Next Saturday is our ‘Autumn Fair’, a very busy
and joyful time here at Ty Mam Duw.
Every October we have a Fair. You have
probably all been to a school fair or market day. In New Zealand we often call
it a Gala, but for us it’s an Autumn Fair. We have made everything you need to
keep warm this winter and with Christmas coming up there are lots of gifts to
put under the Christmas tree.
Boys and girls come to get the perfect
present for their mums and grandmas. There are woollen hats, scarves, mittens, jumpers
and ponchos. Toys, aprons and kids things, Christmas cards, cribs and tree
decorations. Plus lots of lovely books on saints and saints saying, this is
always nice.
There are jams, jellies and mince slices,
fruit cakes and banana cakes. You can eat hot chips and chicken and sandwiches
galore. You can get a plant or some jumble and raffle tickets. It’s always
exciting to see if it will be you that wins the 1st prize.
So with all these wonderful things to
make, for you and your families, we your little sisters are busy stirring pots
of jam and baking crumbles. It’s a lot of fun and hard work for us but, most especially
it is nice for us to be able to make things for you. All throughout the year
people are so kind and generous to us, giving us what we need, without them we
couldn’t live our life, praying for you and the world. So it is lovely for us
to be able to say ‘thank you’ by putting on this Fair for you to enjoy.
If you live near and have never been to
see us, now is a great time to come and say hello. If you don’t live near
enough then I hope you have a Fair near you, that you can go to, we will be
thinking of you on the day.
Our Nežkits are famous around these parts, they are
much more than a biscuit and depending on how you make them they can be as big
as your hand. Here is my secret recipe for you to try out with a parent or grandparent.
The main ingredient is FUN, so I hope you have a lot of it when making and
sharing your Nežkits.
You
will need:
100grams
Butter (soft)
100grams Sugar
beat these together in a bowl with a wooden spoon or use a mixer, until creamed.
Then add one egg into the creamed mixture.
100grams Sugar
beat these together in a bowl with a wooden spoon or use a mixer, until creamed.
Then add one egg into the creamed mixture.
Sieve 150 grams of Self-raising Flour
into mixture slowly until the mixture become smooth.
Now is the fun part! Find around the
house a bar of your favourite chocolate. You can use white or milk or mars bars,
snickers anything you like, you could even use M+M’s, Smarties or Chocolate Drops (if you can’t eat
chocolate you can use a handful of dried fruit and 1/3 a teaspoon of cinnamon). You will need about 1
or 2 bars of Chocolate or 75grams. Cut or break up your bars and mix
into your cookie mixture.
With a tablespoon put on a lined baking tray. Make sure your tablespoon amounts are about 5-7cms away from each other. Bake in oven on about 190’C (this depends on which type of oven you have, fan or gas and how hot your oven gets). Be careful to watch your cookies and lower heat if need be. Bake for 10-15 minutes until Nežkits are Golden in colour but still soft.
With a tablespoon put on a lined baking tray. Make sure your tablespoon amounts are about 5-7cms away from each other. Bake in oven on about 190’C (this depends on which type of oven you have, fan or gas and how hot your oven gets). Be careful to watch your cookies and lower heat if need be. Bake for 10-15 minutes until Nežkits are Golden in colour but still soft.
Take out of the oven and place in a cool place
for a few minutes before removing from baking paper. Wait about 10 minutes
before eating them warm or put on a cooling rack till cold. Most importantly
have fun!
I am baking these Nežkit cookies for the
Fair so we can be united in our work and the joy of creating. When you create
you are sharing in God’s work because God is always creating. He created the
world in the beginning, he created you and me and so when you and I create we
are sharing in His Spirit. God loves busy hands. So get creating today!
See you one the 1st November
when I will be telling you more about what happens within these walls. Explore
more of the world with in the walls with me. Sr Anežka.