Tag: Nanny

No idea how this got the name but it sure is special. Another regular in Nanny’s tins.

1 C flour

½ C sugar

1 Tbspn cocoa

1 tsp baking powder

1 C coconut

1 C crushed weet-bix, cornflakes or rolled oats (rolled oats are Mum’s favourite)

125 g butter

Melt butter and combine with dry ingredients. Bake 180˚C for 20-25 minutes.

Ice while hot with chocolate icing. Cut when cool.

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.

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 180^oC. When it’s cool, ice with lemon icing (icing sugar + lemon juice + zest + tsp vanilla essence) and sprinkle with coconut.

300g butter

1 C sugar

2 C self-raising flour

2 C peanuts

2 tsp vanilla essence

Bake 180 degrees 15 minutes.

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.

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 (160^o C) for 15 minutes.

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.

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.

This recipe is a classic. Whenever we went to visit Nanny, she would always have a tin of baking, and this was a staple.

You want it a bit chewy and a bit crunchy.

¼ lb butter

½ C sugar

1 dsp golden syrup

Add ¼ tsp vanilla essence

1 C rolled oats

1 C coconut

Bake at 180 c 20 mins