White Christmas crackles

4 cups rice bubbles

1 cup desiccated coconut, lightly toasted

½ cup pistachio nuts, lightly toasted

½ cup dried cranberries

½ cup dried figs

¼ cup glace cherries chopped,

1.5 cups white chocolate buttons

80ml cream

1 tablespoon glucose syrup

Combine rice bubbles, coconut, nuts and fruit in a large bowl. Melt the chocolate in a bowl over a pot of hot water. Add cream and glucose syrup and mix in. Pour this over the dry ingredients and gently mix. Scoop heaped tablespoons into patty cases.Chill until set and decorate with a drizzle of chocolate if desired and chopped cherries.

This recipe is from Simon in the Cook & the Chef & is the first time I've tried it. I put the mix into mini muffin trays & made about 48. You could make this into a bar or large patty tins.

Apple and cinnamon cake

1 cup plain flour
1 cup almond meal
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
125g butter, melted
1/3 cup milk
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 apples, peeled & sliced
1 tablespoon caster sugar, extra
1 teaspoon cinnamon, extra

Mix together the flour, almond meal, baking powder, sugar, eggs, melted butter, milk, cinnamon & vanilla in a large bowl until well combined. Place into a greased 20cm round cake tin, top with the apple slices & sprinkle with the extra sugar & cinnamon. Bake at 160 degrees for 1 hour. Allow to cool in tin for 5 mins before turning out.

This recipe is from Donna Hay, I bake the mix in friand (or patty tins) for 20-25 minutes.

Scones (Jenny's recipe)

2 cups SR flour

1 cup liquid ( 1 beaten egg, cream & milk to make up the 1 cup)

Make a dough from the flour & liquid & knead on a floured surface.

Cut scone shapes with a knife.

Cook for 15 mins in a hot oven (200 degrees)

This is a fail safe scone recipe from Jenny Medwell. I make this on a heated pizza stone for a lovely crisp bottom.

Chocolate spiders

100g packet Changs Fried Noodles
200g milk or dark chocolate
2 tablespoons crunchy peanut butter

Melt the chocolate, stir in peanut butter until smooth.
Add the noodles
Spoon blobs of the mix on to a tray to harden

Erin wanted me to post this recipe, its straight from the Changs noodle packet but is easy & delicious