Hello everyone, I hope your day is going well. I was looking for something simple to make and I found this recipe, originally from Mary Berry. I love a basic recipe that’s easy to make, and this one only has 3 ingredients!! All you need is butter, sugar and self-raising flour, once baked they are soft, light and not too sweet.
Fork Biscuits (makes 16)
Ingredients
100g butter
50g caster sugar
150g self-raising flour
Method
Preheat the oven to gas mark 4 and line 2 baking trays with baking paper.
Beat the butter alone until soft then mix in the sugar. Add the flour and mix until it forms a dough (you can use your hands for this part).
Form the dough into a long log shape and use a knife to cut 16 equal biscuits.
Take each piece of dough, flatten in your hand to make a circle and place on the baking tray.
When you are finished, press a fork into each one and bake in the oven for 25 minutes. Leave to cool on a baking tray.
Let me know if you try this recipe in the comments below.
Hello everyone, I hope you are all keeping well and making the most out of the lovely weather, if you are in the UK. I recently made some oaty muffins which I thought would be great as breakfast muffins because they are filling, healthy and tasty. Sometimes it can get quite repetitive eating cereal, toast or smoothies in the morning so its nice to have something different that still has the same breakfast element from the oats, egg, milk and cinnamon. This recipe was something I created and the outcome was really good, the only adjustment you might want to make would be adding a little more sugar if you have a sweet tooth but other than that it tastes pretty good.
Oaty Muffins (makes 6 large muffins)
Ingredients
100g plain flour
80g oats
65g soft brown sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp bicarbonate soda
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp cinnamon powder
1 egg
75ml milk
75ml oil
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
Method
Preheat the oven to gas mark 6 and put 6 muffin cases on a baking tray.
In a bowl mix all of the dry ingredients together. Then in a separate bowl whisk all of the wet ingredients together then pour into the flour mixture stirring until everything is combined.
Evenly spoon the mixture into the cases and sprinkle some extra oats on top.
Bake in the oven for 30 minutes until golden and leave to cool completely before eating.
Hello everyone, I hope your day has been well. Today’s recipe is something a little different and more on the healthy side. They are slightly dense but not sweet at all and the white chocolate chunks compliment this very well. They also look very pretty and would make for a perfect insta photo.
I will say that I thought of this idea before I actually checked the kitchen for ingredients and as you can see I didn’t have many raspberries left but there was just enough for the top. If you really like raspberries you could add some to the mixture for a more fruity flavour. I even think that these would be great for a healthy midday snack because they aren’t too sweet and are quite filling.
White chocolate & Raspberry Cupcakes (makes 6)
Ingredients
150g plain flour
1/2 tbsp baking powder
50g caster sugar
50g butter – melted
1 egg
80ml milk
Handful of raspberries
30g white chocolate chunks
Method
Preheat the oven to gas mark 6 and place 6 muffin cases on a baking tray.
Melt the butter and set aside. Put all of the dry ingredients into a bowl and mix.
Whisk the butter, egg and milk together, add to the flour mixture along with half of the white chocolate chunks and mix well.
Spoon the mixture evenly into the muffin cases and sprinkle the raspberries and white chocolate chips on top.
Bake in the oven for 30 minutes then leave to cool on a wire rack before eating.
Hi everyone, thanks for clicking on my blog post. I hope you’ve had a great morning wherever you are in the world. Today’s recipe is Empanadas which were the first thing I posted on my blog back in 2015 but for some reason I didn’t include the recipe. I enjoy making this empanada pastry because it’s light, flaky and rich in flavour from the butter and egg. My first favourite part is taking out the tray once they are cooked and seeing the sauce oozing out adding more colour to the pastry but my second favourite part is eating them (I like to eat these alone because they are so filling).
Chicken Empanadas (makes 18)
Ingredients for Chicken filling
5 large chicken breast
Garlic powder
Salt
Chilli powder
Paprika
Basil
Oregano
2 tbsp of oil for frying
1/2 an onion – finely diced
2 garlic cloves – crushed
1 tbsp tomato sauce
100ml water
1/2 spring onion – finely sliced
50g sweetcorn
Method
Prepare the chicken, dice into bite sized chunks and season with the garlic powder, salt, chilli powder, paprika, basil and oregano. Leave this to marinate for a few ours before cooking.
Next, heat oil in a frying pan, crush the garlic and dice the onion. Once hot, add them both to the pan and keep on a low heat.
Add the chicken to the pan. Mix the water and tomato sauce together in a cup and stir into the pan.
Increase the heat slightly, cover with a lid and cook for 20 minutes.
Add the spring onion and sweetcorn to the pan and cook for a further 5 minutes, then leave to cool.
Ingredients for Empanada pastry
525g plain flour
2 small pinches of baking powder
263g melted butter
1 1/2 egg
50ml warm water
1/2 egg for glazing the pastry
Method
Melt the butter in the microwave and leave to cool.
Put the flour and baking powder into a bowl then make a hole in the middle.
Once the butter is cooled, whisk in the egg and water then pour into the middle of the flour mixture.
Knead the dough for 5 minutes until kit forms a soft dough, wrap in clingfilm and leave in the fridge for a minimum of 30 minutes.
Making the Empanadas
Preheat the oven to gas mark 6 and lightly oil 3-4 baking trays.
Once the chicken has cooled down, roll out the pastry and cut out circle shapes.
Fill half of the pastry with the chicken mixture, fold over the pastry, seal the edges using a fork and place onto the tray.
Do this until everything is used up and use a brush to glaze the top with egg.
Hello everyone I hope you are all well. Thanks for stopping by my blog! Today’s recipe is probably one of the best cookies you’ll ever make (in my opinion). They are soft, sweet and chewy…. just perfect. I really liked these cookies because they contain peanut butter, which I love and also there is no flour in the recipe which makes a change. I’ve had this recipe written in my book for many years and I don’t actually remember where I got it from but finally I’ve made them. The recipe only makes 9 cookies so you may want to double it, however they are quite indulgent.
Peanut Butter and Oat Cookies (makes 9)
Ingredients
100g smooth/crunch peanut butter
100g soft brown sugar
1 egg
100g porridge oats
1 pinch of salt
1 tsp baking powder
30g chocolate chips
1 tsp vanilla extract
Method
Preheat the oven to gas mark 5 and line 2 trays with baking paper.
Put the peanut butter, sugar and egg into a bowl and mix together with a spoon.
Next, add all the other ingredients and mix well with a spoon until everything is combined (you might want to use your hands for this).
Then roll the mixture into 9 even balls and flatten down on the tray.
Bake them in the oven for 10-12 minutes until golden but still soft and leave to cool on the tray.
