Woohoo! Party at LisaG's house. Always drink at your final destination I say. I'm going to the liqour store tonight if this snow I'm getting isn't too bad.

quick go now...and stock up before the snow comes...

I'm late to the party, but...

Granulated sugar is just fine for most baking, you don't generally need the superfine - I make shortbread with it, no problem.

I believe you can also substitute light corn syrup for golden syrup in many recipes.

Another site says :

For golden syrup, substitute 2 parts light corn syrup and 1 part molasses or equal parts of honey and light corn syrup.

you told me this a few weeks/months ago....and have to give it a as it worked and tasted just like Golden syrup...

Great - glad it worked out. Which one did you use?

I used the honey and corn syrup....the mollasses here is like very strong treacle to me and overpowered the corn syrup and everything else...so honey was the perfect choice...

That's good, thanks.

Btw... on molasses - we have two kinds, one milder than the other - maybe something to look out for, if anyone's using molasses.

once again - thanks all

ps - if you care to share that recipe cindy - do shout it sounds well tasty!

Always wondered what "black strap molasses" was.

I don't think I want to know

Here's the brand I usually see in the store - it describes the types.

http://www.grandmasmolasses.com/gran...s_products.asp

Sounds like the name of a vibrator or dildo

and a sticky one to boot!

Now I'm remembering my mom's gingerbread with whipped cream, yum.

Hi, I'm sure that you've probably been to your cookie exchange but I was reading through the thread and had a couple quick ideas for you. For caster sugar, Domino's superfine sugar is the closest I've found and have gotten really great results from it. As for golden syrup, Light Kayro Syrup is really good, maybe thin it out a little bit with honey. For a really good short bread cookies, i've always had great success with this recipe:

2C Flour, 1/4teaspoon of baking powder, 1/4 teaspoon of salt, 1c butter (2 sticks) brought to room temperature, 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract, 1/2 C confectioner's sugar, 2TBS of white sugar.

1. Preheat oven to 350 F, Mix, press into a 9 inch cake pan, prick with a fork and sprinkle with sugar, bake 30-35 minutes. Cut into wedges while still warm and cool on a wire rack.

If you want something really sweet and easy to make and will go straight to your hips, peanut butter cup brownie cupcake bites are really good too.

1. Mix up a package of brownie mix according to directions
2. If you have a mini muffin tin, use mini Reeses peanut butter cups, if a normal size muffin tin use regular Reeses peanut butter cups.
3. Line muffin tins with cupcake liners.
4. Pour brownie mix in 1/4 of the cupcake liner, top with a reeses peanut butter cup, top with more brownie mix. Repeat.
5. Cook at whatever temp the brownie box recommends until a cake tester inserted comes out clean.