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A saucy sausage baked inside a bread roll? What’s not to love? In fact these were polished off sharpish by my bunch of hungry boys.
Ingredients:
450g strong white flour
2 tsp caster sugar
2 ½ tsp fast action yeast Continue reading
Chocolate Oreo Pears
Not so much a recipe, more a gathering together of things!
(No panic, there’s a recipe coming tomorrow too)
These pears decided not to let apples have all the fun this Bonfire night and jumped onto sticks too! Of course if you’re after a traditional caramel toffee apple recipe then I can help with that too – just see the recipe here.
You will need:
6 firm pears
lolly sticks
200g dark chocolate Continue reading
Posted in Bonfire Night, Children, Chocolate, Treats
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Spiderweb Millionaires Shortbread
Individual Millionaires Shortbread with a hint of Halloween – Yes please!
Ingredients:
Shortbread
80g butter
40g caster sugar
140g plain flour
Caramel
90g light muscovado sugar
90g butter
315g condensed milk – use a squeezy bottle for no waste, if you use a tin and have some left over try it drizzled over icecream, add it to tea/coffee/hot choc for a creamy sweetener or indeed eat it with a spoon 😉 – Thank you Hevz Tasty Treats for the top tips Xx
Topping
200g milk chocolate
50g white chocolate
Makes: 12. Continue reading
Spooky Halloween Meringues
Just a quick something simple for Halloween Treats! Meringue is fast to whip up and the stripes are dead easy too – obviously this is a Halloween version but the technique can be used for all sorts of occasions in every colour under the sun – including red stripes for Christmas and a drop of peppermint extract for a candy cane version. Continue reading
Posted in Halloween, Meringue, Treats
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Flaky Pastry Toffee Apple Pie
A winter warmer if ever there was one! Toffee Apple taste without the risk of losing a tooth 😉 Flaky pastry has to be top of my list just at the moment buttery flaky and quick and easy to do too – try it I’m sure you’ll be converted just like me Xx
Ingredients:
1 x qty Flaky Pastry – recipe here
475g apples
150g butter
75g light muscovado sugar
1 egg for egg wash
caster sugar for sprinkling
Makes 1 x 8″ pie Continue reading
Flaky Pastry
Buttery, flaky, melt in the mouth – this pastry is top of my list just at the moment. So it can make it to the top of yours too here’s the recipe with versions for sweet and savoury Flaky Pastry.
Ingredients:
300g plain flour
225g butter, cold diced
(35g caste
Posted in How To, Pastry
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Time to Get Your Christmas On!
Yes, really it’s that time of year!
For those of you who’ve baked Christmas cake with me the past few years you’ll already know that I soak my fruit for a good length before baking it into a cake. Well now’s the time to mix it up (if you haven’t done already).
Choose from the original boozy fruit, jewelled boozy fruit or the more fruit boozy fruit – sounds like I’m talking in riddles! Read through my post here for all the info you’ll need – Boozy Fruit Soak. And get that fruit added to your shopping list 😉
Posted in Christmas, Twelve Days of Christmas
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Eccles Cakes
These are one of the first things I ever remember baking – they’re super easy for the kids to do and blooming lovely to eat of course too!
Simple ingredients, quickly whipped up into fabulous treats, what more could you want?
Ingredients:
1 x 500g packet of puff pastry (or if you’re feeling adventurous you can make your own, the recipe is just here)
200g currants
30g melted butter
100g caster sugar
1 tbsp water Continue reading
Posted in Children, Pastry, Treats
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Blue Monday and Walnut Biscuits
Hello gang! Hope you’ve all had a fab summer hols? Well I’m back to the baking and kicking off with a savoury recipe for these delicious blue cheese and walnut biscuits.
Over the summer I made thousands of biscuits (quite literally) for Alex James – to be served at the launch of Blue Monday at The Big Feastival. I’ve had quite a few requests for the recipe so of course here it is. Continue reading
The Ones to Treat the Family!
Here are the ones that are definitely for sharing – family tea times, get togethers with friends, just made to be shared.
Monkey Bread – sweet cinnamon bread, sticky caramel what could be better? You can bake it in any kind of tin it’ll fit in so don’t be put off if you don’t have a ring tin. Continue reading
Posted in Cake, Ruth's Chat, Treats
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