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In today's witch vlog, I am taking viewers through my winter solstice celebration to give inspiration on how to celebrate Yule, create some yule-themed kitchen witchery with yummy orange and cardamom cookies, show my simple winter solstice ritual, and conjure up a witchy winter brew in my cauldron.
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How are we celebrating Yule?
- 00:00 Intro Witch vlog
- 00:23 What are we doing for the winter solstice?
- 00:54 Walk in Winter Wonderland
- 01:35 What is the winter solstice about?
- 02:31 Green witch lore & traditional plants of Yule
- 05:01 Gathering winter solstice greenery for a Yule ritual
- 05:53 Winter solstice celebrations around the world
- 06:44 St. Lucia Day in Sweden
- 07:28 St. Lucia Day in Bavaria (the awkward version)
- 09:07 Kitchen witchery: Flaming Solstice cookies
- 11:09 Cleansing smoke blend for the Yuletide
- 13:35 Winter solstice ritual idea
- 14:48 Gushing over my new witches' cauldron
- 15:13 Pagan history: Viking drinking festivals and making Kinderpunsch
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π Kinderpunsch
Alcohol-free GlΓΌhwein
750 ml
Strongly brewed Fruit tea (I used a combination of Turkish apple tea and Hibiscus flower)
500 ml
Red Grape juice
200 ml
Apple juice
2 Oranges
1/2 Lemon
18 Cloves
2 Cinnamon sticks
1 handful of Cranberries
Optional: Coconut blossom sugar or agave to sweeten
Flaming Winter Solstice Cookies
(Orange and Cardamom infused Spritz cookies)
125 g vegan butter
130 g powdered sugar
Pinch of salt
1 Egg replacer
200 g gluten-free flour
125 g ground almonds
Swig of real vanilla extract
Swig of bitter almond aroma
2 Tbsp cardamom
Zest of 1 orange
Juice of 1 orange
2 Tbsp coconut cream
Optional: chocolate to cover
7-10 mins at 150-180 degrees Celsius
- Witch Rebekka Laufer (The witches' cookery); Shauna Schwartz, Ashley Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly