Baking

Basic Bread Recipe Di’s basic wholemeal bread; good to have on hand for toast or soup. Prep Time:1 hour Cook Time:2 hour Serves:Serves Ingredients  1 Cup warm water ¼ Cup milk 2.5 Cups high grade flour ¾ Cup wholemeal flour 1 Tbsp Sure Bake yeast 1.5tsp Bakels Instant Dried Yeast) 1 Tsp salt 1 Tbsp melted honey (or Brown Sugar) 1.5 Tsp Equagold Vanilla Extract (** Optional)   https://equagold.co.nz/product/tahitian-vanilla-extract-50ml/ 1 Tbsp grapeseed oil  Method In a large bowl, add the water and milk, 1 cup of the white flour and the yeast, and stir to mix in the yeast. (I use...

Apricot and Vanilla Jam Love it when it’s Apricot and Vanilla Jam time, go find yourselves some apricots at a decent price-or better yet, free from your tree or the tree of a friend and knock up one or two of the delish stuff. It’s not a huge job really if you do a couple of kg at a time and well worth the enjoyment of having a supply of this flavoursome jam… perfect for swapping or pressies too.  Prep Time:2 hour Cook Time:1 hour Serves:Serves Ingredients 1kg fresh apricots, chopped into small pieces 1.5kg sugar 4g pure 100% citric pectin (Equagold) 4g tartaric...

Chocolate Shortbread Cookies Create your very own endless variations, add chopped chocolate and nuts, top with melted chocolate, serve with ice-cream Prep Time:30 minutes Cook Time:15 minutes Serves:8 people Ingredients 1⁄4 cup unsalted butter softened  1⁄4 teaspoon vanilla extract 1⁄2 cup all purpose flour 1⁄4 cup vanilla sugar 3 tablespoon Equagold Dutch Cocoa   Method Mix the butter and vanilla sugar together with a wooden spoon. Stir in the flour and dutch cocoa. Halve the dough and roll each piece into a log about 5cm thick. Wrap in cling film and chill in fridge for 1 hr (or many days) This mixture can be frozen for up...

Bettie’s Apple Cake Serves: Ingredients 3 cups flour 1 ½ cups sugar 2 tsps baking powder ¼ tsp salt 4 large eggs lightly beaten 250ml vegetable oil ¼ cup orange juice 2 ½ tsp pure vanilla extract 2-3 apples peeled & thinly sliced 1 tsp cinnamon & a ¼ cup sugar mixed together Method Place all the dry ingredients in a large bowl, add eggs, oil, orange juice and vanilla extract and mix together. (This batter will be quite thick). Pour half the mixture into a greased 23cm round baking tin. Cover with half the apples and half the cinnamon...