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I’ve been having some trouble getting to sleep lately, so here’s one of the late night concoctions I’ve used to get me ready for bed

🍄materials

lavender

chamomile

lemongrass

valerian leaves

honey

(lemon balm or lemon juice can be used as a substitute for lemongrass, whatever you have on hand!)

🍃process

brew it however you’d like, I use empty tea filter bags, but there’s no shame in making your tea completely loose leaf

🌙health benefits

Witches’ Honey Bread

Ingredients:

1½ cups buttermilk

1 cup honey

¼ cup molasses

2 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. salt

1½  cups whole wheat flour

1 cup white flour

¼ cup raisins

Steps:

Combine the buttermilk, honey, molasses, baking soda, and salt.

Mix the 2 flours together in a separate bowl and add to the buttermilk mixture.

Stir in the raisins and pour the batter into a greased 9x5-inch loaf pan.

Bake the bread for one hour in a 350°F oven.

Turn the loaf out, inverted, on a wire rack to cool.

This is one of my favorite recipes from “Kitchen Witchery, A Compendium of Oils, Unguents, Incense, Tinctures, and Comestibles” written by the talented Marilyn F. Daniel!

ingredients:

- 8 frozen strawberries

- 2 tbsp of honey

- 2 tbsp of lemon juice

- 4 cups of water

- mint leaves

- ice

instructions:

boil the water in a medium pot! when the water starts to boil add six of the frozen strawberries

let them boil for about ten minutes, then remove the strawberries with a fork! add honey to the strawberry water and let it sit for about 2 minutes

strain any strawberry bits out of ur juice (that part is completely optional) and then pour it into a cup/jar! add lemon juice and two frozen strawberries and let it chill in the fridge for a few hours

remove the strawberries, replace them with ice, and garnish with lemon slices and fresh or frozen strawberries and mint leaves!

Sweet Cream Buns

This recipe was given to me by a friend awhile ago, and I feel it needs a little more appreciation. They’re super easy to make and are tasty too!

I feel one thing a kitchen witch has to master is their ability to make all sorts of bread. It’s such a staple, and is so versatile. Not to mention how much of a crowd pleaser it is.

This recipe is a tasty bun, that when bitten into, oozes vanilla custard. Whenever I make these, they are gone in the first ten minutes. I tweaked this recipe from one of my good friends who enlightened me on this yummy recipe. I highly recommend you to try these for yourself!

Now in this recipe I will be showing you three fillings that I’m sure you will love!

- Vanilla Custard

- Chocolate coffee cream

- Brown sugar maple custard

Ingredients

For the Dough

½ cup all-purpose flour

½ cup bread flour

1 cup cake flour

A sprinkle of sea salt

1/3 cup sugar

1 packet of dry yeast

½ cup warm almond milk (Or any type of milk)

2 tbsp heavy cream

1 egg

3 tbsp butter

For the Vanilla Custard

5 tbsp sugar

2 ½ tbsp flour

3 egg yolks

1 cup whole milk

1 Tablespoon butter

Vanilla Bean

Vanilla Extract 

For the Chocolate Coffee Cream

6 tbsp sugar

3 tbsp flour

3 egg yolks

½ cup whole milk

1 Tablespoon butter

¼ cup expresso/ brewed coffee

Milk chocolate/ dark chocolate/ Semi-sweet chocolate (Its up to you)

For the Maple Syrup Custard

5 tbsp brown sugar

3 tbsp maple syrup

2 ½ tbsp flour

3 egg yolks

1 cup whole milk

1 Tablespoon butter

Directions

To prepare: Set your butter and eggs out 10 minutes before you start so they enough time to come to room temperature. 

Start by filling a measuring cup with your milk and heat in your microwave for about 20 seconds, or until when you stick a (clean) finger in, it is just warm. If it is too hot, it will kill your yeast mixture. Add your dry yeast in and stir. Let it sit for 10 minutes to bloom.

Next, in a kitchen aid (If you have one) attach the dough hook and mix your flour, salt and sugar together. Now crack an egg into the yeast mixture and add it to the kitchen aid bowl on low speed. Add in warmed cream. Let the dough hook do its magic on medium low speed until the dough is very smooth and elastic.

