cooking with plastic #2: honey cookies

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Grease a baking sheet with butter.


(You might want to ask for a lower table.)


In a large bowl, combine 1/2 cup softened butter and 1/2 cup honey.


Add one egg, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract, and 2 tablespoons lemon juice.


Sift flour into mixture, then stir to blend.


Form mixture into a ball then cover with plastic wrap.


Chill in refrigerator for one hour.


Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.


On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough to a 1/4 inch thickness.


Cut out shapes with a cookie cutter, then brush with egg white.


Bake for about 10 minutes or until lightly browned.


Cool then serve with tea or--


Disclaimer: cookies may turn out differently than expected.

* based on a recipe at http://www.ifood.tv/

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I used an oven toaster-friendly recipe because I don't really have an oven. However, the green toaster oven from the Kawa(ii) Kitchen series can pass off as an oven for nendoroids. I also have a red one which'll look more like a real toaster oven, but I'm afraid it's lost in the mail again.

The Sylvanian Families range/oven set has hit local stores, finally. I took a box and studied it for a while. The prototype on the webpage has it in some faux wooden finish, but the set I saw was in brown and yellow. I wasn't too fond of the color and the trim; if I bought myself a set, I'd have to do some repainting, which I'm not really up to doing. There's also the complication of matching off-scale kitchenware with the stove. Either way it's going to look awkward.

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By the way, I like how that back wall turned out: