Monday, April 29, 2013

Parshas Bechukosai


The Last Mitzvah in the book of Vayikra is that every farmer that owns cows, sheep or goats has to give a tenth of them to Hashem as a mizbeach.  The way this is done, by making all the animals come through a fence.  Every tenth animal that walks through the gate is marked with a stick that is dipped in red paint.  These are then taken to Yerushalayim and the Kohein slaughters them and burns the insides on the Mizbeach.  The meat is given back to the farmer to eat- but he can only eat this in Yerushalayim.


Sheep Cookies
Recipe:
Ingredients:
2 eggs
1/2 cup sugar
60 ml oil
30 ml water
1 3/4 cup flour
1 tsp vanilla
2 tsp cocoa

Method:

1. Beat the egg and sugar for 2 minutes
2.  Add oil while still beating
3.  Add water and vanilla
4.   gradually add flour
Beat till you get a cookie dough consistency.

5.  Remove 3/4 of the dough and place in a dish.
6.  Add cocoa to the rest of the dough and beat till well incorporated.  If you find its too try add a drop of water.  
7.  Place in another dish.
8.  Cover the doughs and place in fridge for half an hour- an hour.

To make the sheep.

Pre heat oven to 18- degrees C (360 degrees F)
 1.  Roll about 10 little balls and place in an oval


2.  Press down a little...


3.  From the brown dough add legs and head.  You may want to add a brown little tail...I made mine white, although I think a little brown tail might have been cuter... 


4.  Bake for about 10-15 minutes- until starts turning golden brown.

Decorate the sheep with any icing you choose.  I mixed a bit of icing sugar with a drop of water and food colouring.  Using a food paint brush (a paint brush I use only for food) I painted the number ten.  

For the eyes I once again mixed icing sugar and water without food colouring...





Wishing you a wonderful Shabbos

Orit
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