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vanilla flapjack

It’s cold, raining and windy, so time for high fat, high sugar food. Based on this recipe, but with some slight changes: 75g Butter 60g Demerera sugar 10ml…

strawberry and dark chocolate muffins

This is a very slight modification of the lemon and white chocolate recipe The depth of the muffin mould is the main issue for cooking time – I…

lemon and white chocolate muffins

This is a modification of a recipe I found last christmas, and have played with slightly in order to make them more unhealthy and bigger than most shop…

vanilla syrup cake: version 2.0

Having tested the original variant on friends and family, this new one has been tested on work colleagues – most appear to have survived. So far. 225g Self-raising…

vanilla syrup cake

This is a variant of the Gingerbread recipe, and is decidedly Version 1.0 in that it’s both complete and in need of more work… It’s actually a little…

gingerbread

Just for added confusion for those arriving via {Google}, this is the cake and not a loaf of bread with ginger in it… Based on an original recipe…

ginger bread

This is a Ginger Bread, and not Gingerbread (not that I’d try to confuse anyone intentionally of course…) 1/2 tsp Yeast 200g Strong White flour 200g Strong Brown…

orange and cranberry bread

I’ve got a new favourite – it’s s slightly modified version of the Orange loaf from page 25 and smells amazing once made. I’m not sure what I…

sweetcorn and sunflower bread

After a conversation with my Mum about various loaves she’d tried recently whilst on holiday in France, here’s a more interesting savory loaf (based on the cinnamon and…

slightly granary

A modified rapid white loaf from page 25: 300g Strong White flour (Tesco) 50g Strong Brown flour (Tesco) 50g Strong Wholemeal flour (Hovis) 3/4 tsp Yeast (Tesco) 1…

cinnamon update

Well, I’m going to admit defeat for the moment – I haven’t yet managed to get a decent rapid bake cinnamon and raisin bread. I’ve added everything in…

cinnamon raisin bread

A slightly modified Spicy Fruit loaf from page 26: 400g Strong White flour (Tesco) 100g Strong Wholemeal flour (Hovis) 1tsp Yeast (Allinsons) 1 1/2 tsp Salt 2 1/2…

a note about fat in the bread recipes

After some more experimentation (I’ve already mentioned that I’d swapped 1g of butter for 1ml of virgin olive oil) I’ve stopped putting any extra fat in the bread…

white sandwich loaf

Very nice indeed (our current favourite), and it works exactly as printed on page 32: 400g Strong White flour (tried both Hovis and Tesco) 1 1/2 tbsp Milk…

cheese loaf

A modified version of the Panasonic Cheese and Bacon recipe (page 27) because I didn’t have any bacon in the house. 200g Hovis Strong White flour 200g Carrs…