Orange and Raisin Plait Bread

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I love making bread and I found this recipe, which I have never tried before and I thought it could be quite a good recipe to have a go at. I hope you like it and thank you for all the views.

Ingredients: 

250g of plain flour                                                    
25g of caster sugar
5 tsps of orange peel
2 packs of active dry yeast
pinch of salt
1/2 tsp of cinnamon or ground ginger
50ml of milk
5g of butter
12g of water
2 eggs
50g of raisins

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 190C. In a bowl combine two cups of the flour, sugar, orange peel, yeast, salt and cinnamon or ginger.

2. In a small saucepan heat up the butter, milk and water until it is all combined and melted. Then take off the heat and combine with dry ingredient. When the mixture is cool enough to touch with your pinky finger so that when you add in the two eggs it doesn't curdle. Once you have added both of the eggs, stir in the raisins and then turn out onto a floured surface and knead for 6-8 mins.

3. Once you have kneaded the bread put it in a bowl and cover with cling film. Leave for an hour and a half  to prove at room temperature.

4. Punch the dough onto a floured work surface and knead for a minute. Split the dough into three equal balls and then roll it out into three sausage shapes. Then plait the three strands to make a plaited loaf and leave to rest for 30 mins covered in clingfilm.

5. Put on a baking tray and put in the oven for 45 mins so that when you tap it on the bottom it sounds hollow.

6. Leave to cool and if you want you can glaze with apricot jam.

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Chocolate and Caramel Flapjacks

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At school we are having a couple of bake sales so I thought that I could give you guys a couple of ideas. Hope you enjoy!

Makes: Cuts into 12 mini squares

Ingredients:

200g of soft brown sugar
200g of butter
2 tbsp of golden syrup
350g of porridge oats
375g of caramel (salted caramel tastes very good)
200g of plain chocolate
1 tbsp of unflavored oil (sunflower oil)

Method: 

1. Heat the oven to 150C/130C fan/ gas 2. Place the butter, golden syrup and sugar into a small saucepan and heat until the butter has melted. Then take off the heat and mix in the oats. Pour this mixture into a 22cm square lined tin and bake in the oven for 40- 45 mins.

2. Allow the mixture to cool in the tin. Then evenly spread over the caramel with s spatula and pop in the fridge to allow it to set.

3. Melt the chocolate in a heat proof bowl above a pan with simmering water but don't let the water touch the bowl. Take off the heat and add in the oil before pouring over the caramel flapjack base and leave to set. Once it is set cut into 12 small squares and serve.

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Yummy Scrummy Heart Cookies

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I hope you are well. Thank you for all the views. We now have over 250 which is amazing! I hope you enjoy this recipe and please comment more recipes that you want to see.

Ingredients:

225g of butter, unsalted
225g of light brown sugar
1 medium egg
1/2 tsp of vanilla extract
450g of flour, extra for flouring the work top and a rolling pin
1/2 tsp of ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp of cocoa powder
1 tsp of baking powder
pinch of salt

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 170C. Soften the butter and then add in the sugar. Beat together and add the egg. Mix quickly so that the egg doesn't curdle and then add the vanilla extract.

2. Once all of the wet ingredients are mixed well add the flour little by little as it can be hard to mix. Then add the ground cinnamon, cocoa powder, baking powder and a pinch of salt.

3. Then roll out the dough, making sure that you flour the surface and the rolling pin. Roll out the dough to about as thick as a pound coin and then use a heart cutter to cut out the shapes.

4. Place them on a lined baking tray, making sure that they are spread out as they will rise slightly and will spread. Put the cookies into the preheated oven and bake for around 15-20 mins.

5. When you take them out leave them for 5 mins to harden slightly and then move to a cooling rack.

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Red Velvet Cupcakes- Red Nose Day Treat

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The Great British Bake Off is upon us as Red Nose Day begins to kick in. Here is a yummy recipe that would be perfect for a bake sale to raise money for Comic Relief.

Ingredients:

120g of butter, unsalted and softened
300g of caster sugar
2 eggs
250mls of buttermilk, (instead get 250mls of milk and 3tsps of lemon juice)
2 tbsp of red food colouring
1 tsp of vanilla extract
1 1/2 tsp of bicarbonate of soda
250g of plain flour
5 tbsp of cocoa powder
pinch of salt

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas mark 4. Line two muffins tins.

2. In a large bowl beat butter and sugar. Then add the eggs, one by one and then pour in the buttermilk. Add in the red food colouring and the vanilla extract. The mixture might be quite runny so little by little add in the flour, cocoa powder and bicarbonate of soda. Add a pinch of salt to enhance the flavour and then divide up into the muffin cases.

