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Cranberry and Pistachio Biscotti
Wow. I didn’t realise it had been so long since I’d posted a recipe… but, I was playing around with some recipes the other day, so I have a new one for you! Biscotti is delicious Italian style biscuits. The thing about biscotti that sets it apart from normal biscuits is that it’s baked twice. But don’t let that put…
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Peanut butter chocolate chip cookies
So, I am a terribly unorganised blogger. I usually forget to take photos of baked goods for recipes, and when I do remember I’ve usually missed the natural goodness of daylight so they look terrible. Anyway, I’m pretty impressed with myself today as I absolutely remembered to take (lots) of pics while I was baking! So now you get to…
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Cheesy bacon dip
Have you ever had a cheesy bacon dip that is in the middle of a big cob loaf? And you use the bread chunks that have been hollowed out to scoop the dip out? And you sit there eating it until you either make yourself sick or it’s all gone? No? I’ve never done that either… (do you believe me?)…
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Honey teriyaki chicken wings
As I may have mentioned, a friend of mine (that’s you Ben) has requested more savoury type dishes. He’s a savoury type of guy. And I’m pretty sure I’ve made these for him before. Now that we’ve moved from two floors up to about 800km away, I thought I might share this with him… and everyone else. Ingredients: 1.5 kg chicken…
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Sweet potato fries with cinnamon chilli sauce
I don’t only do sweet baking – although I am far better at it than I am at savoury. But I’m forcing myself to step out of my comfort zone more often to pursue a more even keel with the recipes. You can thank Ben, a friend who has complained that he doesn’t want to bake cake, for the next…
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Hummingbird cake
This cake is a favourite – it’s sweet and moist, but not over the top. It has that fulfilling ‘tea cake’ feel to it, which I think comes through with the cinnamon and fruit taste to it. And if you like Banana Bread, then you should absolutely love this too! Ingredients 1 cup plain flour 1/2 cup self raising flour…
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Carrot cake
There is absolutely nothing better in autumn than home made carrot cake, made with the carrots you’ve pulled out of your garden. Autumn is the season I associate with apples, carrots, pumpkin and falling leaves – this is mostly because I always forget to plant my carrots until mid-end of spring! The cake itself is dairy-free and nut-free, but if…
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Cream cheese frosting
There is NOTHING better than a super delicious frosting for a cake, and there isn’t a frosting much better than cream cheese frosting. I could be super biased, but I think this is best cream cheese frosting I’ve ever made. This frosting is best on citrus and berry based cakes, such as orange and poppyseed cake, carrot cake, or even…
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Chocolate Brownies
Brownies are one of those magical things that have migrated from the US, along with Coca-Cola, Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups and Hallowe’en. And the best brownies are slightly gooey in the middle… just like these ones! Ingredients 125g unsalted butter, melted 3 eggs 1.5 cups white sugar 3/4 cup plain flour 1/4 cup cocoa powder (Dutch cocoa powder is the…
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Butter cookies
Yum! Butter cookies! These are absolutely one of my favourites at Christmas time, and are perfect with either a tall glass of milk (because it is summer in Australia at Christmas time), or a delicious mug of hot chocolate… or spiked egg-nog! They are equally delicious the rest of the year as well, and a good recipe for kids too. Ingredients…
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Vegan shortbread
Christmas is a mere 21 days away (cue panic)! I make shortbread and gift it around to colleagues, friends and family as a) it’s super simple, and b) everyone seems to like it! But alas, traditional shortbread is not vegan friendly, and I have vegan friends and colleagues. So, this is the recipe that I amended for them! Ingredients 2…
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Rocky Road
I can’t eat whole nuts, so I generally just don’t eat nuts at all because there’s a fine line between what I can eat and what will make me sick (I’m not anaphylactic, but it’s not pleasant). What I can get away with (luckily) is eating foods that may contain traces of nuts. However, I know that this is not the…
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Nan’s Rock Cakes
My grandmother taught me to bake when I was a child. I remember going to her house after school and on weekends (she was a substitute babysitter) and we would bake all kinds biscuits, cakes and slices. Mostly these were sold at the local church fête, or for the Country Women’s Association (CWA). One of her most famous baked items…
