Blondie

You've heard of Brownies now you can make this delicious Blondie

1 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
pinch of salt
1/4 cup walnuts, chopped
60g butter, melted
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 egg beaten
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup white chocolate chips

Sift together dry ingredients & add nuts.
Add brown sugar to melted butter & mix well, then add egg & vanilla.
Add flour mixture a little at a time to wet ingredients until mixed well.
Stir in choc chips.
Spread dough into an 8 or 9" slice pan.
Bake 20-25 minutes at 180 degrees.

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

Roast vegetable salad

Cut any vegies you like in to small (same size) pieces - potato, pumpkin, sweet potato, carrot, capsicum, onions, etc and roast.
Blanch chopped vegies - broccoli, asparagus,zucchini, squash.
Layer spinach in the bottom of large baking dish, sprinkle with 1/2 wheel of camembert or brie cheese cut in to small pieces and sprinkle with a little balsamic vinegar. Place hot vegies over spinach & cheese and toss to combine.

This is really good, another that originally came from Lauren, you can mix it up to use any vegies you have on hand.

Chicken patties

1 bunch coriander - don't include roots
500g chicken mince
1 teaspoon minced garlic
1/4 cup oyster sauce
1 tablespoon fish sauce
black pepper
300 mls coconut cream

Place coriander, chicken, garlic, sauces,pepper into food processor and blend. Add the coconut cream in a thin stream whilst food processor is running. The mixture will be like a smooth paste. Spoon 2-3 teaspoonfuls in to (sprayed) patties trays. Bake at 180 degrees for 10 minutes.
Serve with sweet chilli dipping sauce.

Lauren gave me this recipe, these little morsels are so delicious. You can roll the mix into balls and bake on an oven tray if you can be bothered.