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Bread

Pumpkin Bread

pumpkin bread

Ingredients

  1. 1 cup pumpkin purée
  2. 1 cup buttermilk
  3. 2 eggs
  4. 2 teaspoon vanilla
  5. ½ cup sugar
  6. ½ cup dark brown sugar
  7. 2 cups flour
  8. ½ teaspoon baking powder
  9. ½ teaspoon baking soda
  10. ½ teaspoon salt
  11. 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  12. ½ teaspoon nutmeg
  13. ¼ teaspoon cloves
  14. ¼ teaspoon ginger

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Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 180°C.
  2. In a bowl, add all the dry ingredients (flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and all the spices) except sugar and mix.
  3. In a separate bowl, add sugar, eggs, vanilla and buttermilk and mix well.
  4. Add the pumpkin and mix.
  5. And the flour mixture and mix well.
  6. Pour into a greased loaf pan and bake for 1 hour or when a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
  7. Remove from the oven and cool completely.
  8. Finish off with icing sugar glaze.
  9. Enjoy.

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Dessert

Malva Pudding

 

Malva pudding

Ingredients

  1. 1/3 cup dark brown sugar
  2. ½ cup sugar
  3. 3 eggs
  4. 1 tbs melted butter
  5. 1 tbs brown vinegar
  6. 2 tbs apricot jam
  7. 1 cup flour
  8. 1 tsp baking soda
  9. ½ tsp salt
  10. 1 tsp vanilla

Sauce

  1. 1/3 cup fresh cream
  2. 1/3 cup butter
  3. ½ cup sugar
  4. ¼ water
  5. 1 tsp vanilla

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Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 180°C.
  2. In a bowl, mix the flour, baking soda and salt.
  3. In a separate bowl, whisk together sugar, eggs and vanilla.
  4. Add the jam and mix.
  5. Add butter and vinegar and mix.
  6. Add the flour mixture and mix well.
  7. Pour into a greased glass/ceramic oven dish and bake for 20-25 minutes.
  8. Meanwhile, make the sauce (add all the sauce ingredients into a pot and bring to a boil).
  9. Remove from the oven.
  10. Pour the sauce immediately over the top.
  11. Serve warm with custard or ice-cream.
  12. Enjoy.

 

 

 

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Muffins

Oat Muffins

oat muffins

Ingredients

  1. 1 cup oats plus more for topping
  2. 2 cups flour
  3. 1 teaspoon baking powder
  4. ½ teaspoon baking soda
  5. ½ teaspoon cinnamon
  6. ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
  7. 1 cup sugar
  8. 1 cup buttermilk
  9. ½ cup butter, melted
  10. 1 banana
  11. ½ milk
  12. 1 egg
  13. 1 teaspoon vanilla

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Directions

  1. In a mixing bowl, mix all the dry ingredients.
  2. In a separate bowl, mix all the wet ingredients.
  3. Add the dry ingredients mixture and combine.
  4. Fill up a lined muffin pan and sprinkle the top with some oats.
  5. Bake for 20-25 minutes.
  6. Remove from the oven and cool on a wire rack.
  7. Enjoy.
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Loafs

Carrot Apple Loaf

 

 

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Ingredients

  1. 1 cup, grated carrots
  2. 1 cup, grated apples
  3. ½ cup cooking oil
  4. ¾ cup buttermilk
  5. 1 egg
  6. 1 teaspoon vanilla
  7. 2 cups flour
  8. ½ cup dark brown sugar
  9. ½ cup white sugar
  10. 1 teaspoon baking powder
  11. ½ teaspoon baking soda
  12. ½ teaspoon cinnamon
  13. ¼ teaspoon nutmeg

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Directions

  1. In a mixing bowl, mix all the dry ingredients.
  2. In a separate bowl, mix all the wet ingredients.
  3. Add the dry ingredients and mix well.
  4. Pour the batter into a greased or lined loaf pan and bake for 45-48 minutes or when a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
  5. Remove from the oven and cool for a few minutes before removing from the pan and cool completely on a wire rack.
  6. Enjoy.

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Bread

Dutch Oven Bread

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Ingredient

  1. 1 cup digestive bran flour
  2. 1 ½ cup all purpose flour
  3. 2 teaspoons yeast
  4. 1 teaspoon salt
  5. ¼ cup sugar
  6. 2 tablespoons olive oil
  7. ¾ cup lukewarm water

dutch oven bread dough

dutch oven bread ball

Directions

  1. Mix the two flour and set aside.
  2. In a separate bowl, dissolve the yeast, sugar, salt in water.
  3. And to the flour mixture and mix well, use your hands if necessary.
  4. Add a dash of water if the dough is too thick to mix.
  5. Add the olive oil.
  6. Cover the bowl with plastic cling and let the dough rise for about 12 hours or overnight.
  7. Turn the oven to 220°C.
  8. Heat up the empty cast iron pot by placing it in the oven for about 5 minutes until it’s hot.
  9. Transfer the dough from the mixing bowl onto a floured surface and shape into a ball.
  10. Remove the cat iron pot from the oven and place the dough ball into the pot, cover with the lid and bake for 30 minutes.
  11. Remove the lid and bake for another 10-15 minutes or until golden brown and crusty.
  12. Remove from the oven and cool.
  13. Enjoy.

dutch oven bread pot

dutch oven bread sliced

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