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My Favourite Recipes

Fruit Scones

200g self raising flour (8oz)

1x2.5 ml spoon salt (half a teaspoon)

50g margarine (one and a half oz)

25g sugar (one oz)

50g currants or sultanas (2 tbsp)

1 egg beaten with 75 ml milk (one egg beaten with milk to make a quarter pt of liquid)

This recipe I find will make 10 scones

1  Mix flour and salt, rub in margarine.

2  Stir in sugar and fruit.

3 Add egg and milk reserving a little for brushing the tops.

4 Knead lightly on a floured surface and roll out just over 1cm in thickness.

5 Cut into rounds, re-roll the trimmings and cut more rounds.

6 Place on a greased baking tray and brush the tops with egg and milk.

7 Bake in a hot oven 220c 425f gas mark 7 for about 10 mins.

Perfect with a cup of tea.

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Date and Walnut Loaf

200g dates (8oz)

pinch bicarbonate of soda

125 ml boiling water (quarter pt)

75g caster sugar (3 oz)

1 egg

200g self -raising flour (8oz)

75g walnuts, chopped (3oz)

1 Chop the dates, add the bicarbonate of soda and pour the boiling over them.

2 Cream the margarine and sugar, beat in the egg.

3 Stir in the flour and nuts, and lastly, the dates.

4 Place the mixture in a greased, lined loaf tin approx 20x13x9 cm.

5 Bake in a moderate oven, 180c 350f, gas mark 4 for about 1 and a quarter hours.

This cake is delicious spread with butter but is even more tasty when kept for a couple of days in an air tight container.

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Yorkshire Pudding

100g plain flour (4oz)

Pinch of salt

1 egg

250 ml milk   or milk and water (half a pint)

15g lard or dripping (half an oz)

1 Melt fat in shallow dripping tin or small tins. Place in preheated oven until haze appears.

2 Pour all the batter into a large tin, or half fill small tins.

3 Bake in a hot oven 230c,450f,gas mark 8 for about 30 minutes for a large pudding, 20 minutes for smaller ones.

You do not have to have Yorkshire Pudding with a meal it is superb on its own.

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Victoria Sandwich

100g Margarine (4oz)

100g Caster sugar (4oz)

100g Self - raising flour (4oz)

2 eggs

1 Cream margarine and sugar until light and fluffy.

2 Beat in eggs one at a time, adding a little flour with each egg.

3 Place mixture into greased 18 cm cake tin or 2 x 18 cm sandwich tins.

4 Bake in a moderate oven 180c, 350f, gas mark 4 for 20-25 minutes in two tins or 40-45 minutes in one tin.

5 When cool, fill with jam or cream.

superb traditional cake that can be eaten anytime

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Rich Biscuits

200g Self - raising flour  (8oz)

100g Caster sugar (4oz)

100g Butter or margarine (4oz)

1 Egg, beaten

Grated rind and juice of half a lemon

1 Mix flour and sugar, rub in fat.

2 Add lemon rind and juice and sufficient egg to make a stiff dough.

3 Roll out thinly and cut into rounds.

4 Place on a greased baking trays and bake in a moderate oven

180c,350f, gas mark 4, for about 15 minutes.

yummy easy to make biccies

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Jam / Lemon Curd Tarts

Made With 100g of Short Crust Pastry ( 4oz )

100g self - raising flour  ( 4oz )

pinch of salt

25g lard ( 1oz )

25g margarine ( 1oz )

cold water to mix about 15ml ( approx 1 tblsp )

add 12g of sugar if sweet pastry is required ( half an ounce )

1 Mix flour and salt in basin rub in fat

2 Using a knife stir in cold water to form a stiff paste

3 Turn dough on to a floured board or worktop and roll out thinly, cut into rounds and line about 12 patty tins .

4 Put a little jam or lemon curd in each, do not over fill .

5 Bake in a moderately hot oven 200c, 400f gas mark 6 for about 15 minutes .

6 If liked fill with a jam or lemon curd when cooked .

Fantastic

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To make things more fun why not try baking in a bunnywear outfit and turn up the heat in your kitchen by added lots of extra spice to your cooking .

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