3. Bake in the oven for 20-25 mins or until you can press them lightly and they spring back.

Ingredients for the cream cheese frosting:

150g of unsalted butter, at room temperature
45g of caster sugar
300g of full fat cream cheese

Method for making cream cheese frosting:

1. Beat the butter and the sugar in a bowl with a hand held electric mixer.

2. Add in all of the cream cheese and mix thoroughly.

Then top the red velvet cake with the cream cheese frosting by using a spoon or piping the frosting.

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Sweet and Spicy Popcorn- The Perfect Movie Snack

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Here is another quick but yummy recipe. This is a twist on normal popcorn that is full of flavour and the perfect snack. It can be served warm or stored in a food bag and taken as a snack to school or to the cinema.

Serves: Roughly two people.

Ingredients:

100g bag of salted microwave popcorn
1/4 tsp of chilli powder
1/2 of cinnamon
1 tbsp of agave syrup

Method:

Follow the popcorn instructions for how long it takes to turn into popcorn. Then put into a bit mixing bowl and mix through the chilli powder, cinnamon and agave syrup.

And your done!

I hope you enjoyed this quick and simple recipe.
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The Perfect Snack.

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Today we will be talking you through how to make the perfect quick snack.
Cinnamony apple.

You will need:
An apple of your choice
Ground cinnamon
A knife
A plate

Firstly wash and cut your apple. Place on a plate and sprinkle cinnamon on top.
And that's it! Tastes super! Takes two minutes! PERFECT!

I occasionally also have a couple of raisins on the side, but its totally up to you.

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Oaty Chocolate Chip Cookies

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We hope you are well. We just want to say thank you for all the views we have had. We have had over 200 views and lots of new followers on our instagram page. Please keep commenting and sharing on our blogs and of course don't forget to subscribe. Please comment if you want us to start a twitter or facebook account. We have started a pinterest account which will be linked at the bottom of this post.  Thanks again and hope you enjoy...

Ingredients:

125g of unsalted butter
85g of soft brown sugar
125g of white sugar
150g of plain white flour
170g of porridge oats
1/2 tsp of baking powder
1/2 tsp of bicarbonate of soda
50g of white chocolate chips
50g of milk chocolate chips
1 tsp of vanilla essence
1 egg

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 160C

2. Cream the butter and both of the sugars together until it is fluffy and there are lumps of sugar.

3. Add the egg and stir well. If it looks like the mixture is splitting it doesn't matter just keep stirring. Then add the vanilla extract.

4. Sift and fold in the flour little by little until it is well combined. Then add the bicarbonate of soda and baking powder.

5. Add the chocolate chips and then mix in the porridge oats.

6. Take a teaspoon of the mixture and place it on a lined baking tray. Make sure that you space out the cookies because they will spread out and rise.

7. Pop in the oven for around 15- 20 mins or until golden brown. They should be soft on the inside and have a hard shell on the outside.


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.Chocolate Love. X . Eat Your Feelings.

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Today we thought, as it is nearing the time of Valentines day, we would show you how to make a very cute, simple, and effective creation. Chocolate Hearts.

You will need:

Chocolate
Ice cube mould
A Spoon
Microwave or stove
A Fridge
Tray
Oh and a Knife (optional)

Directions:

1. Start of by breaking your chocolate into many small pieces, so therefore is easier to melt.
2.Then either use a pan on the stove or a microwave (a lot easier and quicker) to melt your broken chocolate. Do not burn the chocolate, so to assure you don't, you must take it away from the heat when there are still small lumps in it. It will keep cooking for at least 2-3 minutes.
However if you find you have over done it a bit then mix small amounts of milk in, NOT WATER!
3. After the chocolate is nice and creamy take your spoon and spoon the chocolate into the moulds, this can get messy, you could alternatively use a piping bag, but the chocolate tends to be two runny.
4. Now I bet you have drizzled chocolate everywhere, so take your Knife to just run along the top of the moulds, this will assure you have a clean bottom to your chocolate.
5. Place in Fridge, on a tray (optional), and leave for at least 4h to set.

Of course you can jazz it up a bit by using more than one type of chocolate and have some awesome swirly patterns, but it is up to you.
We would love to see you recreate these.
If you do be sure to post them and use the hash tag #chocolateloveeatyourfeelings

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Easy Crepes- Pancake Day

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So pancake day is coming up soon so I thought it would be a good time to put up a basic pancake recipe. I will also include a couple of unusual toppings that you may like.

