A bung it all in recipe that needs minimal ingredients, but tastes great, and perfect for kids to
do, and enjoy the fruits of their labour. The dough itself can also be frozen, so we baked half and froze the other for a rainy day).
Whole lot makes around 12 cookies, dependant on what size you are looking to make.
Ingredients
225g butter softened
(I put ours in the microwave for a bit too long, but still worked, despite the initial stage looking runny, it came together with the flour)
110g caster sugar (I only had golden, which worked great)
275g plain flour
Around 100g chocolate, we smashed up 2 twirl bars
Method
Preheat oven to 190.
Cream together the butter and sugar (as above, don't worry if it looks too runny).
Add the flour and chocolate, and bring it all together to form a dough.
Take balls of the dough, then put on a greased baking tray, and flatten with your palm onto your preferred cookie size.
Place with enough space between them as they will expand.
Bake in the oven for 10-15 minutes.
Cool down and eat!
Enjoy!
Annie x
It's March 2020, and we are currently in isolation due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Hopefully there'll be a time in the not too distant future that I can look back on this, and appreciate our new normal's, and new connections to the outside world (drama Queen...moi haha)!
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| Served with soup, yummy |
In the meantime, I thought I'd try my hand at making soda bread. Coming from Irish stock, I grew up with mum making this, so, whilst I have the ingredients to hand, why not. Have to say I was very impressed with myself.
Back in the day our family owned Morton Flour Mill, but that's for another day...
Ingredients
350g wholemeal flour (I had strong wholemeal flour in the pantry, aka baking cupboard)
1tsp salt
1tsp bircarbonate of soda
About 280ml buttermilk (if you haven't got buttermilk, you can use same amount and add a tbs of white wine vinegar, stir and rest for around 5 mins, creates the same effect).
Method
1. Preheat the oven to 220 electric/200 fan
2. Mix all the dry ingredients together thoroughly.
3. Tip in enough of the buttermilk to combine, and stir until the ingredients came together as a dough. (You may not need all of the buttermilk, mine was quite wet, but still baked well).
4. Place the ball of dough on a floured baking tray, and make a big cross on the dough, almost through to the bottom, helps the centre of the bread cook properly.
5. Bake for 30mins.
Best served warm, I served it with a lovely soup for lunch.
Enjoy!
Annie x
A bung it all in recipe that needs minimal ingredients, but tastes great, and perfect for kids to
