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Day 12 – Christmas Scones

How about leaving something a little bit different for Father Christmas this year?… Read more...

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Baileys & Choc Chip Scones

This lovely idea came from a chance discussion on Facebook and is courtesy of my gorgeous friend Kate.  … Read more...

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Sugar Crusted Fruit Scones

Sugar crusted fruit sconesScones – My Way!

So many of you have requested my recipes from The Great British Bake Off – so here’s the first – Sugar Crusted Fruit Scones, more recipes to follow but you’ll have to be patient! xx

Ingredients:
225g self raising flour
Pinch of salt
50g butter
25g caster sugar
120ml milk
75g sultanas

1 egg for eggwash
Caster sugar for sugar crust

Clotted cream and raspberry jam to serve

Preheat the oven to 220c/200c Fan/425F/Gas Mark 7.… Read more...

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Lemon & Blueberry Scone Slices

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Ingredients:

330g self raising flour

75g butter, cold diced

40g caster sugar

Zest of 1 lemon

120g blueberries, frozen

180ml milk

 

Juice of 1 lemon

2 heaped tablespoons of icing sugar

Makes:  6 large scone slices

The blueberries in this recipe are best frozen, which stops them completely disintegrating and bleeding too much on baking,  buy them fresh and then simply pop them in the freezer before you get going, you don’t need to buy them ready frozen.… Read more...

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12 Days of Christmas 2012

So that’s really is it for another year – I hope you all have a fantastically Merry Christmas and I’ll be back sharing recipes again in the New Year x

Here’s 2012’s full recipe round up!

Ideas for Decorating your Christmas Cake

 

Elf Cookie Lollies

Salted Caramels

Gingerbread Giant Men & Sleighs

Cookies in a Jar

Cranberry Topped Bacon and Sausage Tarts

Chocolate Mincemeat Bear Claws

Toffee Popcorn

Christmas Tuiles and Lemon Posset

Carrot and Houmous Filo Rolls

Cheese Oatcakes

Christmas Scones

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Jam Jamboree – Pimp My Jam

This week it’s the JamJamboree, a celebration of all things fruity and jammy that comes in a jar!

Jam is experiencing something of a revival thanks to JamJamboree founder Clippy McKenna,  who is the Queen of pimped up jam. Checkout the recipes for her Tutti Frutti, Raspberry Ripple and Toffee Apple jams, it’s clear that jam-making isn’t just enjoyed by the WI, but is funky and a lot of fun!… Read more...

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On the ninth day of Christmas The Pink Whisk sent to me…. Mince Pies

Mince Pies The Pink Whisk Way

Mince pies The Pink Whisk way – with zesty pastry, mince pies were meant to be individual, sticky, oozy, bursting with mincemeat and a good dusting of icing sugar to hide the imperfections!

My mince pies are like my scones, very definitely homemade – I have never striven for looks of perfection with these beauties – uneven tops and sticky bits of mincemeat that ooze over the edge are everything I like in a mince pie – if you’re after neat and precision perfection you won’t find it here!… Read more...

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