Barnaby Butters Turkey Vulture Note Card
Barnaby Butters Turkey Vulture loves the holidays. Mostly for the get-togethers with family and friends. But also for the cookie swaps. Oh, how he loves a good cookie swap. Barnaby now has a group of twelve, himself included, that each bake twelve dozen cookies and end up with twelve dozen different cookies (bars or squares are also accepted). Every year, they all work to top their own efforts from the previous season: coconut macaroon strawberries; stained glass shortbread rounds; date crispy balls; brandy balls; chewy ginger cookies; cream wafer sandwich cookies; food of the gods; date squares; lemon bars; oh, the decadent list goes on and on.
There is a treasured section in Henry Gossamer Opossum’s bookstore, Wonderlust, dedicated to vintage cookbooks. Most are on loan from Quinn Bancroft Red Fox’s personal library – she is a cultural anthropologist and enjoys collecting but is now fresh out of shelf space. At any rate, Barnaby spent almost the entire past week poring over baked-goods cookbooks, the most cherished subset of the collection. Therein, he found many family favourites, some rare treats (though the ingredients would be equally hard to come by), and finally whittled it down to what he considered the prize recipe for the year: a classic gingerbread man, but with a gourmande twist. A rye flour dough sweetened with maple syrup, with aggregates of three styles of ginger: candied bits; cider-soaked minced; and ground spice is baked, cooled, then topped with charming artistry done in boiled-apple infused penuche.
Today, with well-curated holiday playlist on shuffle and oven pre-heated by dawn, Barnaby baked. Oh, what a wonderful day. The best recipe, the best ingredients, baked to perfection, and filled with so much joy that those little gingermen were about to burst; the house still toasty warm and heady with aromas of ginger, maple, and apple. Barnaby picked a cookie up off the wire cooling rack and took a nibble. And then, as he is aptly named, a gobble.
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Note Card, A6 (4.5” x 6.25”) with envelope in protective cello.
On the reverse of each card is a whimsical tale of the animal featured. Entirely collectible, the stories intertwine, creating a much-loved community of characters.
We print on a luxurious 318 gsm, 100% cotton paper. Soft and durable, this paper showcases crisp detail and vibrant colour. We fell in love with our beautiful goldenrod shade, 90# envelope. According to the ‘World’s Favourite Colour’ study, people associate the feeling of joy with this colour. Also, this is the very shade that enrobes our trusty #2. As all of our images are hand drawn in pencil, we thought it appropriate to give a nod of appreciation.
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