Add in your butter 1 tablespoon at a time and let it mix until completely smooth. About 4-5 minutes.

Oil a bowl with some neutral oil, or with some butter and place the kneaded dough ball into the bowl. Cover with plastic wrap and place in oven with the light on, or in a warm area.

Leave it to rise for 2 hours, or until doubled in size. 

Ok, so now poke your dough and let the gas leak out from the dough. Cut it into equal sized pieces and place cling wrap on it and let it rise for another 15 minutes or more.

In the 15 minutes, now is the time to make your custard cream. On high heat, add your milk and butter and let it come to a boil. Then turn down your heat and whisk in sugar, egg, and flour. Add in your additives (Vanilla, maple syrup. etc.) and mix on low heat until it has reached a thick pudding like consistency. About 6-12 minutes. If you are doing chocolate, here is the time to melt your chocolate in, when it is off the heat. Let it cool completely.

With a rolling pin roll out the pieces of dough and place a dollop of custard in the center. Fold them over and press/pinch the sides together. Repeat the process until all of them are like this.

Place them on a tray and wrap cling wrap over them. Let them proof for about an hour, or until they’ve doubled in size again.

Now with a nonstick pan on medium low heat, place the bun in the pan and cover with lid. Cook each side for about 5 minutes, or until it is a nice golden brown. You can also cook this in an oven. 400 F for 8-15 minutes.

Now your done! Enjoy this hot and cold, they are tasty either way. It will be a little crispy when hot and soft when cold. 

I hope you enjoy this recipe!

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With everyone feeling under the weather, or having the feeling of panic in their bodies. I decided to share with you guys a recipie that helps me calm myself. I’ll add a list of the magick of the drink below the recipie.

What you need:

2 earl grey tea bags

4 cups of water

1 1/3 cup of half & half (or any other milk alternative. I wouldn’t suggest coconut milk however.)

3 brown sugar cubes

1 1/2 teaspoons of 100% pure honey

A pot

A spoon

A mug

What to do:

Bring the 4 cups of water to boil in the pot on the stove.

Once the water is boiling set the heat on low and add the tea bags. Let the tea steep for 4 minutes.

After 3 minutes of steeping, add the half & half (or what ever other milk product you chose.) to the tea and stir for about 30 seconds . As you stir breathe deeply and exhale slowly; put intent into your movements.

Let the tea steep for another 3 minutes, remove it from the heat once finished and discard of the tea bags.

Add the brown sugar cubes and the honey to your favorite mug, **CAREFULLY** pour the hot tea into the mug and stir slowly, once again breathe deeply and put intent into your work.

Enjoy.

The Magick of the Tea:

Ingredients & their magical purposes:

EARL GREY: earl grey is a black tea which represents Winter, the energy is masculine and the best crystal to hold while sipping it would be Obsidian. Earl grey tea offers courage, rids of boredom and enhances a conscious mind.

HONEY:honey is mostly known for love spells, but it also offers a perfect substance for self-love. Honey sweetens a moment, a life.

BROWN SUGAR: brown sugar is amazing for overcoming enemies and negativity, much like honey it is a sweetener for life.

merry meet! <3 today i made some wonderful and chewy snickerdoodles, and i wanted to share it with you all so heres the recipe :))

✨youll need 🍄🌙:

✨1 cup unsalted butter (softened)

✨1 1/2 cups sugar

✨2 large eggs

✨2 teaspoons vanilla

✨2 3/4 cup flour

✨1 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar

✨1/2 teaspoon baking soda

✨1 teaspoon salt

cinnamon-sugar mixture 🌿🌟:

✨1/4 cup sugar

✨1 1/2 tablespoons cinnamon (love and happiness 💖✨make sure to make your intent clear!)

what to do🍓💘:

preheat oven to 350° f

In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar for 4-5 minutes until light and fluffy. Scrape the sides of the bowl and add the eggs and vanilla. Cream for 1-2 minutes longer.

Stir in flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, and salt, just until combined.

In a small bowl, stir together sugar and cinnamon.

