Bread, buns & pastry
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Creating the Best Mince Pies
In my eyes, mince pies are a necessity at Christmas. I could quite happily work my way through a whole box. I’ve made them throughout the years but never quite nailed the recipe. So for the last few weeks, I’ve been testing and trialling a few variations to create my own. I tried a traditional recipe, chocolate pastry, using caster sugar versus icing sugar, adding marzipan or almond flour, plus varying the quantities of mincemeat to pastry to get the perfect ratio. Here I take you through what worked (and didn’t) with the recipes I tried and you’ll see how I’ve incorporated elements from them all to create, in my…
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Classic scones recipe (with clotted cream & jam)
In honour of the 75th anniversary of VE day, I’m sharing this classic scones recipe. No matter whether you rhyme scone with “gone” or “tone”, or spread your cream or jam on first; scones have a quintessentially British feel. They’re easy to make, delicious to eat and the perfect afternoon treat. Ingredients 12 oz / 350g self raising flour (plus extra for dusting)Pinch of salt1 tsp baking powder3oz / 85g butter3 tbsp caster sugar175ml warm milk (plus extra to glaze)1 tsp vanilla essence Serve with Clotted cream and jam Fresh strawberries (optional) Method Firstly, preheat the oven to 200 degrees / 390 Fahrenheit and line two large baking trays with…
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Hot cross buns (No yeast)
Happy Easter Sunday! Fancy making some hot cross buns but you haven’t got any yeast due to Covid-19? I’m here to help. It took me a long time to trust fruit in general, let alone in any baked goods. But, I’m now an avid lover of hot cross buns. Thankfully, its that time of the year again and I needed a fix. With all this time on my hands I thought I’d make my own, but sadly couldn’t find yeast anywhere! Then, I came across a recipe by Skinny Taste and thought I’d try them out. The below is my take on Skinny Taste’s hot cross buns recipe. Although, they…
