Peaceful Reading Vlog / Cozy Baking, Winter Reading and First Snowdrops!

In this cozy reading vlog, I'm sharing some small pleasures of January: the first snowdrops, a homemade tonic and a delicious crumble, as well as a great read. Mum and I enjoy a little spontaneous celebration, and I take you round a local Yorkshire village.
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LINKS:
(affiliate links used for Blackwells)
Blue Box Flower Company Paperwhites: https://www.scentednarcissi.co.uk/pro...
Wintercombe by Pamela Belle (available free on Kindle unlimited): https://tinyurl.com/ynafb9kk
Tonics & Teas: https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
The Swinton Estate: https://www.swintonestate.com/
All Sorts of Lives by Claire Harman: https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...

RECIPE:
Apple, Mincemeat and Blood Orange Crumble Recipe:
Ingredients:
8oz plain flour
4oz soft brown sugar
3oz butter, cubed
grated zest from 1 blood orange
juice from 2 blood oranges
1lb apples, peeled, cored and sliced
1lb mincemeat

Preheat oven to 165 ° C. Arrange apple slices in a baking dish and cover with the blood orange juice. Spoon the mincemeat over the apples. Make the crumble topping by mixing together the flour and sugar in a large bowl. Then rub in the butter until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Add the grated blood orange zest and mix. Spoon the crumble topping over the fruit mixture, spreading it out with a fork. Bake in the oven for 30-40 minutes until golden brown and bubbling.

MUSIC: all music in my videos is from Epidemic Sound or Artlist, to which I subscribe.

00:00 - Cosy Winter Morning
01:03 - A Surprise Delivery & News to Celebrate!
07:34 - Starting a New Book
10:22 - Making a Winter Tonic
15:28 - A Spontaneous Outing for Cream Tea
17:57 - Sampling the Tonic
20:31 - First Impressions of Wintercombe
27:03 - A Favourite Yorkshire Village
28:38 - Making Apple, Mincemeat and Blood Orange Crumble