Not sure why I hadn’t tried this previously, easy and delicious. Bananas, melted butter and sprinkle brown sugar over while they are lightly frying, turn over after a few minutes and cook on both sides. I put a little coconut on as well and had with vanilla ice-cream.
Use a banana that’s still a touch green as they hold better, and about 1 tbsp of butter per banana.
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Another surprisingly easy recipe, makes me wonder why I never made these as a kid, my mum loved condensed milk, and I loved bounty bars.
190g sweetened condensed milk
180g desiccated coconut
180g dark chocolate
Combine the condensed milk and coconut, making a very sticky mixture. Use your hands to squeeze into small balls, logs or what shape you can manage (like I did). Then put in the freezer for 30 mins or so to harden them up.
Melt the chocolate in a double boiler, roll them around in it (or try being delicate with 2 spoons like I tried and failed to do), then place on a tray back in the freezer for a bit.
Kept in the fridge thereafter and are extremely tasty.
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Not to leave out anyone in the household for homemade goodies, thought I would try making dog treats with some left over corned beef. They seem to be greatly enjoyed so it’s a win 👍
200ml beef stock
300g wholemeal flour
150g corned beef
1 banana
1 egg
Mix all together, and make into shapes. This is a really sticky mixture so extra flour is needed, but it works. Roll out to required thickness, shape and put on lined or greased trays. 20 mins at 190.
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Having made elderberry cordial, I figured it must be fairly easy to make orange cordial too. And it is. I’ve never been a fan of orange squash, it doesn’t taste right and I don’t like all the extras with sweetners and the like.
250ml fresh orange juice (or tangerines)
300ml water
200g sugar
5 grapes juiced
That’s it, that’s all that goes in.
Heat the sugar and water until dissolved, for about 10 mins until it starts to go syrupy.
Add the orange juice, then simmer for another 10 mins.
Then pour into a clean bottle through a fine mesh strainer, put the lid on and leave to cool. Then it’s ready. I keep it in the fridge as it’s really nice cold. And it hasn’t lasted more than a few days because its so refreshing, so have no idea how long it lasts 😉
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A very easy and tasty recipe 😋
Oven at 160 fan assisted (180 otherwise).
225g oats
150g butter
50g sugar
2 tbs golden syrup
20g dessicated coconut
140g chocolate (or however much suits)
Melt together the butter, sugar and syrup. Take off the heat. Stir the coconut through the oats, then add the mix to the metled butter and sugar. Line your tin and tip your oat mixture in and press down.
Bake for 15 mins. Allow to cool.
Melt the chocolate, pour and smooth over the top (or as a pattern). I added some edible gold glitter too for exta sparkle ✨️
Put in fridge and allow chocolate to set. Then cut into pieces and enjoy. I put them back in the fridge though as it’s quite warm still so they’ll melt if left out.
Very tasty, could do with a bit more coconut I think next time.
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After foraging some blackberries, I decided to give apple and blackberry cake a go.
186g blackberries
2 x small gala apples
2 eggs beaten
1/2 tps cinnamon
4 oz butter
6 oz demerera sugar
8 oz self raising flour
orange zest
1tps baking powder
Oven at 160°c (fan assisted or 180 if not), line loaf tin with baking paper, or butter so the cake doesn’t stick.
Beat the eggs and greate the two apples including the skin down to the core into the egg, put in cinnamon and orange zest.
Cream together the butter and sugar.
Add the two together until you have a big bowl of runny, lumpy goo. Now add the flour and baking powder until you have a decent cake batter, then stir through most of the blackberries, careful not to break them up too much. Save a few for putting on top before it goes in the oven, and I sprinkled a small bit of demerera over the top as well.
Bake for around 50 mins to over an hour. I had to check a few times because it browned well early on. The knife test did it though, and it was perfect at about 1 hour and 5 minutes I think.
It was rather nice.
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This one I decided should be a combo, and as such becomes Super Jam 😁 strawberry, raspberry, cherry and redcurrant.
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I have found jam making. I tried once a few years ago to make a plum jam, it was far too solid and sweet, and was forgotten. Until I had some cherries a few days ago, which i miss when they aren’t in season. So figured, starting turning things into storable items for when they aren’t in season. And being honest I wasn’t content with just cherry, so more to follow 😁
250g cherries
150g sugar
1 small lemon juiced
That’s it, just 3 ingredients and a short amount of time. Pit the cherries, cut up 3/4 of them, simmer in the lemon juice for 5-10 mins. Add the sugar, dissolve on low heat, then have at a rolling boil for 10 mins or so.
Then test, put a small blob on a plate in the fridge for 2 minutes, then check the consistency. That’s what I didn’t know to do years ago with the plum, which makes me one!
And from that, we get a small homemade jar of cherry jam 😋 🍒
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Thought I would give granary bread a go as I like it and decided it was about time I made it myself. It went well.
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A spur of the moment purchase of strawberries and a bar of chocolate in the cupboard, combined for a very tasty indulgence. A couple with desiccated coconut and a couple with grated white chocolate. Just to make it a bit more special for a Tuesday night treat.
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