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Potato and buttermilk bread rolls - fresh for your weekend breakfast!

Mar 20, 2020
2 min

Potato and buttermilk bread rolls - fresh for your weekend breakfast!

These are great rolls (that also freeze well, both raw and baked) when you've got leftover potatoes and like a hearty bread roll for a weekend breakfast, to go with your soup at lunch time or as an alternative to your usual sandwich bread. Ingredients for 12 large or 18 medium sized bread rolls: 300g white spelt flour 200g strong white flour 100g rye flour 300g mashed (boiled) potatoes 200ml lukewarm water 180ml buttermilk at room temperature 10g fresh yeast 75g sourdough 20g

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Nutty Apple-Rosecake

Jun 21, 2019
2 min

Nutty Apple-Rosecake

What you need for one cake - in a 26cm diameter baking tin: Dough: 500g flour 42g fresh yeast 85g granulated sugar 150ml lukewarm milk 1 large egg 1/2 tsp vanilla essence 1 tbsp creme fraiche 60g melted butter Filling: 200g chopped nuts (medium sized pieces) 100g granulated sugar 30g melted butter 1 tbsp malted barley or runny honey 1 tbsp cinnamon 1/2 tsp vanilla essence pinch of salt 1 large egg 1 large Bramley apple, chopped into thin slices juice of half a lemon How to ma

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Divine biscuits to die for ... Chocolate and Walnut Jumbles

Mar 1, 2019
1 min

Divine biscuits to die for ... Chocolate and Walnut Jumbles

A new favourite! My recent guests have called these biccies divine and to die for hence the title ;) So for about 40 biscuits you'll need: 115g unsalted butter 200g granulated sugar 1 large egg 1 tsp vanilla essence 175g plain flour 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda pinch of salt 100g Rice Crispies 150g chocolate chips of your choice 50g chopped walnuts How you make them: Preheat your oven to 180 degree Celsius and prepare a baking tray with parchment ready to take your homemade pi

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Laugenbagels

Nov 1, 2018
2 min

Laugenbagels

In Germany we have a range of baked goods, of which most of you will know the Brezel, which are going through a brine (= Lauge in German) bath before being baked in the oven, which gives them their distinct brown colouring and particular taste. So I thought I'd marry up two cultures today introducing the Laugenbagels I make regularly and which are great for savoury toppings of your choice like cheese, salmon, salami, etc. For 6-8 (depending on how big you make them) you need

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Yummy summer cakes- with lots of berries

Jun 29, 2018
1 min

Yummy summer cakes- with lots of berries

These little delicious cakes are perfect for hot summer weather - but don't keep more than 2 days in it ... real problem? Normally not ;) For 12 mini cakes you need the following ingredients: For the cakes: 150g unsalted butter 3 large eggs 300g berries of any kind you like 180g granulated sugar 100g plain flour 50g ground almonds For the cream: 250g mascarpone 5 tsp lemon curd 2 tsp milk How to make them: Pre-heat the oven to 180 degrees and prepare the muffin tray with the

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Very simple, but oh so tasty 100% rye bread

May 22, 2018
2 min

Very simple, but oh so tasty 100% rye bread

I finally found a really good supplier to get my dark rye flour from - Shipton Mill in Gloucestershire! Yay. It's becoming more and more difficult to find anything other than wheat and spelt flour in supermarkets, which is a shame. But the on-line ordering process is easy, the delivery quick and the products are great, so I'll be experimenting a bit over the coming months with the different flours they offer. My first one was this delicious, yet non-complicated rye bread - s

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Sourdough Bread Recipe

Oct 22, 2017
2 min

Sourdough Bread Recipe

Hope you've enjoyed to make your own sourdough starter? Was it easy or did you find it tricky? Here now one recipe to use the starter in. I like a rye-mixed bread best, but you can play around with this basic recipe and find your own favourite version ;) You need the following ingredients for one medium sized loaf: 150g sourdough starter 150g rolled oats 150g rye flour ( I use wholemeal, but that's a taste preference) 150g strong white flour 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon of pi

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How to make your own sourdough starter

Oct 8, 2017
1 min

How to make your own sourdough starter

I'll be posting one of my sourdough bread recipes this month and thought it might be useful for you to know how to make a starter first of all as you'll need it for the bread recipe. So, choose the flour you want to bake with and mix 10g fresh yeast (any Tesco or Sainsbury supermarket with an in-store bakery will be able to provide this, you just have to ask them for it) with 250 ml luke warm water until the yeast is fully dissolved. Then add 150g of the flour (I usually use

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Lemon and Poppy Seed Mini Cakes

Sep 30, 2017
1 min

Lemon and Poppy Seed Mini Cakes

You need the following ingredients for 12 mini cake loaf tins/1 regular loaf tin: 75g unsalted butter 3 large eggs 185g golden castor sugar 120ml single cream 10g blue poppy seeds finely grated zest of 3 lemons juice of 1 lemon 170g plain flour 1 1/4 teaspoon of baking powder pinch of salt 100g icing sugar juice from 2 lemons How to make them: Preheat your oven to around 160 degrees (fan oven - regular oven 180) Either a regular loaf tin or these cute mini loaf silicon tins W

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Super-easy Raspberry & White Chocolate Traybake with Mascarpone

Sep 1, 2017
1 min

Super-easy Raspberry & White Chocolate Traybake with Mascarpone

You need the following ingredients for a 30cm x 20cm tray: 1 roll ready made shortcrust pastry 2 large eggs 500g Mascarpone 100g ground almonds 100g white chocolate 100g castor sugar 250g fresh raspberries How to make it: Preheat your oven to around 160 degrees Use a 30cm x 20cm tray - well buttered Place the shortcrust pastry into the form Bake blind for about 10-15 mins until firm to the touch Beat the egg whites until stiff and leave on the side for later Mix the egg yolks

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Oaty Baskets - yummy

Aug 1, 2017
1 min

Oaty Baskets - yummy

Glutenfree healthy breakfast and snack option - easy and quick, but delicious You need the following ingredients for 9 baskets: 300g rolled oats 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon cinnamon a pinch of salt 100ml milk (or dairy alternative like hazelnut drink) 2 large eggs 50ml maple syrup or local honey (depending on taste) 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste 1 acidic apple of your choice (or, you can use dried apple rings, which make them more chewy) - chopped into small chunks Ho

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Summer Muffins - Yoghurt and Raspberry

Jun 21, 2017
1 min

Summer Muffins - Yoghurt and Raspberry

Deliciously light and fruity - perfect for the summer. What you need to make 12 small or 6 big muffins: 150g fresh raspberries 1 large egg 80ml neutral oil (sunflower is ideal) 80g sugar 150g Greek Yoghurt 100ml milk 250g plain flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 pinch of salt optional: icing sugar to dust This is how it goes: Pre-heat the oven at 200 degrees celsius and prepare the muffin tin/moulds. Beat the egg together with the oil, sugar, yoghurt and milk till smooth. Sepa

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Moist apple and almond combi - one of my guest welcome cakes - quick and easy to make

Apr 20, 2017
1 min

Moist apple and almond combi - one of my guest welcome cakes - quick and easy to make

What you need for a 24 inch cake tin: 225g unsalted butter at room temperature 500g cooking apples cut into thin pieces (Bramley are best, I find) Juice and grates zest of one lemon (untreated) 185g golden caster sugar 3 large eggs 225g self-raising flour 2 teaspoons of baking powder 50g flaked almonds for the dough and some for decorating the cake afterwards 1 tablespoon of normal sugar How to make it: Pre-heat the oven to 175 degrees Celsius. Mix the cut apples with the lem

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