all.
Tip: use a bench scraper to get that extra flour off your bench/counter. 😊
It is weird! 11C (52F) here today. No white Christmas this year I guess. Cheers from Oakville, Ontario 🇨🇦
Hi Chelsea, it happens to us all. Ty for being real.
Many have mentioned Bakewell tart, but there is also Congress tarts, with the frangipane, thank you for your films.
Oh! I made your radio cookies the other day, because I for years made a similar cookie but lost the recipe...yours were delicious!! The store was out of raspberry jam (a crime, really!), so I had to use apricot, but I like apricot just fine. They were so soft and lovely! I don't love almond flavor, so marzipan might be out for me, but I feel you on the crust! Sometimes baking is hard, ok 😂😂
I have made marzipan squares before although not often. Flops happen to even the best bakers - glad you can laugh about it. looked good though!
I am no expert at baking, but whenever my grandmother made crust, it always called for chilled butter. Just a thought!
My father absolutely had to have desert with every supper meal.
Me? I couldn't care less!
Same! Not a big sweet tooth, but my kids love the sweets!
I use maple syrup instead of sugar when I make broccoli salad. It adds something that the sugar doesn't.
I'm always so happy to see the cows ❤
I wonder if painting the remaining trim in your kitchen area...the window trim...the shelf over the stove...the bookcase next to the stove...in your light green or cream would add cohesiveness to your kitchen.
You are so real! I am sorry for the boo boo but I love your reaction
hiya - watching more of your backlog! so no, i have never heard of your dad's fav marzipan treat - down here in the states, marzipan isn't as popular as it is, say in europe or probably Canada too?
your cake looks yummy - my mother has a Christmas cake recipe in a similar vein - prune cake! it may sound yucky, but it is soooo yummy - and i love the way she iced it: the very dense and moist cake is removed from the hot cake form and put into a tin foil lined cake tin. then she took a thin wooden skewer and jabbed in many holes, and poured over this still-hot cake, a hot glaze made from buttermilk and butter and powdered sugar and the cake sucks it all up and it is so yummy it brings tears to my eyes! you simply cut slices from the tin and all the goo is contained there, such goodness.
how 'bout lemon poppy seed muffins with almond extract year 'round? cheers from libby!
Anyone who says that they have never had a kitchen failure is a bold faced liar! 😂
Amen to that!
Great video. Here in MN we've had rain all day 😮
I really enjoyed this video. You have a great channel.
It's not snowing here in Kentucky it's 56 degrees F and sunny. I'm ready for a little bit of snow. I grew up in Michigan and was use snow
We call it icing sugar in the UK,too. And the marzipan bars are similar to what we call a Bakewell tart
It happens to most of us, probably all of us! Blessings!
I'm sorry...can we talk about the BUCKET of mayo you pulled out?? LOLOLOL 😳😳😳😅😅😅
🤣 Ya, we roll big around here!
@@LittleMountainRanchFunny story, I love mayo so much that once my sister bought me a gallon jar of it for a joke. When she gave it to me I was just delighted and didn’t get that it was supposed to be a joke!
Tha Marzipan ending was great. Thanks for always keeping it real. I want to make one someday. Looks delicious. I'll just order a sawzall to cut it :)
I also put crasins, and pecans in my broccoli salad. I have never added cheese
I looooove almond extract also. The smell❤❤❤
We call that a Bakewell tart in the uk
I love almond flavor also……I like to put the almond flavoring in a cup of cocoa, going to have some now.
The marzipan squares are like a thing we have here in the UK we call em bakewell tarts
I make the same broccoli salad, but I use white wine vinegar! What a delicious salad.
We call it icing sugar in Australia as well. You could still use the video, just do a voiceover on it. Blackberry or red currant jam would probably work well if you don’t want raspberry.
Because I speak directly to the camera most of the time voiceovers are hard to do - looks weird if I’m voicing but also obviously talking to the camera, does that make sense?
Nice color like my kitchen in Sweden
I have read that you need a pond to contain the mess of ducks. They poop in water. Then, periodically, the bottom of the "pond" can be cleaned out for the compostables that are highly beneficial for the garden. The pond might be hard in our climate though...it would likely have to be heated (?).
I use a kiddie pool in the summer but I’m the winter it’s not feasible. Ducks naturally migrate from cold climates so makes sense.
@@LittleMountainRanch Good idea! I didn't recall seeing that in a video. Goodluck mucking out the chicken coop. LOL
My dad loved is marzipan coated in chocolate, typical german which he was😔❤️❤️
Our family reunion has this broccoli salad. It’s Delicious 😋