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4 Ways To Make Sugar Christmas Ornaments – Edible Christmas Tree Decorations

20th December 2020(Historical) Cooking Recipeschristmas, christmas cookies, christmas ornaments, dairy-free, frosting & icing, gluten-free, natural dye, natural food coloring, recipe, sugar, vegan, victorianLina

Make edible Christmas ornaments this year! These 4 homemade sugar Christmas ornaments are so pretty and incredibly easy to make! DIY candy Christmas decorations are easy last-minute Christmas DIY crafts for kids.

Sugar ornaments are traditional Christmas tree ornaments. One of the following sugar ornament recipes was even published 280 years ago in 1741!

These edible Christmas tree decorations glitter like ice and snow. But these sparkling candy Christmas ornaments aren’t just pretty: When Christmas is over, you can eat the sugar ornaments (or use them for cakes and cookies in place of regular sugar)! Continue reading 4 Ways To Make Sugar Christmas Ornaments – Edible Christmas Tree Decorations →

Homemade Vanilla Sugar

30th June 2017(Historical) Cooking Recipesdairy-free, dessert, gluten-free, recipe, sugar, vanilla, veganLina

Vanilla sugar is a great alternative to vanilla extract. I use homemade vanilla sugar all the time: for ice creams, cakes, desserts and drinks. To make vanilla sugar at home you’ll just need two ingredients: sugar and organic vanilla powder. Vanilla powder is made with ground vanilla beans and has a delicious scent and taste! Continue reading Homemade Vanilla Sugar →

Naturally Colored Sugar Carrot Cake Decorations

3rd April 2017(Historical) Cooking Recipescarrot, dairy-free, dessert, easter, gluten-free, green, natural dye, natural food coloring, recipe, spinach, sugar, veganLina

I made sugar carrot decorations again. This time I used granulated sugar instead of powdered sugar. The sugar carrots are naturally colored with fresh carrot juice and pureed spinach. Continue reading Naturally Colored Sugar Carrot Cake Decorations →

Naturally Colored Sugar Sprinkles And Sugar Hearts

27th March 2017(Historical) Cooking Recipesbeetroot, blue, blueberry, cake, carrot, dairy-free, dessert, flower, fruit, gluten-free, green, lemon, natural dye, natural food coloring, pink, recipe, red cabbage, spinach, sugar, veganLina

Coloring sugar naturally is really easy and so much fun! 😀 Can you believe that all those sugar hearts are naturally colored? I used fruits, vegetables, herbs and teas. You can achieve almost any color with natural food coloring. Continue reading Naturally Colored Sugar Sprinkles And Sugar Hearts →

All-Natural Blue Sugar Hearts

19th February 2017(Historical) Cooking Recipesblue, natural dye, natural food coloring, recipe, red cabbage, sugar, veganLina

I made naturally colored blue sugar hearts! 😀 Aren’t they beautiful? And they’re fast and easy to make: You’ll just need two ingredients. Continue reading All-Natural Blue Sugar Hearts →

Lilac Flower Sugar

20th June 2016(Historical) Cooking Recipesdessert, flower, recipe, sugar, veganLina

Because I love lilacs, I tried to make lilac sugar with fresh lilac flowers. Last year I tried to infuse sugar with layers of fresh lilac flowers, but the sugar didn’t taste of lilacs. So this year I ground fresh lilac petals together with granulated sugar in a mortar. The sugar has a really pretty lilac color when it’s fresh. But as soon as the sugar is dried, it’s just brown, and even the fresh sugar doesn’t have a lilac scent or taste. For a lilac taste it works much better to infuse syrup or milk with lilac flowers.