Roxanne Ahern is a writer, regenerative homesteader, certified permaculture designer, and holistic nutritionist. She lives with her husband and 5 daughters on 44 acres in the Southeast. She homeschools her daughters and as a family they raise katahdin sheep, Nigerian dwarf and Spanish goats, pastured pigs, fruit, and vegetables. They also participate in their local farmers market.
Flower cookies are simple and elegant at the same time. Edible flowers are a wonderful way to add beauty and nutrition to any dish or dessert!
I have made these cookies for many occasions including my children’s birthdays. They would be perfect for any number of events: baby or bridal showers, tea parties, or brunches. They would also make an inexpensive but very memorable gift.
We like to press the flowers for about a day before we use them. Among our favorites are daisies, lavender, clover, dandelions, violas, and pansies. There are so many edible flowers and beautiful combinations! They can absolutely be created to match a particular theme or color scheme.
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups softened pastured butter (Kerry Gold is our favorite)
1 cup powdered sugar 3 cups sprouted flour (you can use whatever kind of flour you want)
2 tablespoons lemon juice and 1 teaspooon lemon zest.
Steps:
1) Combine butter, sugar, juice and zest and blend until smooth, by hand or with a mixer.
2) Stir in flour until completely mixed.
3) Chill dough in fridge for at least a half an hour.
4) Roll out (if dough sticks to rolling pin try putting a small amount of flour on pin and rubbing it all over) on wax or parchment paper to about 1/2 an inch thick. Cut out cookies (we used a jar lid), decorate. We pressed the flowers very lightly in, not hard enough to disturb the shape of the cookie or smash it.
5) Bake at 325 for about 12 minutes.
6) Enjoy!
I began my homesteading journey from the perspective of a Nutritional Therapist, closet herbalist, and beekeeper. This mentally gave me a few barriers to diving into the conventionally accepted tools for animal health such as antibiotics, injectable vitamins, generic minerals and mass produced bagged feeds…
If you want to be self-sufficient and feed your family healthy hearty meals from scratch, you’ve got to
start milling at home. I know, I know, it sounds complicated and al little bit scary, right? But it doesn’t
have to be!
I am not well traveled. I’ve never flown on a plane. I’ve never been north of Ohio or west of Texas.I’m not as well traveled as some may say one should be, but this piece of land has housed all of my fondest memories…
Do you ever worry that your kids will miss out because of this homesteading lifestyle choice? This fear crosses my mind time to time. I’m sure many, if not most of you, could agree that it can be extremely difficult to get extended time away from the homestead for more than a full day, especially in the busy summer months when daily chores demand our regular attention…
“In some Native languages the term for plants translates to ‘those who take care of us’ … the land knows you, even when you are lost.” – Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass…
Babies, Business, and Bumper Crops: How I am Learning to Homestead with Babies in Tow
Have you ever had one of those days? You know the days when you are cleaning the baby’s diaper, milking the cow, scooping poop in the barn, wiping noses, and cleaning more poop off of kids’ shoes…
One year ago, I resolved that I would learn to make all of the bread products my family needed. With an ever-shrinking bank account battling current inflation prices, I would walk the aisles of our local markets frustrated that I did not possess the skills required to make most of the things I needed to purchase…
Hey there, Homesteading Mama’s!
I’m Rachel from @frontier_homesteading. My husband Ryan, three children and I have been homesteading for about 10 years now, first in Wyoming and now in Alaska.
We currently have milk goats, pack goats, sheep, a pig, a cow, chickens, rabbits, bees and a dog. Seasonally, we also have more pigs, meat chickens and turkeys….
Stained glass windows date back to the 7th century. With the earliest known reference dating
from 675 AD when workmen were imported from France to Britain to Glaze the windows of a
monastery…