If time allows, wrap the dough and let refrigerate for 20-30 minutes. Roll into small balls until round and smooth. Drop into the cinnamon-sugar mixture and coat well. Using a spoon, coat for a second time, ensuring the cookie balls are completely covered. *To make flatter snickerdoodles, press down in the center of the ball before placing in the oven. This helps to keep them from puffing up in the middle. *

Place on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet. Bake for 9-11 minutes. Let cool for several minutes on baking sheet before removing from the pan.

enjoy !!!!! blessed be 🌙💘

Ingredients:

• 1 large chicken breast

• 1 large apple

• ¼ sugar

• ¼ brown sugar

• 2 tbsp cinnamon

• 1 tsp vanilla

• 1 tsp nutmeg

• ¼ cup water

• 2 tbsp maple syrup

• 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar

• 1 tbsp soy sauce

• 1 tsp hot sauce (or more to taste)

• 1 tsp red pepper flakes

Instructions:

1. Heat 2 tbsp of olive oil in a large sauce pan on medium-high . Cut chicken into bite sized pieces and add to pan once the oil is shimmering. Cook both sides of the chicken until browned. Remove from heat and put the chicken on a plate.

2. In a bowl combine sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon, vanilla, nutmeg, and water. Once combined add the apples and toss thoroughly. Put the pan back onto medium heat adding 2 tsp of oil if the pan seems dry. Pour the apple cinnamon sugar mixture into the pan and cook until the sugar melts and the apples are tender.

3. Mix the maple syrup, apple cider vinegar, soy sauce, hot sauce, and red pepper flakes together. Add the chicken and sauce mixture to the pan. Use cornstarch and water to thicken and thin the sauce until you have the right consistency. Serve with rice or potatoes and garnish with red pepper flakes, sesame seeds, and green onions if desired.

Mabon is fast approaching so I thought now was a perfect time to bring out my Grandma’s famous pumpkin bread recipe! For me sabbats are all about connecting with family and sharing good food, so family recipes are a perfect fit. Better yet, the ingredients in this pumpkin bread have magical correspondences of protection, healing, and prosperity fitting for the transition from reaping season to the final harvest. I, for one, am using this as an opportunity to reset my intentions with the newly waxing moon as we launch full force into autumn.

Grandma’s Pumpkin Bread

Bake at 350 // 50 to 55 minutes // Makes 3 loaves

Beat 3 eggs

Add:

½ cup vegetable oil

2 cups canned pumpkin

1 tsp vanilla

3 cups sugar

Mix well…

Add:

3 cups all purpose flour (mix slowly!)

1 tsp baking soda

½ tsp baking powder

½ tsp salt

1 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp ground cloves

1 tsp ground ginger

1 tsp nutmeg

Optional:

1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans OR sprinkle raw, unsalted pumpkin seeds on top a bit before it is done!

Pour evenly into 3 loaf pans that have been sprayed and floured. Bake as directed and test with a toothpick inserted near middle. Cool on racks and wrap in foil.

Magical Correspondences

Pumpkin – banishment, divination, healing, prosperity, and protection

Vanilla – happiness, love, and lust

Cinnamon – success, healing, protection, power, love, luck, strength, prosperity

Cloves – protection, love, prosperity, banishing, friendship

Ginger – sensuality, sexuality, personal confidence, prosperity, success, health, protection, new experiences and adventures

Nutmeg – prosperity, luck, protection, intellect, removing curses

And there we have it! Let me know if you make this and how it works out for you!

Happy Mabon!

for when you still want to work a little magic in desert, for when you have a sweet tooth!es! here’s just a couple of suggestions with ice cream flavours, toppings and their correspondences, but you can totally come up with your own ideas!

here are just a few recipes / ideas:

SALTED CARAMEL AND PRETZEL  🍯🍨 

3 scoops vanilla ice cream, milk, caramel sauce, salted pretzels for cleansing and positivity

MINT CHOCOLATE CHIP 🍫🍬

3 scoops mint ice cream, milk, chocolate chips, chocolate syrup for love and wealth, fortune

STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE  🍓🍰

3 scoops strawberry ice cream, milk, crake crumbles, fresh strawberries. for friendship and young love

