Penguins and Turtles

I was at Daiso (the Japanese $2 store) a while back and found these adorable cookie cutters so I finally put them to good use. The base for these cookies are a maple sugar cookie and it's decorated with rolled fondant and royal icing lettering. I love the turtle. So adorable!

The Everything Granola

My sister has been asking for me to granola for her for over a month now I think and I finally had time to do it. I never really had a recipe to make it though, I kind of just throw in this, and that, and whatever else I have lying around the house so the "everything granola" makes perfect sense here.

Let's see, there's oatmeal of course, craisins, currants, almonds, hazelnuts, flax seed, pumpkin seeds, dried apples, honey, a little bit of butter and sugar, and...I think I'm missing something else but I can't remember. Hmm..oh well. So yeah, great granola though!

Jasmine Green Tea Delice

This recipe was from the Indulge book, which by the way is amazing! It's got great tips and amazing recipes with photos. It's got a green tea almond sponge on the bottom, jasmine infused mousse in the middle, and a green tea white chocolate mousse on the top.

In the book, she used green tea to infuse the top mousse but I opted for matcha which I love but it overpowered the jasmine tea so I think if I do it again next time, I'll either try it the original way, or infuse more jasmine into it. The bottom sponge was alright I think but a lighter fluffier one would balance it out more. I served it with some diced cara cara oranges and strawberries in some orange reduction.