I love the household hints and the character Jean. I’m planning to make the spiced apple cake and passed the recipe on to one of my mother‘s neighbours, who has already made it, so maybe some good things come out of novels with abrupt and unsatisfying endings! Free Love by Tessa Had...
When baking the bread I mixed it up a bit:Patrick Ryan’sfridge tip for the second prove was a relief; as I was beginning to imagine I’d still be up at midnight watching the slow rise. I used his recipe for quantities of flour and starter etc for the dough. (Though a little less...
we made for vegetarian lunch guests a few days before Christmas, and this year I’m sharing two festive cookies that I made not once, but twice last Christmas: these super-addictive German Cinnamon Stars, and todays recipe for Russian Biscuit Cake, or Chocolate Kolbasa, or Chocolate Salami....
I wouldn’t even be able to bring the finished cake to my brother’s house, because anything made in my kitchen wouldn’t be kosher enough for his family. We’d have had to make the cake at their house for it to be kosher, and that wasn’t suggested. “But I like cake too, Aun...
This is a very good thing as it’s a Christmas present. Here’s the link to my pattern. I had to find it myself to jog my memory for the initial chain and hook size! That green scarf is my favourite and I wear it more than anything else I own, or have made. I loved the ...
Recipe can be seen here. I’ve just used up the rest of the cracking nuts and chocolate chips from Christmas, with some desiccated coconut, raisins and a few more of those mixed seeds. They haven’t been tested yet. Soon! 3. Sprouting A spicy mix of red cabbage, broccoli and ...
A Scottish friend shared this recipe with me:Christmas ShortbreadI’ve seen her annual photos for years, on Facebook, and as I recently made shortbread I asked if I could please have it. (This is for cooking in an aga, I baked it at 160° fan (180°) for 25 minutes. ...