Sunday, 24 January 2016

Something Old, Something New

It's fun to bake something new and to experiment, but it is also great to find a recipe that just works - one of those effortless but yummy bakes.

Here are two examples - one tried and tested cookie recipe, one new muffin recipe:

Nigella's Chocolate Chip Cookies

The recipe is available here but I've altered it slightly to make it even more accessible:
  • It states you should use 1 egg yolk and 1 egg - I just throw both eggs in whole as it is a waste of an egg white and only makes the dough slightly wetter - be cautious if you're using large eggs though
  • Use fridge cold eggs - my eggs are never from the fridge when I've made these
The best bit about cookies is you can add pretty much anything you like - Easter egg chocolate, nuts, Reese's Pieces.....


Coffee and cookies


Dan Lepard's Clementine and Oat Muffins

This recipe was from Lepard's book "Short and Sweet" which I'm currently working my way through. Plenty of practical tips - I found the introduction to the bread section really interesting and the ingredients are pretentious. 

Here is the recipe.

These muffins were easy to make - whisking them for 3-4mins at the start really helped them rise in the oven and for once I did sieve my dry ingredients. Also, we have lots of clementines in the fruit bowl at the moment.


Mmmmmm......

Happy baking :)





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