How to Make Cinnamon Rolls

Tuesday, November 27th, 2012

How to make cinnmon rolls - 1

  Yesterday I discovered Christmas 24 on my Sky box. Yep, Christmas movies 24 hours a day (or thereabouts) in my sitting room. It has been on ever since. Every film is cheesy, heartwarming, Christmassy and cute in equal measure. And some of the actors appear in more than one film! Who knew? I had [...]

Apple Crisp Breakfast Muffins

Friday, September 23rd, 2011

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As you can see I have a glut of Apples and I’m cooking and baking with them constantly right now. These Apple Crisp Breakfast Muffins are sweet but a lot of the sweetness comes from the fruit and not sugar. Having said that the crispy topping is not so healthy but I imagine that these [...]

Apple Bread Recipe

Wednesday, September 14th, 2011

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Apple Bread Recipe 100g unsalted butter 100g caster sugar 1 heaped teaspoon ground cinnamon 3 eggs 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract 250g plain flour 1 teaspoon baking powder dash of milk 2 large cooking apples 1 tablespoon of cinnamon sugar (100g caster sugar, ½ tbsp ground cinnamon) Heat the oven to 170c/ 325f/ gas mark [...]

Damson Recipes – Damson Pots

Friday, August 19th, 2011

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One of the things that Robert and I missed the most while he was away in hospital were the times we pottered around the kitchen cooking together. The other evening after the kids were in bed we went out to one of several Damson trees in our back garden and began picking. The Damsons are [...]

How to Make Hot Cross Buns

Thursday, March 10th, 2011

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I suppose I need to start today with an apology. If you have given up sweet things for Lent then look away now and I’m sorry! I have given up something for Lent but it isn’t baking so here is a recipe that is fitting for this time of year. There are few things more satisfying [...]

Banana Bread Recipe

Thursday, March 3rd, 2011

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Have tea with me, will you? Tea ( although I haven’t even put the kettle on yet) and a slice of cake. Banana Bread. Using all those bananas that don’t get eaten in time. We’ll sit and chat and stare at the Spring sun and talk of the months to come. How we’ll give up [...]

Honey Oat & Rhubarb Breakfast

Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011

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Morning! Wow, sorry about yesterday, I had real trouble with my site. It got to the point where I could no longer spend any more time on trying to fix it so I left it and now I’m starting again today. I’m thankful the whole thing didn’t go down and thank you to the folk [...]

Traditional Pancakes

Tuesday, February 15th, 2011

Lemon & Sugar Pancakes - 1

Traditional pancakes Mix up your English style pancake batter in a large bowl Using a ladle or a large spoon, pour some of the batter mix onto a pre-heated frying pan with a knob of butter on a high heat. Fry the pancake on both sides for 2-3 minutes until both sides have browned slightly. [...]

Brie & Bacon Pancakes

Tuesday, February 15th, 2011

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Brie and Bacon Pancakes Mix up your English style pancake batter in a large bowl and set to one side. Grill 6 slices of free range smoked bacon until it is crispy then cut it up into small pieces. Thinly slice some brie cheese. Using a ladle or a large spoon, pour some of the [...]

How to Make Lemon & Poppy Seed Muffins

Tuesday, January 18th, 2011

Lemon & Poppyseed Muffins - 1

Four Lemon & Poppy seed muffins. Four! FOUR? Surely a muffin tray has six holes for the batter to be poured in to? Surely if one were to make a batch of muffins then they would make enough to fill each and every hole? Yes, and I did make enough but this was one of [...]