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Halloween

These Spooktacular Black Cocoa Cookies Are Your New Halloween Obsession!

downtonabbeycooks · October 25, 2024 ·

Move over, orange and black sprinkles – these intensely dark and dramatic black cocoa cookies will become your new Halloween baking tradition! The secret to their bewitching colour isn't food colouring but black cocoa powder, the same ingredient that gives Oreo cookies their … [Read more...] about These Spooktacular Black Cocoa Cookies Are Your New Halloween Obsession!

Filed Under: Dessert, Halloween, Snack Tagged With: Black cocoa, Halloween, Halloween cookies

The Sweet History of Candy Corn: From Farm Inspiration to Halloween Favorite

downtonabbeycooks · October 23, 2024 ·

Candy corn, a hallmark of Halloween, has delighted and divided taste buds for over a century. You either love it or hate it. With its signature tri-color layers of white, orange, and yellow, candy corn’s history is as colorful as the confection itself. From humble beginnings in … [Read more...] about The Sweet History of Candy Corn: From Farm Inspiration to Halloween Favorite

Filed Under: Blog, Gilded Age, Halloween Tagged With: #DIY, candy corn, Halloween

Delicious Irish Potato Farls

downtonabbeycooks · March 3, 2019 ·

Use left over potatoes to make potato farls. It is a quick and easy breakfast dish, with comforting carbs to help your system deal with the morning after. Delicious Irish Potato Farls Use left over potatoes to make potato farls. It is a quick and easy breakfast dish, … [Read more...] about Delicious Irish Potato Farls

Filed Under: Breakfast, Brunch, Halloween, St. Patricks Day Tagged With: Downtown. Abbey recipes, Healthy recipes, Irish Food, potato farls, potatoes

Psychic Irish Barmbrack

downtonabbeycooks · October 13, 2018 ·

Barmbrack is a traditional Irish bread. Barmbrack means "speckled loaf" in Gaelic. It is baked in either a loaf pan or cake pan depending on your family tradition.  The brack foretells the future. Baked with charms, a piece is served to each member of the family, and your … [Read more...] about Psychic Irish Barmbrack

Filed Under: Afternoon Tea, Halloween, Low Fat, St. Patricks Day, Sweets Tagged With: Downtown. Abbey recipes, English cuisine, Halloween dishes, Healthy recipes, Irish Halloween Tradiitions

Spooky Soul Cakes, The Original Halloween Treat

downtonabbeycooks · October 13, 2018 ·

Trick or Treating originated in Britain and Ireland. Children and the poor would go "souling", going door-to-door singing songs on All Soul's Day (Nov. 2), saying prayers for homeowners, and performing other tasks to receive a soul cake a spiced biscuit. A soul! A soul! A … [Read more...] about Spooky Soul Cakes, The Original Halloween Treat

Filed Under: Afternoon Tea, Halloween, Low Fat, Sweets Tagged With: Downtown. Abbey recipes, English cuisine, Healthy recipes, Soul-Cakes, the Original Halloween Treat

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