When my Nanan died, her cookbooks went to my mum. She’s no great baker so passed it to me. My ‘bible’ is a 1940 copy of Modern Cookery, complete with inserted additional recipes including a small pile of Stork Cookery Notes. This is from cooking with honey pamphlet dated August 1951 This one will set […]
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Many people have questions about bread makers and making bread in a bread-making machine. Hopefully, I can answer a few of them. A long time ago I bought my first bread-making machine. It sounded like an answer to a dream. I remember I bought it from a “club book” for those of you who remember
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Easy Peasy Pastry really is the simplest, easiest, less messy, quick version of making a simple shortcrust pastry Are you one who often runs out of basic ingredients then wants to bake? If so, as long as you have flour and oil, this is the recipe for you. Ingredients 100 ml cooking oil(vegetable oil,sunflower oil
There really is nothing as lovely as fresh warm homemade quiche, or chilled quiche with a salad if preferred. I always consider quiche suitable for any meal and often like a slice for a snack, a quick meal or for supper. Lovely served warm with homemade wedges and salad tomatoes. Ingredients Half of a batch
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Ingredients 12 oz dried mixed fruit-you may vary this as you wish ¼ (one quarter) pint strong tea 8 oz Self-raising flour 3 oz Demerara sugar 2 teaspoons mixed spice 2 eggs Method 2 large eggs beaten Soak fruit in tea overnight Mix flour, sugar and spice together Mix the eggs and the fruit together
These are my Double Decker Scones. I roll mine thinner and stack them in twos so they slice really easily without making lots of crumbs or breaking. This is how my Mum taught me. I made these Vegan so used Vitalite and oat milk but you can also use any baking margarine or baking fat.
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