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Chewy Ginger Cookies

admin — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 10:01:01 +0000

Ingredients

150g butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 egg
¼ cup molasses or Golden Syrup
2 tsp. baking soda
2 cups flour
½ tsp. ground cinnamon
1 tsp. ground ginger
½ tsp. salt
extra sugar for rolling

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350°F (200°C).
Cream the butter and the sugar.
Add the egg and stir in the molasses/golden syrup.
sift in the baking soda, flour, spices and salt
Shape into small (2 cm diameter) balls and roll in granulated sugar.
Place on greased cookie sheet. Do not flatten balls.
Bake for about 11 minutes.

Chocolate Oaty Cookies

admin — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 09:50:19 +0000

Ingredients

200g butter
1 lightly packed cup brown sugar
1/2 cup caster sugar
1 large egg
1 tsp vanilla essence
2/3 cup flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
2 Tbs milk
3 cups rolled oats
1 1/2 cups raisins
1 cup chocolate chips

Instructions

Cream butter and sugars well
Add in egg and vanilla and beat.
Sift flour and baking soda and mix into creamed mixture with milk.
Add combined oats, raisins and chocolate chips.
Mix thoroughly.
Put small (about 2cm round) spoonfuls onto greased trays.
Neaten and flatten with a fork dipped in water.
Bake at 180C for 12 – 15 minutes.
Cool on trays for 5 minutes at least as these come out very crumbly.
Move to a cooling rack once they stick together.

Notes

The recipe makes a large batch (60-70) of crunchy, chewy and very yummy biscuits.

Bicotti – low fat easy base recipe

admin — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 09:31:16 +0000

Ingredients

2 1/2 cups of flour
1 Cup Sugar
1/2t baking soda
1/2t Baking Powder
1 pinch salt
3 Large eggs Icing sugar for rolling it in
Optional: nuts, ginger pieces, cherrys, cocoa etc

Instructions

Put all ingrediants in a blender and turn on low until mixed and doughy (or mix by hand)
Turn out into board and roll in icing sugar (this can be messy/sticky, do your best)
Split into 2 long thing rolls, put on baking paper on an oven tray.
Cook at 180C/350F for 15 minutes or until cake like (occasionally a little longer to firm up in the middle)
Slice into slices finger width thick lay slices on their side and re-bake for another 10-15 minutes at 150C/300F or until toasted/crisp on the outside.

Quick Notes

Most recipes contain a cup of oil or butter, I especially hunted down and tested this recipe which is low fat and easy.

These make an excellent gift wrapped in cellophane with a bow for christmas, or served with coffee. You can dress it up with a dunk in chocolate, or leave them as they are.

Additional Ingrediants:

Spices: 1/2 to 1t cinnamon, nutmeg, cardamom or ginger all seem to taste great

Citrus zests and juice: 1t of lemon or orange zes and up to four T of juice can be added to the mix

Extracts: 1/2 to 1t of almond, pepermint, or vanilla extract can be added

Dried Fruits: cherries, cranberries,apricots,raisins, or currents can be rehydrated in water, fruit juice or alcohol, drained and added to the mixture.

Nuts: 1/2 to 1 cup shelled, peeled, chopped nuts (almonds, hazelnuts, walnuts, pecans, etc) can be added to the mix

Dark Chocolate Cake – Womans Weekly Cook Book

admin — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:23:29 +0000

This one came from the Womans Weekly Cookbook and was submitted by Vanessa. She says its great for birthday cakes.

Ingredients:

1 3/4 Cups Self-Raising Flour
½ Tsp Bicarbonate of soda
¼ Tsp salt
½ Cup Cocoa
1¼ Cups Sugar
125g (4 oz.) butter
1 Cup Milk
1 Tsp vanilla
2 Eggs

Chocolate Icing

1½ Cups Icing Sugar
2 Tsp Cocoa
2 Tsp Butter
2 Tbs Water

Instructions

Sift dry ingredients into large bowl;
Add sugar.
Add melted butter gradually; mix well.
Add milk and vanilla; beat well.
Add lightly-beaten eggs gradually; beating well after each addition.
Put mixture into greased and greased-paper lined deep 20cm (8 in) round cake tin.
Bake at 180C (350F) oven for 65 minutes or until cooked when tested.
Top with Chocolate Icing when cold.

Chocolate Icing:

Sift together icing sugar and cocoa
mix in meltedbutter and water
beat until smooth.

Lemon Loaf Recipe

admin — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 03:12:37 +0000

This is a great lemon loaf for every day lunch boxes, morning teas, and similar. Does not do overly well in fan bake oven apparently. This was submitted by Vanessa Liddell

Ingredients:

100g Butter
1 Cup Caster Sugar
2 Eggs
1 Cup Self-Raising Flour
½ Cup Flour
½ Tsp Salt
½ Cup Milk
Rind off one Lemon

Topping

¼ Cup Caster Sugar
Juice of one Lemon

Instructions

Add butter and sugar together and beat until creamy.
Add eggs one at a time, beating quite well between each one.
Add sifted flour (normally I use Self-Raising flour and add 1 heaped teaspoon of baking
powder).
Add salt, milk and rind of one lemon
Put into a greased loaf tin with a lining in the bottom,
place in a hot oven at 180 degrees for 45 minutes.

Topping:

Mix Caster Sugar and lemon together until dissolved (I
usually put in more juice from another half lemon).
Pour over cake when you take it out of the oven (should be quite hot).

Cooking time (duration): 1 Hour

Number of servings: As many as you need

Meal type: Snack

Old Fashioned Ginger Bread Loaf

admin — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:19:07 +0000

Great treat for family and kids

Summary: Light tasty ginger loaf great for any occasion. Quick and easy to make with very little effort. Always seems to come out perfect

Ingredients

50g butter
1 tablespoon Chelsea Golden Syrup
1 egg
1/2 cup Soft Brown Sugar
1 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 teaspoons ginger spice
1 teaspoon mixed spice
1 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 cup milk

Instructions

In a large microwave-proof bowl or saucepan, melt the butter and golden syrup together.
Add egg and sugar, mix well, then add all other dry ingredients except the soda.
Mix the soda with the milk and stir in.
Pour into a baking paper-lined loaf tin and cook at 190 degree C for 30 to 40 minutes.
Cool on a wire rack, slice and butter when cool.

Cooking time (duration): 1 hour

Number of servings (yield): 8

Meal type: snack

Culinary tradition: English

My rating: 5.0 stars