1/2 lb butter {225g}
1 C coconut
1/2 lb rolled oats {2 1/2 C}
1/2 lb brown sugar {approx 1 C}
4 oz flour {1/2 C}
Mix butter in with dry ingredients. Place in tray and bake.
Author: emmasandersedwards
Albert square
This is a cake-y slice.
1/4 lb butter
1 small C sugar
1 dessert spoon golden syrup
2 eggs
2 C flour
2 tspns baking powder
1 C currants
Line a 20 x 30 cm tin, bake for 30 minutes at 180oC. When it’s cool, ice with lemon icing (icing sugar + lemon juice + zest + tsp vanilla essence) and sprinkle with coconut.
Peanut cookies
300g butter
1 C sugar
2 C self-raising flour
2 C peanuts
2 tsp vanilla essence
Bake 180 degrees 15 minutes.
Golden syrup biscuits
This is another Nanny recipe, so assumes knowledge of how long/hot to bake!
1/2 lb butter
2 C flour
1 C sugar
2 tsp baking powder
2 Tbspn golden syrup
Cream butter and sugar and add golden syrup. Then add dry ingredients. Mix well. Place on a tray and bake.
Jam gems
I love how simple this recipe is!
8 oz butter (that’s 225g)
3 oz sugar (1/2 C)
8 oz flour (1 C)
Cream together and put jam in. (Cream B+S, add flour, then shape into rounds. Make a little indent in the middle to add jam into. Dollop 1/2 teaspoon into each). Bake at 325 deg (160o C) for 15 minutes.
Golden syrup biscuits
Another recipe from Nanny. I love how much these recipes are so unfussy and assume an inherent understanding of how long and how hot you would bake everything for. So clever. 🥰
1/2 lb butter
2 C flour
1 C sugar
2 tsp baking powder
2 Tbsn golden syrup
Cream butter and sugar and add golden syrup. Then add dry ingredients. Mix well. Place on tray and bake.
Elsie’s fingers
Another Nanny classic.
4 oz butter
1 egg
1 3/4 C flour
1/2 C sugar
1 Tbspn vanilla
1 tsp baking powder
Cream the butter and sugar.
Add egg then dry ingredients. Roll in fingers and dip in sugar.
Bake 15 mins in a moderate oven.
Chile con queso
This is everything I want in a dip. Cheesy and spicy. Because I could gobble up so much of this stuff, I try and only make it on special occasions. Like, say Tuesday.
It is really nice with tortillas, chopped in 8’s and baked for 5 mins in a hot oven. Or just open yourself up a bag of corn chips and get amongst it.
2 tsp vegetable oil
½ small green capsicum
½ small onion
1 Tbspn drained bottled jalapeno chillis
1 clove garlic
½ can undrained chopped peeled tomatoes
250gm cream cheese
Chop up capsicum, chop up the onion, chop up jalapenos, and crush the garlic.
Heat oil in a medium saucepan, cook capsicum, onion, chili and garlic. Stir until the onion softens.
Add tomato, cook, stirring 2 minutes.
Remove from heat and add cream cheese.
Whisk until the cheese melts and dip is smooth.
Hot sauce
This is a nice simple salsa you can eat with corn chips on its own, or use as the sauce for enchiladas, Mexican rice etc.
2-3 chilies
1 x 400g can tomatoes
½ onion (don’t bother chopping up the blender will take care of that)
2 garlic cloves
2-3 Tbsp cider vinegar
Large pinch each of oregano, cumin, sugar, salt.
A handful of fresh coriander (optional, but definitely adds to the flavour)
Whiz together in a blender.
Brown rice kedgeree
This is a delicious and comforting way to use up a block of smoked fish.
Fry together in pan, gently for 10 mins;
Brown rice, cooked
Cumin
Turmeric
Garlic
Onion
Chilli
Garam masala
Mix through;
1/2 C cream
3 handfuls of cooked spinach
Smoked fish, flaked
Garnish with;
4 quartered boiled eggs
Coriander
Chili flakes or sriracha sauce
Emma Sanders-Edwards 