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Apple
or Other Fruit Crumble
Mix up a
large batch of the crumble mixture, and keep
it in a container in your freezer. The
crumble part can be made according to what
you have in your pantry... use a base of 1
cup flour - white or wholemeal or a
mix of the two, 1 cup white or brown sugar,
and 100 gms of melted butter or margarine.
Mix those
together until crumbled, and add your choice
of 2 cups total of one or a range of the
following: rolled oats, oat bran, coconut,
crushed weetbix, cornflakes, rice bubbles,
wheatgerm, bran, sesame seeds, sunflower
seeds, pumpkin seeds, chopped nuts -
peanuts, walnuts, or other nuts, etc.. You
can double or triple the recipe as it
freezes well.
When you
want to make a fruit crumble, you'll just
need to wash, core and slice some apples
(leave skins on for extra flavour and
nutrition), or other fruits (feijoa's,
peaches, plums, rhubarb, pears, nectarine's,
berries, etc..etc..) and place in a lightly
greased oven dish, sprinkle over some
crumble mix straight from the freezer and
pop it in the oven at 180°C to cook for
about 20-30 minutes, while you eat dinner.
Bran Muffins
Preheat
oven to 190°C. Melt in a microwave proof
bowl or a saucepan: 4 tablespoons golden
syrup and 50gms butter or margarine. While
that's melting, sieve into a large bowl: 2
cups flour, 3 tsp baking powder, 1 cup brown
or white sugar, 1 tsp salt. Add 2 cups
baking bran and mix in. Pour 2 cups of milk
into a bowl. Add 2 eggs and beat or whisk in
well. To this, add your choice of: 1 mashed
banana, 2 medium apples, grated - skin on is
good, 1 medium sized carrot or pear grated,
1 cup cooked or fresh peaches, chopped into
small pieces, etc..etc.. Add 2 tsp baking
soda to the melted butter and golden syrup
and mix in well until the mix begins to
bubble. Make a hollow in the centre of the
dry ingredients and pour the milk and egg
mix onto the bran mix. Quickly pour the
butter mix over, and mix lightly until just
combined. Place into lightly greased muffin
pans and bake about 12-15 minutes or till
cooked.
Carrot Cake
1 1/2
cups plain flour
1 cup brown sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp allspice (or mixed spice)
1/2 tsp salt
1 large cup carrots
(1/3 cup oil - optional)
2 eggs lightly beaten
1/2 cup crushed pineapple with liquid
1 tsp vanilla essence
Combine
flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda,
spices, salt and carrot. Mix together well.
Beat in remaining ingredients. Pour batter
into a well greased ring tin. MICROWAVE -
cook on Medium for 8-10 minutes. When
cooked place double layer of paper towel
over top and let stand for 5 minutes before
turning out.
OVEN -
cook for 30 minutes at 180C. Let stand for
5 minutes before turning out. Ice with Cream
Cheese Icing or sprinkle Icing Sugar over
top of cooled cake.
Cheese puff
muffins
3/4 cup
of flour,
1 beaten egg,
pinch of salt,
2 teaspoons of baking powder
chopped small onion
Mix all
ingredients together if the mix seems dry
add some water not much just to blend, and
pour into 6 large muffin tins, sprinkle
grated cheese on the top and cook 175°C for
20mins serve with sour cream on the side and
some cubed tomato 2 to a serve
Chocolate
Chippie Bites
300g
unsalted butter
1 cup packed brown sugar
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1 tsp vanilla essence
3 cups self-raising flour, sifted
250g dark (milk or white) choc bits
70g chopped walnuts (optional)
Preheat
oven to 180°C Line 3 baking trays with
sheets of non-stick baking paper. Cream
butter and sugar then add eggs, a little at
a time, beating after each addition. Add
essence. Add remaining ingredients and stir
well until combined. Taking 1 tsp at a time,
roll into balls. Place onto a prepared
tray, allowing a little room for spreading.
Bake for 8-10 minutes until lightly browned.
Place on cooling racks and allow to cool
completely before storing in an airtight
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