This day I love.......: dough

My eldest daughter needed a way to unwind after school today and I thought messy play would be a good way to do this. I had decided upon a new media for her to play with. I mixed 2 cups of corn flower to 1/2 cup of raspberry shampoo. This created a lovely soft dough. Although it wasn't like play dough it was much softer, it was similar to gloop when it solidifies and was so lovely to stretch and play with.

I added a few drops of pink food colouring and it looked a little like an Eton mess [which made me hungry] and it smelt like one too

The dough smelt amazing. It was great for my youngest just to have a bit of fun and unwind after school. I pressed my hand into the dough and she loved placing her hand inside my hand print.

We decided to have some fun with some shape cutters and my youngest wanted to play with the Love heart cutter

This would make a perfect activity for Valentines day too. With the pink dough and raspberry scent, a beautiful messy play idea.

This day I love messy play love

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Lurpak have recently launched their new Lurpak Slow churned butter, which is inspired by traditional production methods. It is made by slowly churning cream over five hours in small batches. Lurpak claims this results in a fuller tasting flavour, well we had to put this to the test!

The girls and I made two batches of cookies, well I can't think of anything better really. Once batch used Lurpak slow churned and the other used a supermarket own brand butter. We followed the following recipe, after I managed to convince my daughter it was a bowl and not a hat!

Ingredients

250g Plain flour

1/2 tsp Bicarbonate of soda

1/2 tsp salt

170g unsalted butter

200g Brown sugar

100g Caster sugar

1 tbsp Vanilla extract

2 Eggs

325g Chocolate chips

Method

1. Preheat oven to 170C, Gas mark 3. Grease baking trays

2. Stir together flour, bicarbonate of soda and salt.

3. In a separate bowl mix melted butter, brown sugar and caster sugar.

4. Beat in Vanilla and the eggs until creamy.

5. Mix both bowls together and stir in the chocolate chips.

6. Place cookie dough onto baking trays to make your cookies.

7. Bake for 15-17 minutes until golden. Allow to cool.

After the cookies had cooled down it was time to put them to the taste test. Each batch was placed on a different plate and sure enough one plate disappeared much faster than the other

The result of the Lurpak bake off was

Lurpak slow churned butter really does make a difference in cookies and gives them a much fuller taste! I can't wait to try some on my toast!

I have 10 vouchers to give away to 5 winners [each winner receives 2 vouchers], for a pack of Lurpak slow churned butter. Entry is open to UK only, follow the instructions on the Rafflecopter below and good luck! Giveaway closes 30th April at Midnight.

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