It started with just one at first - he seemed friendly enough, just walking along casually. As we passed each other, he gave me a bit of a funny look but carried on walking. I didn't think anything of it.
Then the following few weeks, it happened again - the same spot, the same funny glance. Hm. Starting to feel a bit edgy.
So during the next month, I decided to walk a different way.
But this time, another one walked by (or was it the same one..?). And rather than a funny glance, it was a bit of a smirk.
Over the coming months, I kept changing route - but no matter where I went, another one would appear, walk by and give me some sort of weird look.
What the hell was going on?!
The turning point came when I arrived home one day, and there was an ENTIRE BUNCH of them in the garden, all sparring with each other. Ok, officially panicked now.
Luckily, that day I had arranged for my capoeirista friends to come over. A quick SOS and a short while later, I had them hiding behind the parked cars opposite my house.
All of a sudden, we charged out towards the ninjas, each attempting to pin one down. Some successfully so, others unfortunately failed. Eventually though, we managed to knock the unlucky ninjas unconscious and stacked them on top of each other.
I didn't really need to ask...
Ninja Coconut Cookies
Makes 16 ninjas:
(You can find the cookie cutters online - just search for 'Ninjabread men cookie cutters'!)
250g plain flour
125g desiccated coconut
125g white sugar
250g unsalted butter, softened
A little bit of cold water
250g ready-made/ready-rolled white icing
Coloured icing pens of your choice
A little bit of hot water
Makes 16 ninjas:
(You can find the cookie cutters online - just search for 'Ninjabread men cookie cutters'!)
250g plain flour
125g desiccated coconut
125g white sugar
250g unsalted butter, softened
A little bit of cold water
250g ready-made/ready-rolled white icing
Coloured icing pens of your choice
A little bit of hot water
1) Sift the flour into a large mixing bowl, with the coconut and sugar.
2) Add in the softened butter and start to knead into a dough. (Add a little water if needed.)
3) Wrap in clingfilm and leave to rest in the fridge for about 30 minutes.
4) Remove the dough from the fridge and roll out onto a lightly floured surface.
5) Stamp out 16 ninja shapes! Transfer to a non-stick baking tray.
6) Preheat the oven to 150 degrees C. In the meantime, stick the tray in the fridge again to chill the ninjas.
7) Bake for about 15 minutes or until lightly golden. They will still be a little soft when done, as they will continue to firm up a little as they cool. Allow to cool completely.
8) Roll out the white icing. Use your ninja cutters again to stamp out 16 white 'dogi' trousers.
9) Use a pastry brush to brush a little hot water onto the legs of your ninja cookies, then carefully add their icing trousers, pressing down lightly.
10) Grab your icing pens and ice on some belts!
And remember, keep your wits about you...
Ummm about your cooking measurements, can't you just use the regular measurement methods instead of using ones that nobody ever uses? An oven is meant to go by Fahrenheit not Celsius and grams aren't supposed to be used, tablespoons, teaspoons and cups are supposed to be used
ReplyDeleteHi Aeron
ReplyDeleteCelsius and grams are regular for me as I live in the UK where we typically measure cooking stuff by weight as standard rather than volume (as do a lot of other countries actually) ;-) If you would like to try out any of my recipes, there are plenty of websites where you can convert the units to whatever you prefer to use. I do this all the time when wanting to try out a recipe that I have seen on a US website etc.
Cheers
Hungry Jenny x