Baking

Happy Easter Hot Cross Buns The Best Hot Cross Buns, Recipe Compliments of Deborah Crosby. Prep Time:1.45hour Cook Time:20 mins Serves:12 People Ingredients Dough: 1 cup of water 1 egg 1 tbs of milk powder 3 1/4 cups of flour 1 tsp Equagold Speculaas 1/2 tsp Equagold Cinnamon 1/4 tsp Ground Mace or nutmeg 1 and 1/2 tsp of Bakels Instant Yeast 1 tsp Equagold Himalayan Pink Salt 1 tbs honey 1 tbs butter Fruit: 3/4 cup of raisin and dried citrus peel soaked in boiling water with a splash of Cointreau or brandy. Soak for 15 mins Method Combine all of the above, in order, and kneed...

Kayla’s Chocolate Chip Cookies Many thanks to Kayla Williams for this recipe.They look sooo fudgey!! YumA winner for any cookie jar. Prep Time:10-15 mins Cook Time:10 mins Serves:1 family Ingredients 1 cup of softened butter *1 cup castor sugar *1 cup brown sugar (packed) *vanilla extract *2 large eggs *1 tsp baking soda *1/2 tsp baking powder *3 cups flour *2 cups chocolate chips (Or chunks or chopped choc)  Method Cream butter and sugars together, until combined. Add eggs and vanilla extract and beat until fluffy. Sift dry ingredients and mix until just combined, then add your chocolate. I used a ice cream...

Vanilla, Orange & Cardamom Cookies A perfect marriage of flavours all wrapped in these cookies.Perfect with coffee to give a great touch of Morocco. Prep Time:10-15 mins Cook Time:12 mins approx Serves:makes approx 30 cookies Ingredients 125g butter, softened, 3/4 cup castor sugar, 1 tsp Equagold Pure Vanilla Extract, 1/8 tsp Boyajian Orange oil, grated zest of an orange; 1 egg, 1&3/4 cups of standard flour, 1/4 cup ground almonds, 1 tsp baking powder, crushed seeds of one cardamom pod; 1/4 cup mixed peel for the Icing 1 cup sifted icing sugar, 1/8 tsp Boyajian Orange oil, juice of 1/4 orange; water to mix  ...