Makes: 12 pancakes
Calories: 61 kcal per pancake

BBC Good Food Pancake Flipping Recipe: http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/technique/how-make-pancakes

Ingredients: 
100g of plain flour
2 large eggs
300ml of milk
1 tbsp of sunflower oil or vegetable, extra for frying
Plus any toppings

Method: 

1. Mix the flour, eggs, milk, sunflower oil and a pinch of salt.

2. Set a medium frying pan or crepe/ pancake pan over a medium heat. Put in a drop of oil and when heated.

3. Tip a ladle full of mixture into a pan and swirl around. When the edges of the pancake become golden flip it with a fish slice. Cook for about 30 seconds and then serve.

There you go! A basic pancake that can have any topping. I am going to leave some BBC God Food pancake recipes below so I hope you enjoy. Please check them out and don't forget to subscribe.

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Chocolate, peanut butter and banana: http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1916659/choc-chip-peanut-butter-and-banana-pancake-filling

Coconut Crepe with raspberry sauce: http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/coconut-crepes-raspberry-sauce

India potato pancakes: http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/indian-potato-pancakes



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Lovely Ladybug Biscuits- Valentines Day

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This is the first recipe for Valentines Day. I hope you enjoy these couple of recipes and please send us your photos. Use the #bakingforvalentineblog.

Ingredients:
 175g of plain flour
85g of icing sugar
100g of butter, chilled and cubed
1 tsp of vanilla extract
1 egg yolk

To decorate: 
 500g of ready-roll-icing
100g of icing sugar 
red food colouring
black food colouring
edible pearly ball decorations

You will also need:
 8cm heart cutter
6cm heart cutter

Method:

1.  Put the flour, icing sugar, butter, vanilla extract and egg yolk in a food processor or mixer and add a dribble of water to bring together.

2. Tip onto the work surface and kneed out to bring things together and then wrap in clingfilm and chill for 20 mins.

3. Heat your oven to 180C/160C fan/ gas mark 4. Roll out the dough to the thickness of a £2 coin. Cut out heart shapes with the 8cm cutter- continue this by re-rolling out the trimmings. (This should make around 20 biscuits)

4. Put them on a lined tray and bake for 12 mins or until golden brown and crispy. Then take out and put on a cooling rack. 

5. Dye the ready roll icing red (or use the icing that is already red) and leave for 5 mins. Mix the icing sugar and water until it becomes a thick paste and add the black food colouring. Then pour into a icing bag with a plain nozzle.

6. Roll out the red icing to 3mm thick and then use the 6cm heart cutter to cut out the icing. Stick it onto the biscuits and then use the black icing to give the love bug a head at the pointy end of the heart. Draw a line down the middle and around the edge and draw on the dots.

There you go. A perfect Valentine gift! You can wrap it up in cellophane a tie with ribbon for the perfect finish.

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Happy February!

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Thanks for all the views that we have got. Lots of baking treats coming up this February and some Valentine treats!

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Hot Cross Bun Cupcakes

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Today recipe is a simple twist on a classic. These yummy breakfast treats can now be enjoyed as a pudding or simply with afternoon tea. A couple of recipes will be going up today as we have alot of baking planned!

Makes: 12
Calories: 360 kcal per cupcake

Ingredients:

1 tbsp of lemon juice
100ml whole milk
175g of unsalted butter
85g of strong white flour
90g of self-raising flour
1/2 tsp of baking powder
175g of light soft brown sugar
2 tsp of mixed spice
100g of ground almonds
1 medium apple peeled and grated
3 large eggs, beaten
3/4 of a zest of orange
100g of sultanas and raisins
1 tbsp of apricot jam, warmed with 1/4 tsp of warm water

For Spiced Buttercream

1/4 of zested orange
50g of full- fat cream cheese
50g of icing sugar
25g of butter, slightly softened
1/4 tsp of mixed spice

Method: 

1. Combine the lemon juice and milk in a jug and set aside for 5 minuites.  Heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4 and melt the butter in the saucepan.Use a little bit of butter to grease the muffin tins.

2. Put the flour, baking powder, ground almonds, sugar, spice and a pinch of salt in a large mixing bowl.

3. Beat the eggs, orange zest and melted butter into the thickened milk. Pour into the dry ingredients and whisk together.

4. Stir in the sultanas, raisins and grated apple. Scoop into the tins and bake for 18-20 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes so they can be iced.

5. When the buns are cool cut a cross in the top will a serrated knife and brush with apricot jam. For the spiced butter cream mix all the ingredients together and pipe along the cross.

Then you can enjoy!

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