April 17, 2020
Flour Girl
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Karen ordered a large quantity of flour. Continue reading
Tag Archives: baking
March 19, 2014
Flapjack
Here is a flapjack recipe with flour in, of all things. And it’s in imperial, too! 8ozs butter 2 good tablespoons golden syrup Melt together in pan. Add 8ozs oats 8ozs self raising flour 6 ozs sugar Mix well. Press … Continue reading
December 4, 2013
Christmas Baking
A Canadian Christmas is directly tied to our geography. Come December we are the frozen north of our clichéd reputation. The ultimate American holiday is Thanksgiving, but for us it Christmas. We are keenly aware of Solstice and by mid-month … Continue reading
October 15, 2013
Great Uborka BakeAlong
This week’s only entrant is Asta; here’s what she has to say: You can keep your grandfather grains, thankyou very much. What is the point of spelt? Nevertheless, I decided that I would pick Rebecca’s foccacia, as I have … Continue reading
October 8, 2013
Great Uborka BakeAlong
It’s week 7, and on TV they were doing things with suet and choux pastry, which all looked very complicated. The best I managed with suet this week was to put dumplings on top of my steak and ale stew. … Continue reading
October 5, 2013
Berkshire Bara Brith
Ingredients 450g/1lb strong white flour 7g salt 10g dried yeast 75g/2½oz butter, softened 50g/1¾oz brown sugar 2 tsp mixed spice 350g/12oz mixed dried fruit such as dates, apricots, blueberries, sultanas 1 free-range egg 1 chai teabag 100ml milk oil Method … Continue reading
October 1, 2013
Great Uborka BakeAlong
This week’s episode was all about sweet dough, and some interesting tea loaves were produced. In the BakeAlong we have only one tea loaf (although I might make one later today). So that means Asta is star baker again, with … Continue reading
September 24, 2013
Great Uborka BakeAlong
This week’s challenges included traybakes, tuiles and towers of biscuits. No-one in their right mind would make biscuits into a tower, so most of the week’s entries have been traybakes. K has pushed out all the stops with his version … Continue reading