Witch 101

kitchen witchcraft ♡

- 7 g fast action yeast or 15 g fresh yeast
- 1 tsp sugar
- 200 mL warm water
- 4 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp ground pepper
- a handful of thyme (the more the better!)

Recipe:

1. In a bowl, mix the yeast with sugar and warm water until it's frothy. Let it rest. If it's foamy, your yeast is activated.
2. In a big bowl, mix flour, salt, pepper, and time together. Make a small hole and add the yeast mixture and olive oil.
3. Kneed it all for at least ten minutes by hand or five minutes with a machine.
4. Form a big ball and rub a bit of oil around it. Put it in a clean bowl, cover with plastic wrap (or beeswax wrap!) and let it rise until it doubles in size (this should take 1-1.5 hours). Keep it in a warm place protected from wind.
5. Flatten the dough into a baking sheet, cover again, and let it rise for an hour.
6. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit or 220 Celsius.
7. Lightly press the top of the dough with your fingers and drizzle lightly in olive oil. Cool for about fifteen minutes until the top is a nice golden colour.

In this recipe, thyme is used to attract good health and salt and pepper are used for protection.

I made this and it was really tasty! Definitely recommend giving this a try as this was my first try making bread and it surprisingly turned out!

Wine and Bourbon Poached Pears for love and lust
from thekitchenwitchblog.com

Ingredients:

2 Bosc pears, peeled
1 cup wine (white or red) or apple cider
½ cup bourbon or apple cider
1/3 cup agave nectar or honey
2 tablespoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
1 cinnamon stick
3 whole cloves or 2 star anise

Recipe:

1. Place pears and all the pear ingredients in pressure cooker/insta-pot. Pressure cook on high heat for 3 minutes, use natural release method to relieve pressure. Uncover and gently remove pears to a plate to rest. Turn insta-pot on simmer, cook and reduce sauce until it thickens and becomes slightly syrupy.
2. Stove top: In a large pot add wine, bourbon, honey, lemon juice, lemon zest, cinnamon and cloves. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and add pears. Cover and cook 15 to 20 minutes, turning the pears every 5 minutes. Remove pears, reduce remaining liquid by half or until it thickens and becomes slightly syrupy.
3. Place pears on a plate or shallow bowl and drizzle with syrup.

Pears, cinnamon, honey, bourbon and wine can all be used in love work.

Pine Needle Syrup for protection
from thekitchenwitchblog.com

Ingredients:

1 cup organic granulated sugar
2 cups water
2 to 4 cups foraged pine needles, rinsed
1/4 cup crushed juniper berries (optional)
1 ounce rosemary sprigs (optional)

Recipe:

1. In a medium saucepan bring water and sugar to a boil, stirring occasionally. Add pine needles, juniper and/or rosemary if using.
2. Turn off heat and let simmer 12 to 24 hours.
Strain well in clean jars. Store covered in the refrigerator up to 3 months.

Pine needles are used in protection.

Tay Tea's Persian Rose Love Spell Cookies
from thechalkboardmag.com

Ingredients:

6 tablespoons Persian Rose loose leaf tea, finely ground. (Be sure to crush the cardamom pods, take out the seeds and discard shells)
1 cup light brown sugar
1 1/2 cups unsalted butter
3 teaspoons vanilla
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 cups flour

Icing:

Rose water
Confectioner's sugar
Drop of organic natural red food coloring
Rose petals

Instructions:

1. Beat together ground tea, sugar, and butter until fluffy and lighter in color.
2. Mix in vanilla and salt.
3. Fold in the flour gradually and continue to mix until uniform dough is formed.
4. Roll dough into a log using wax paper (or plastic 1 1/2″ diameter).
5. Chill
6. After chilling, slice into 3/8″ thick cookies on bake sheet.
7. Bake at 350 for 8 minutes in a convection oven or a little longer in a regular oven. (Until the edges are golden.)
8. Mix the icing. It is a simple glaze, just be sure not to make it too thick.
9. Ice cooled cookies with brush.

Blueberry Power Smoothie for beauty, strength, protection, luck, prosperity, peace
by The Wholesome Witch on Pinterest

Ingredients:

1 cup oat milk
1/2 cup water
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 tablespoon ground flaxseed
1 scoop vegan vanilla protein powder
1 tablespoon almond butter
1/2 cup blueberries
1 cup of spinach
2 ice cubes

Recipe:

1. Blend all ingredients in a blender for about a minute.