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Bakewell Tarts

Bakewell Tart.

100g plain flour.                                        100g margarine.

25g margarine.                                           100g sugar.

25g lard.                                     2 eggs.

A little water.                                             100g self raising flour.

Jam.                                                              Almond essence.

Icing sugar for decorating.

Oven temp; gas 4. 180 c. 350 f.

Make the shortcrust pastry . Roll it out and line it in a shallow ovenproof dish.

( you can cut individual tarts if you so wish).

Place a small amount of jam on the base of the pastry and carefully spread with a knife.

Cream the margarine and sugar until soft. Gradually beat in the eggs and about  2 capfuls of almond essence. Fold in the flour. Carefully spoon the sponge mixture over the jam. Take care that the jam does not go through the sponge.

Cook for approximately 30 minutes. (about 15 minutes for tarts ).

Sieve a little icing sugar on top when it comes out of the oven.

Bread Pizza

Bread Pizza

400g strong plain flour

25g fresh yeast.

1/2 tsp salt.

1 tsp sugar.

300ml warm water (approximately).

Grease a baking tray. Oven temp; gas 7. 425f. 220c.

Cream the yeast and sugar in a jug. Add the water. Put the flour and salt in a bowl. Add the liquid to the bowl and blend together until you have a soft dough. Leave to rise in the bowl for about 30 minutes. Knead the dough on a floured surface and place in a bread tin (if making a loaf). Leave to rise in a warm place. Glaze with milk and cook for about 25 minutes. The bread will sound hollow when tapped on the bottom. Cool on a wire rack.

If making a pizza you need to make the dough as above and pat it out into a circular shape on the tray. Place tomatoes (a mixture of Dolmio and tinned tomatoes is nice) on the dough. Top it with chopped onions, mushrooms, ham, grated cheese etc. Place on the oven for about  20 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.

Banana Bread

50 g margarine                            

50 g sugar                            

1 tbsp golden syrup

100 ml milk

1 egg

1 small mashed banana

150g self raising flour   

Grease and line a loaf tin.

Cream the margarine and sugar until light and fluffy.

Beat in the egg, syrup, milk and banana.

Fold in the flour.

Spoon into the tin and cook for 30 mins – approx.

Cool on a wire rack.

Oven temp:- 350f . 180c .gas 4 .

Bread and Butter Pudding

  Bread and butter pudding.

3 slices of thick bread.

Butter.

A handful of mixed dried fruit.

1 egg.

200 ml milk.

Mixed spice.

1tbsp sugar.

Method.

Oven temp. 200 c. Gas 6. 400 f.

Grease an ovenproof dish.

Spread butter onto the bread.

Cut 2 slices into soldiers and the last slice into triangles.

Place the soldiers into the dish.

Sprinkle on the sugar and fruit.

Beat the egg, milk and spice in a jug.

Arrange the triangles of bread neatly on top and pour on the milk.

Leave to soak in the bread for a short while.

Put into a preheated oven  for about 15 minutes.

Craft club eats!

This is my first entry to my blog and I hope I will have some response to it!

In craft club we have made many appetising dishes ranging from Muffins to scone based pizzas. I was very grateful to the girls who helped at the Open Evening. I think many people were impressed with the cookery room and rightly so! Isn’t funny how all the lovely cooking smells waft down the corridors, but we can’t smell them in our room. Maybe we are just used to them.

Anyway, do any of you have any ideas for things to make?
I’d love to know what you think of the dishes we make – and your parents too.

As you know I am on a diet and I have just made some soup. This recipe was told to me by a colleague. It consists of peppers, cabbage, celery, tomatoes and onions. It looks nice. Apparently these ingredients contain very little in the way of calories but use a lot of calories to break them down in the body. Watch this space to see if I have lost any weight!!!

Do you know of any recipes that would help me lose weight?

PS. The photos are from year 5. I'll print Craft Club pickies when I know how to do it!!!!

Mizume xxx