During the week I found out that over the next term my extension group will be doing a “Night of the Notables”. We have to research a notable person, write a biography on them, and set up a learning display. On the night, we have to dress up as our person and serve food from that era. I have chosen Sacagawea who helped Lewis and Clark on their expedition. I was wondering if anyone has a US dollar coin featuring Sacagawea that I could use on my display. I would be willing to send you something from Australia in return for one of these coins.
Today we celebrate Fathers Day in Australia. This afternoon we are having all our relatives over so I have been doing some baking. I have made some Custard Shortbreads and some Chocolate Brownies. If you would like the recipe for the brownies it can be found here. This time I substituted white choc chips for the Jesey caramels.
Here is the recipe for the Custard Shortbreads:
185 g butter
⅓ cup icing sugar
1½ cups plain flour
⅓ cup custard powder
Cream butter and icing sugar, add sifted flour and custard powder, and a dash of vanilla. Mix well. Form into balls and place onto greased oven trays and press with a fork to form biscuits. Bake in a moderate oven for about 15 minutes.
Posted by Sarah
Sacagawea is such an interesting person learn about – have fun dressing up! : )
Yum those brownies look good! Funny, father’s day in Canada is in June. It’s all kind of opposite. I think your mothers day is quite different from ours’ too – we celebrate in May.
It’s Father’s day here in NZ too. I didn’t do any baking as it wouldn’t be a very nice present to poision the father would it. Your baking looks very delicious.
Sarah,
When do you need the coin? I’m in the US so I’m sure we have one somewhere around the house. If not I think it will be easy to get.
We celebrated father’s Day in June but the brownies look yummy!
custard shortbread yum…love the pics it’s starting to make me hungry…happy fathers day to all the dads…i’m sure they will enjoy those treats.
You make the yummiest treats Sarah! Happy Father’s Day to all the aussie dads!
Oh yum – sorry I cannot help with the coin. Sounds like a real good though out event – what a great way to educate people. Using all senses to teach…
oh those custard shortbread sound so yum and easy!
Thank you for sharing the recipes.Definetly on the to do list. Regards Lyn
Our Father’s Day is in June. Let me know if you are still in need of a coin and I will send you one!
Your cooking looks so yummy. Thanks for sharing the recipe.
Happy Fathers Day to your family. The recipes you have shared sound so yum. The jersey caramels make me want to bake it right now.
oh! if i could get my hands on that custard powder, i would be making those right now! they both look delicious!
happy fathers day to your guy.
they look delicious! happy fathers day to your guy!
Oh Yum Sarah — what a great cook you must be! I see you have several offers for the coin — if they fall through, let me know and I’ll do some looking for you. This custard powder is a mystery to me — I think I looked into it months ago when someone else posted a recipe. It’s not available locally but we can get it through mail order. I should have had my son bring me some when he was in AU!
Delicious treats! Happy Father’s Day. Looks like you’ve got the coin thing worked out from the comments I just read. I searched my coin collections and didn’t have on.
YUM!
Hope you had a great celebration!
In Denmark we celebrate father’s day in June.
gorgeous looking recipes as usual – i like the sound of the custard shortbread. Good luck with your coin search
lisa x
Oh YUM! I love baking.
Father’s Day in France is in June.
Gosh these look good! Yum Yum.
Those brownies and shortbreads look so yummy. I don’t have any Sacagawea coins around the house, unfortunately. At school, I think I have a book on her…humm…Good luck with the report!
Delicious looking brownies and shortbread!! Well done!
What a good daughter you are to make such yummy things to eat!!!! I hope you enjoyed your day with your family
Wow – the brownies look so delicious! And the shortbreads too! Happy Father’s Day!
They both look yum! I am always looking for something new to try. The blokes in my life always appreciate baked stuff!
Oooh, looks delish!
Oh Sarah I would weight 200kg if you were my daughter…those brownies look delicious.
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Bec xxx
Your sweets look soooo good! Thanks for sharing the recipes!
big yum! Can’t wait to try these out! Thanks for the recipes :)Kylie
What a great idea! Cooking and learning about a “Notable”! Sorry, no coins that I can send you.
Your Custard Shortbreads look great and I’d love to publish it in my website. (Please contact me)
Oh my! You have me drooling looking at that home baked yumminess!
Sending Happy Father’s Day wishes to all the dads in your part of the world.
YUM YUM they both look delicious….
Oh boy! Those both sound really good. I have written them down and have them in my grocery list to shop for the ingredients on friday! Can’t wait to make them!
Those treats look delicious – hope you all enjoyed munching your way through them as much as you enjoyed making them 😉 Good luck with your project – am afraid I’m from the UK but I’ll enjoy reading about what you do x
Those brownies look wonderful!
They look so good!
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re follower…
when i added you as one i follow,it came up as you having 6 followers…they all must have put you on as this widget is rolled out in everyones dash recently…
ok – call me useless. I’ve just tried to bake your custard shortbreads. Firstly I mis-read the recipe and used 1/2 cup of icing sugar and custard powder – doh. Secondly please can you tell me approx how may oz’s or grams is half a cup ? Then I’ll have another go 🙂
Thank you
lisa x
what a fun project. i think there may be a coin floating around here somewhere…let me know if you still need it.
Just dropped by to say you are extremely talented. I love your little projects, esp. the passport protector.
Great job both of you!
Hi I’ve only just found your blog via another. You seem to make some lovely things – both crafty and edible.
I’ll come visiting again soon, Ali in NZ.
Yummy looking as usual!
One thing I’d say to remember while researching your report is to make sure you have sources that are written by a Native American for an authentic perspective (I’m sure you already know this, but the teacher in me is busting out).
Good luck and I’d love to see photos of your display!
Oh wow, I love your blog! I stumbled across it via my good friend Kyla’s blog (Two peas in a pod). I’ve just added you to a list of favorites on my blog, and look forward to visiting you often!!! Nice to meet you!
Sarah,
I’m sure that everyone has already told you that they would get you the Sacagawea Dollar Coin…if you don’t get anyone…just let me know and I’ll for sure get it and send it to you asap!
I tried out your custard shortbread recipe and it was a huge success. I posted pics of them on my blog and a few blog friends asked me to share the recipe which I did, I hope you don’t mind.