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The girls have started baking for their Grandmother's Tea. The first item on the menu is a tiny gooseberry tart (the gooseberries came from a farmer's market find on the weekend). I made up the pie crust, but the girls did the rest on their own.
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They might not look like they came from Martha's kitchen, but I'm pretty sure Grandma will approve.
They stemmed the berries...
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...prepared the crusts, by squishing balls of dough into a mini muffin pan...
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...added three, or four, berries per tart...
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...sprinkled them with sugar (about 1/8 of a teaspoon), and flour (just a pinch)...
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...and popped them in the oven at 425 degrees Fahrenheit. Then they went off to play. Since, I had no idea how long to bake them for, I planned on keeping an eye on them, until they had browned. About a half an hour later, I realized I'd completely forgotten about them - another minute, and it would have been too late.
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The girls sampled them, even allowing their brothers a taste, and pronounced them acceptable tea
party fare. Though believe me, tart is the proper word for anything made with gooseberries. I think maybe they would have benefited from a little lemon juice. Even so, thanks to their small size, they were pretty still pretty tasty.
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They might not look like they came from Martha's kitchen, but I'm pretty sure Grandma will approve.
It's great to be a homeschooler.
1 comment:
Very neat idea!! The boys and I made apple turnovers yesterday. We picked all the apples off our tree (about 20 small ones). We only used about 5 of them for the turnovers. Sammy wants to use the rest for a birthday apple pie next week. Have a great time with Grandma and Grandpa. I'm sure the "tea" will be fun!
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