Bread
Homemade Teacakes
Homemade Teacakes – none of this shout ‘whip’ if you find a piece of fruit, lovely toasted slathering with butter is of course essential!
Makes 8 Teacakes
Ultimate Pizza Dough
or ‘the boys make pizza’
Ingredients:
450g strong white plain flour
½ tsp garlic powder
½ tsp onion salt
2 tsp sugar
2 tbsp sunflower oil
1 ½ tsp dried active yeast
300ml warm water
Makes two medium pizza bases … Read more…
Sunkissed Tomato & Parmesan Rolls
Sunkissed Tomato & Parmesan Rolls – a little taste of sunshine!
Makes 6 Rolls
Ingredients:
450g strong plain white flour1 tsp salt1 tsp caster sugar1 tsp dried yeast280ml water, tepid1tbsp oil from the jar of tomatoes100g sunkissed tomatoes40g grated parmesan… Read more…
Cheese & Onion Bread
There’s nothing more my boys love than a steaming bowl of hearty homemade soup with a good helping of bread for dipping in it. This cheese and onion bread is delicious dunked, on it’s own or made into a butty!
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On the eighth day of Christmas The Pink Whisk sent to me……Stollen
Another traditional Christmas baking treat – candied peel and almond paste- mmmmmmmm!
Ingredients:
450g strong plain flour
15g dried yeast
40g caster sugar
zest of one lemon
200ml milk, lukewarm
1 egg large, beaten
115g melted butter
115g sultanas
55g … Read more…
On the fifth day of Christmas The Pink Whisk sent to me….Party Breadsticks
I suppose you’re thinking breadsticks is a really random type of recipe to include in a twelve days of Christmas, believe me if you’re having a party these will amaze people….you made them yourself…..? really…? Watch them disappear at the … Read more…
On the third day of Christmas The Pink Whisk sent to me……Christmas Monkey Bread
It’s Monkey Bread time….but this time with a Christmas twist – I couldn’t resist. This is my entry into the Merchant Gourmet Christmas Chestnut Challenge! (If you don’t want the Christmas twist the original version is here.)
Ingredients:
For … Read more…
Maple & Pecan Bread for National Breakfast Week (and a great giveaway!)
Did you know it’s National Breakfast Week? Kellogg’s are running a campaign to get the country eating breakfast – not necessarily cereal – just making sure you eat something to start your day. Breakfast is heralded as the most important … Read more…
Chocolate Orange Panettone
Panettone isn’t difficult to make but it does take a while – not actual work mind just a lot of waiting about! I find it’s best to do it at the weekend when you’ve nothing planned but pottering around the … Read more…
Monkey Bread – No Monkeys Required
Monkey, Monkey, Monkey, Monkey Bread!
This pan happened to end up in my collection in one of those shopping moments when all sensible rationale flies out of the window. Lured by cute monkeyness and sheer curiosity the pan found its … Read more…








