In Austria it´s tradition to have an Adventkranz with 4 candles which are lit, one after the other, on the last 4 Sundays before Christmas. We all went for a walk on Saturday and collected twigs, fir branches and dried leaves to make our own Kranz. With some sheets of newspaper and thin wire, it´s easy to form a ring and then you add your branches and leaves, wrapping the wire around as you go. This is our table centre-piece up to Christmas when it´s replaced with a large plate of Christmas biscuits. I always start baking at the beginning of December for our annual Christmas market. One of the favourites is Rasberry stars. Here´s the recipe.I cut out stars and make holes in half of them with a small piece of plastic tube before baking. After the biscuits have cooled down, put a teaspoon of rasberry jam on a star and top with another star(with a hole in it). Put all the stars next to each other and sprinkle with icing sugar.
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that sounds tasty! Wednesday. Thursday Sinterklaas will leave the country and then we are going to start Chrismas (we did light our adventcandle starting the firsxt
oh yummers :) your kranz is beautiful!! xox
It sounds like such a lovely tradition!
What a lovely idea, and so easy to get all the family involved. Might have a go myself. Merry Christmas to you and family.
Looks scrumptious! It feels like the holidays have arrived at your house.
I love Christmas and the whole concept of Advent. It's so beautiful!
The biscuits look great and I'll be adding them to my Christmas baking. We have a Christmas star biscuit here in Sweden, which you may like to try for a change - it's easy and very pretty. Recipe and instructions here.
I just found your blog through mijk. Love the crats you do- and these 10 commandments are great! I hope to resolve the new year to catch up on my crafts. I am a single foster mom of one beautiful 17 month old so I get very little time to craft- I miss it! Love the rug!!
That looks so cosy and yummy!
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