PEANUT BUTTER BROWNIE 🍫 🍯

3 scoops vanilla ice cream, milk, brownies, 3 spoonfuls of peanut butter for frivolity and general happiness/prosperity

OREO CHEESECAKE 🍪🍰

3 scoops cookies ‘n cream ice cream, milk, 3 spoonfuls cream cheese, crushed oreos for youth and memory

CAMPFIRE SMORES 🍫🍪

3 scoops vanilla ice cream, milk, mini marshmallows, crumbled graham crackers, chocolate syrup for domestic magic, and familiar bonds

BANANA CREAM PIE 🍌🍰

Love infused sugar can be used in a wide range of recipes to help promote and sweeten already love infused concoctions! Here’s one way I make mine:

What you’ll need:

✨ raw vanilla bean 

✨ a cup of milk

✨ cutting knife

✨ jar of sugar

How to make:

1. Take your vanilla bean pod and slice it down the middle, until the seeds are visible. Do not scrape the seeds out - they’re what’s needed to infuse the sugar! 

2. “Activate” the vanilla bean pod by slow cooking it in a pot of milk until the milk is warm and infused with flavour. Do not bring the milk to boil. 

2. Retrieve your vanilla bean pod and dry it before placing it in a closed jar of sugar. Store sugar away and allow a few days for the sugar to be infused with both loving properties and flavour of the vanilla bean. 

Lavender Lemonade

Nothing beats the summer heat like a tall glass of ice cold Lavender Lemonade! Not only will you love the refreshingly delicious taste it has to offer, but you may find yourself more relaxed since the mere scent of lavender has been shown to reduce anxiety. In addition, the odor from essential oils that are released from lavender blossoms may provide migraine and insomnia relief.

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Ingredients

1/4 cup Dried Lavender Flowers

2 cups Boiling Water

1 cup Honey

1 tray Ice Cubes

1 cup Lemon Juice

5+ cups Filtered Water

Instructions

Put the dried lavender flowers into a bowl and pour 2 cups of boiling water over it.

Add the honey and then allow it to steep for about 15-20 minutes.

Strain out the lavender flowers.

Add ice cubes to a 2-quart pitcher.

Pour the honey and lavender mixture into the pitcher.

Add the lemon juice and top it off with cold filtered water.

My all time favorite season is just around the corner, so I figured with all these soup recipes floating around that I’d post my own! I make this all the time when it’s cold, and the leftovers are amazing too. Feel free to adjust the ingredients to your liking.

Ingredients:

2 cups of water

2 cups of chicken stock

2 cans of cream of chicken (one of the ONLY canned goods I ever use, they’re just so, s o bad for you that I avoid them as much as possible)

¾ Cup of milk 

3 Bay leaves

1 tablespoon of pepper

1 tablespoon salt

1 Tablespoon Fresh Rosemary

1 Tablespoon Fresh Basil

1 Tablespoon Fresh Oregano

1 Tablespoon Fresh Sage

You can substitute the above ingredients with dried herbs/seasonings or just use 2 tablespoons of italian seasoning

1 Cup of carrots cut into circles

2 cups of yellow or red (or both) potatoes

½ Cup of green beans

½ Cup of corn

4 cloves of diced garlic

½ cup of diced onions

(For a quick and easier recipe, you can use ½ tablespoon of garlic powder and onion powder and use frozen veggies of your choice. I’d prefer it if you stay away from anything else canned, though, just because canned foods are so bad for you. Work with what you have, though! If canned is all that you can get right now, go for it.)

2 large chicken breasts cut up into bite size pieces

Steps:

First cook the chicken pieces until they’re white both inside and out! You do this by boiling it, cooking it in a pan, baking, however you want! Feel free to season it a bit if you want to add more flavor to the meat, but it’s not required at this step!

While the chicken is cooking (I usually boil my chicken) go ahead and prepare your vegetables. Since this is a witchy stew, I like to ground myself and think happy thoughts while I’m doing this step. I always wish for whoever I’m making this soup for enjoys it and feels great afterwards.

