Danish Cookies

I really fancied some these cookies xmas 2020. The ones you buy in the blue tins just don’t seem to have the rich butter taste they used to. These were more difficult than I imagined and it took several attempts to get the pattern baked. It turns out I just didn’t have the correct piping …

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Greggs Chicken Pasty

So Greggs published the ingredients with no measurements to make their chicken pasty https://www.delish.com/uk/food-news/a32248039/homemade-greggs-chicken-bake-recipe/ I decided to have ago and apart from being too salty it was excellent! I didn’t write down the measurements and bought ready made puff pasty. I will make it again one day and remember to write down some measurements. The …

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Nigella’s Marmalade Cake

I don’t seem to a photo! it was yummy though from what I recall. The original recipe https://www.nigella.com/recipes/marmalade-pudding-cake I scaled it down for 5 inch square tin, baked 160 fan for 35/40mins. 125g Butter 37.5g Caster Sugar 37.5g Light Brown Sugar 75g Marmalade (35g of which is for the glaze) 113g PL Flour 1/4 bi …

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Nigella’s Sticky Toffee Pudding

Original recipe https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/sticky_toffee_pudding_05454 Scaled down to fit a 5 inch square tin to feed 4 people, bake in 160 fan for 30/35mins. Sponge 100g pitted dates roughly chopped 100 ml boiled water 1/2tsp bi carb 38g butter 1TBSP black treacle 25g Dark Mus sugar 1 large Egg 75g PL Flour 1 tsp Baking Powder Sauce …

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Bread for sandwiches

I have had my bread machine for several years. It is lovely having fresh bread but ultimately because it has no preservatives it doesn’t keep soft for long. I finally figured out the the setting and recipe that keeps for 2 days for the kids packed lunch. Whatever is left over I will freeze for …

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Mediterranean Scones

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Delia’s recipe https://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/meals-and-courses/lunch-and-snacks/feta-olive-and-sun-blush-tomato-scones I tried 3 recipes and this is a keeper, it is a lovely scone for a picnic or even with soup. I followed Delia’s recipe but tweaked it slightly to suit want ingredients I had: 225g SR flour 1 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp chilli cayenne pepper 1/2 tsp Mustard Powder 1 …

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Morning cooking today!

17th March 2021 Shepherd’s pie for dinner later, experimenting with lemon flavoured Hong Kong Paper wrapped Sponge and Mediterranean Scones. All took about 2.5 hours including cleaning up. The lemon HK sponge needs a bit of tweeking, this time I used: 20g sugar with 3 large egg whites 40g sugar with 3 large egg yolks …

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