Serendib Kitchen

Nicely Classy Cookies

Kavi and her friend Rose cut out cookies for me a few days ago, and I baked them, cooled, refrigerated for a few days — just got around to icing them now. For these, I use my super-lazy way of icing — make the icing a little runnier than usual, put it in a wide

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Unplanned Scones

Scones! I hadn’t planned on making them, because I was trying to be reasonable and minimize party cooking, but they had some mix at the store that just required adding water, so I thought, what the heck! I stirred in some crystallized ginger and dried cranberries, baked — super-easy. I haven’t tried them yet, so

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All That Really Matters

Had a momentary panic last night when I realized I was somehow out of masoor dal, the red lentils we prefer in Sri Lanka. But I did have plenty of split green lentils (moong dal) on hand, so I thought I’d try subbing those in — they’re good! They take maybe 15 minutes longer to

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The Queen Likes It Spicy

Almost done with the Autumn in Wonderland treat boxes — just shipped out the Milky Way boxes. Just Interstellar tier to go; I want to try making one more item for them, so will hopefully ship those tomorrow. Pictured here, little dragonfruit-citrus-white-pepper chocolate crowns. I thought the Queen of Hearts would like her chocolates a

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