Once this is done, get a large pot ready and put it on the stove at high heat. Go ahead and add in your water, herbs, chicken stock, veggies, seasonings, and cooked chicken, then cover with a lid. You could cook the chicken at this part, but I just like to cook if beforehand because you can never be too careful when cooking chicken. Beef is okay rare and stuff, but poultry HAS to be cooked all the way through or you could easily get sick. Stir occasionally.

Now you can just sit here and chill, maybe say a chant if you’d like while you wait for the veggies to cook. This should take about 20-25 minutes for them all to be cooked through. Honestly this is my favorite part because the house just smells amazing while it’s all cooking. 

Once it’s done turn the heat down to low-medium and wait for it to stop boiling before you add in your cream of chicken and milk. I do this part last because any other time I add it these two ingredients in it always turns out with the milk curdling or getting weird. 

I add in the cream of chicken to give it a little extra thickness. 1 can for semi-thickness and 2 for super good thickness. Add in however much you like. Now just sit there and put it on low completely with the lid on, stirring occasionally, until it’s all mixed in and nice and thick.

And tada! It’s done and now you have some delicious soup for the chilly days and nights. when Autumn rolls around this year I’m gonna try and make some homemade bread to go with it. If I do I’ll post or link the recipe on this blog.

Apple: spirit work, offerings, love, healing, beauty, wisdom, harvest

Blueberry: protection, banishment, curses

Basil: protection, grounding, happiness, peace, money, love, luck

Black (general): strength, cleansing, rid of negativity, protection

Cornflower:  femininity, fae, acceptance, health, beauty, protection

Catmint:   healing, animal magic, relaxation, calmness, happiness, psychic ability, love, wishes, meditation

Cinnamon: safety, calmness, love, happiness, money, blessing, protection, healing

Cranberry: holidays, blood magic, spirit work

Clover: money, prosperity, luck, happiness, spirit work, fae, protection, healing

Chai Spice: love, money, luck, witchcraft, psychic ability

Chrysanthemum - healing, samhain, ancestral work

Chamomile - calmness, money, love, peace, cleansing, love, meditation

Dandelion: wishes, dreams, psychic ability, lunar magic

Elderberry: healing, protection, blessing, banishing, cursing, cleansing

Earl Grey: peace, happiness, relationships

Ginger: energy, speeding things along, passion, travel, healing

Ginseng: love, fertility, beauty, healing, strength

Green (general): healing, sexuality, energy, peace, witchcraft

Honeysuckle:  sexuality, fertility, love, luck, prosperity, sweetness

Herbal (general): peace, serenity, health

Kombucha (general): sexuality, health, luck

Lavender:  calmness, cleansing, love, happiness, fertility

Lilac: love, protection, fortune, new love, banishing

Lemon Balm: cleansing, confidence, overcoming challenges, relaxation

Lemongrass: psychic ability, divination, cleansing, communication, protection, love, luck, jobs

Lemon: cleansing, purification, protection, curse breaking

Lime: cleansing, protection, love

Lychee: love, self love, femininity, beauty

Mint: communication, energy, money, spirit work, cleansing

Mugwort: healing, divination, astral projection, dreams, psychic ability, cleansing, protection

Matcha: energy, alertness

Nettle: spirit work, protection, curse breaking

Oolong: love, difination, serenity, peace

Peppermint: healing, cleansing, sleep, love, money

Passion fruit: lust, love, passion

Pomegranate: offerings, blood magic, fertility, divination, spell work

Peach: fertility, love, happiness, spirit work

Rose (general):  love, beauty, attraction, fertility

Raspberry: love, dreams, health

Raspberry leaf: fertility, femininity, menstrual cycle, lunar magic, love, creativity, protection

Sage: cleansing, protection, spirit work, smoke cleansing, wisdom, wishes, funerals

White (general): happiness, lunar magic, protection, cleansing

A spell to destress and let your mind rest.

Ingredients:

Rainwater Lavender Chamomile Pinch of Basil

Heat the rainwater on the stove. 

Once boiling add loose Lavender, Chamomile, and Basil. 

Bring back to boil and stir clockwise. 

Let the water boil away so the steam infuses the room and is breathed in. 

Use the steam to cleanse yourself, the room around you, or the whole house.