Crumbs to Crunch

Marshmallow eyeballs make a fun treat for Halloween next week. They are super easy to make as there is no cooking involved. I made a whole load while watching TV! Ingredients 1 packet of Marshmallows 1 packet of Maltesers  Red and green writing icing  Method 1. Use a chopstick to make a hole in the marshmallow. 2. Widen the hole with your fingers and add in a malteser. 3. Ice a dot in the middle of the malteser for the eye's iris and use red icing on the marshmallows to look like veins. It really is that easy!

Calling all cookie fanatics! Do you ever go to Millie's Cookies and want to spend a fortune on loads of fabulous flavours? Now you can create your own!  Sorted Food made a great video where you will never need a cookie recipe again!  The cookies are more crumbly than chewy due to the large amount of butter! This nifty recipe is based on a ratio developed by Micheal Ruhlman. All you need to remember is: 1 part sugar 2 parts fat  3 parts flour The measurements are done by weight not volume. Using this magic ratio as a guide, I rustled up scrumptious chocolate orange cookie adding 100g of dark chocolate and the zest of 1 orange to the mixture. Chocolate Orange Cookies My next marvellous creation was white chocolate and ginger cookie. I added 100g of white chocolate and 100g of chopped stem ginger in syrup. I loved the combination of silky chocolate and fiery ginger. White Chocolate & Ginger Cookies Watch the video ...

In the beloved children's book, Wind in the Willows , Ratty declares that: there is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply  messing about in boats. The Crumb to Crunch sisters recently discovered this joy as they attempted to navigate the River Cam in a punt. As punting novices, we were excited yet a tiny bit nervous. Our more experienced punting friend set us off and then it was our go. We were so eager to unveil our secret punting abilities but this was not the case. Instead, hilarity ensued.  We both managed to block the entire river causing a huge punt traffic jam, annoying tourists and professional punters alike. However, their annoyance just got us in stitches! One sister was laughing so hard, she was unable to flex what little arm muscle she had to manoeuvre the punt. Thank goodness we had a native Cambridge girl in our party to save us!  A rare moment of success! Punting was surprisingly hard work so we had built up...