Category: Baking

Cornflake flap jack

Chewy, sweet and buttery, flapjacks are easy to make, traditionally made just with oats but here I’ve pimped them up with some cornflakes and raisins. Don’t be confined to cornflakes through, feel free to use crunchy nut cornflakes, rice krispies or go chocolaty and use cocoa pops.

Makes 16 squares

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Spanakopita – Greek Spinach Pie

Add a touch of Greek into your life with this traditional spinach and feta pie, this is an easy, straightforward pie to put together, Depending on where you buy your filo you may need to cut to size so adapt as you go, just don’t skrimp on the butter whatever you do.
Original recipe by Angela Boggiano from her book Pie.

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Brie and caramelised onion galette

Who doesn’t like a baked cheese? There is nothing nicer to indulge in than rivers of rich earthy brie cheese oozing out of buttery pastry melting together with sweet caramelised onions and then moped up with crusty bread, serve on it’s own or with some sharp tangy pickles on the side.

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Liquorice biscuits with blackberry curd

We adore liquorice in any format it happens to be, sweet, flavoured or salty, so these tasty biscuits are a delight to us but maybe an acquired taste to others.
These are a variation on what is more commonly known as thumb print cookies.

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Broccoli, halloumi, shallot, mint and pine nut cake

This is a very easy and simple vegetarian pie with no pastry either. It is a very flexible recipe and you can change the vegetables, the cheese and herbs to whatever you have to hand. We have made this using green beans, goats cheese, thyme and walnuts which was equally delicious. Next time we might try cabbage, caraway, parsley and sunflower seeds.

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Christmas donuts

This is not truly a donut batter as it contains no yeast but I used a donut tin to create the round cakes. If you don’t have a donut tray then this mixture is very similar to a muffin mix so feel free to use a muffin tray instead. This recipe can be made using any mincemeat of your choice but for an extra treat why not try making our superfood goji and cranberry mincemeat instead.

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Banana, coconut, allspice and pecan muffins

Homemade muffins are an absolute pleasure to make, the variety at hand is almost endless and once you master the method it becomes so easy, wet ingredients, dry ingredients, mix and bake, simple as that. These muffins came about after testing recipes from Caribbean Modern. Banana, allspice and coconut, classic ingredients of the islands.

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