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Homemade Digestive Biscuits

Eliza — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 21:37:58 +0000

Here is my families recipe for Digestive Biscuits. A biscuit that is just that touch healthier without losing any of the flavour. When I was a child we would always serve them with a slice of cheese and a nice cup of Yorkshire Tea. Ingredients 2 oz of whole-wheat flour 2 oz medium oatmeal 1 [...]

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Raspberry Jam Drops

Eliza — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 22:29:38 +0000

Ingredients: 6 oz plain flour 2 tbsp cornflour ½ oz Icing Sugar 1½ tbsp golden syrup 2 tbsp ground almonds Almond extract – a few drops 6 oz butter, diced 3 oz raspberry jam Method: Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius Sift the flour, cornflour and icing sugar into a bowl, stir in the syrup, [...]

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Butter Cookies

Eliza — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 22:27:55 +0000

Ingredients: 9 oz unsalted butter, softened 9 oz unrefined caster sugar 2 large eggs, lightly beaten ½ tsp vanilla extract 18 oz plain flour 1 tsp baking powder Method: Beat the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy, beat in the eggs and vanilla extract Sift the flour and baking powder into a separate [...]

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Coconut Cookies

Eliza — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 22:26:44 +0000

Ingredients: 5 oz softened butter 4 oz golden caster sugar 5 oz plain flour ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda ½ tsp baking powder ½ tsp vanilla extract 1½ oz desiccated coconut Method: Beat the sugar and butter until light and fluffy and smooth, mix in the vanilla extract Sift the flour, bicarbonate of soda and [...]

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Rhubarb Syllabub with Black Gingers

Eliza — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:52:28 +0000

Ingredients – Syllabub 5 fl oz white wine Â¾ cup of caster sugar 1 tablespoons Cognac or Brandy 1 tablespoon Pale Cream Sherry 1 carton of Double Cream Juice and zest of 1 unwaxed lemon Ingredients for the rhubarb mixture: 500 grams â€œforcedâ€ rhubarb â€“ pink skin – cut into 2cm pieces 150 grams caster [...]

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Fembat Black Gingers

Eliza — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 18:15:27 +0000

These beautiful biscuits were named so not because they were black, but rather their use of black treacle. One day, as I was pottering around our pantry, I came across a jar of Black Treacle which was getting dreadfully close to its use by date. With it I made some treacle toffee, and these wonderful [...]

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