Every year at around this time Mrs Widds goes into a bit of a flour-induced frenzy. For those of you who don’t know what I’m referring to, it’s probably worth checking out these mouthwatering posts:
Mrs Widds bakes bread … and … Mrs Widds bakes tarts and cookies.
This year she’s baking up a few favourites, and a few twists, that I can’t go into because I know that the recipients of our ‘goodie’ baskets occasionally read this blog.
However, all is not lost. My friend Ally, of Ally’s Notebook posted this wonderful 3-ingredient cake recipe that Mrs Widds had to try. All it is, is dried fruit, ginger ale, and self-raising flour.
We had all sorts of dried fruit left over from various snack-a-lots, so in went some dried papaya, (pawpaw) prunes, dried apricots, craisins, (sweetened dried cranberries) raisins and all the other usual suspects, and some roasted pecans for crunchyness.
Once everything was assembled it went into the oven and came out looking like this …
Crisp and crunchy on top …
… and perfectly baked everywhere else
We (the Baker, and the quality control expert, which would be moi) decided that next time we’d like it to have a tad more cake and a smidge less fruit, but other than that, it was truly scrumptious. Thank you, Ally!
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The very next day … this happened …
Look at that. Some leftover pastry and a bit of roast chicken. Whatever shall I do with it?
Throw some veggies and gravy on top …
… cover with a bit of pastry and into the oven they go
And this is what comes out the other end. Perfect one-person chicken-pot-pies
We grabbed one each and retreated to our separate corners where a tastefully controlled amount of snarfing occurred.
Ready for your close-up before I devour you?
Widdershins Worlds 
Oh hello!
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😀 … if you’re ever over this way … 😀
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Mrs Widds Bakes – everything looks so yummy. 🙂
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And tastes spectacular! 😀
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Pu the kettle on, I’ll be right over 😉
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Right’O … see you in a few! 😀
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I wish 🙂
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As the only cook in the family, I end up cooking dozens of mince pies!
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Do you like to though? … Mrs Widds does butter tarts and apple tarts, and mince tarts, and cookies, and breads, and … 😀 … but seeing as it’s only once a year, except for the bread, she does enjoy it. 😀
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Yes, I love to cook…
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I’m salivating
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So say we all 😀
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Oh, wow! Lucky you! My SIL goes into a similar baking frenzy and all our friends and my coworkers (and me) are the beneficiaries. Some of the true joy in the season!
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And the aroma issuing forth from the kitchen … mmmmmm 😀
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So looking forward to goodie basket. Mrs.Widds makes the best pastry in the world!!!!
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Thought you might be, 😀 … see you in a few days! 😀
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I love the idea of the little leftover chicken pies.
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We waste nothing in this household! 😀
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Droooooool. Smack, smack. I’m imagining that I’m eating one of the pot pies. You lucky woman having a baker for a wife. Today I plan on makiing a ground beef-sauerkraut turnover recipe a friend gave me, if I can find it.
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YUMMMMM! 😀
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Great. Right around mid-January, my elliptical trainer will break from all my frantic attempts to undo all the eating this inspires……….!! 🙂
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Heh! 😀 … so say we all. 😀
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Lovely images !!
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Lovely tastes too! 😀
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Oh, those look so good! My hubby and I aren’t doing wheat, so looking at that bread was the equivalent of torture. Enjoy it. 🙂
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We did, as did all the recipients of the Christmas goodie-baskets. 😀
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