These were made for last weekend’s Flour Sale at Green Acres Farm, Kemberton. They grow and mill organic wheat on the farm and sell it at the farm gate on pre-arranged days. This weekend the weather was glorious and the farmer, Mark, led a farm walk explain his agro-ecological approach to organic farming. These biscuits […]
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About six months ago it had never occurred to me that you could bake bread in a slow cooker. Then Becky asked for a recipe over on my Facebook group Bread Made Easy. That triggered my interest and I went out and bought the cheapest and smallest slow cooker on the UK market (Wilko’s in
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These are so much tastier (and better for you) than any tortilla you can buy. They are easy and quick to make too. I often make these if I have forgotten to make a loaf (this sometimes does happen!) This recipe is just one of the flatbreads I teach you how to make on my
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Hot Cross Buns, Makes 9 These are a lovely traditional treat on Good Friday. If you prefer to make them without the mixed spice feel free to leave it out. You can also replace the dried fruit with chocolate chips or chopped up Easter chocolate or small cubes of fudge. Once you taste a home made hot
If you are lucky enough to have wild garlic local to you then I urge you to go out and harvest some. It is delicious added to your bread dough like I have done here in this recipe, or made into a garlic butter and used in my wild garlic bread – two ways. Wild
This is a favourite. It’s a deliciously sweet loaf that is great for toasting for several days after it has been made. It also makes a wonderful bread and butter pudding. It has all the decadence of an enriched dough (a dough made with milk, butter and eggs) but actually it’s a simple white dough
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The simple answer is yes you can. We lead busy lives, but that doesn’t mean that we can’t make great bread at home – every day if we want to. We can do this by pressing pause on making our bread. Get a free ebook to help you make better bread How can I pause
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It is unbelievably frustrating to have spent time make your dough, shaping it, letting it prove to then find it sticks to your banneton. I know, I have been there and done that. There are a few things that can help prevent this from happening. Develop the gluten in the dough It is important that
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You have made your dough, left it to rise and nothing has happened. Why is your dough not rising? There are a number of things which might be happening. Check your yeast is still in date Your yeast might be past its best. Fresh yeast lasts about three weeks from manufacture if it is kept
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These are loosely based on speculaas biscuits, or more commonly known by the trademark Biscoff and are just right for Christmas time. They are both delicate and crunchy and able to withstand being hung on the Christmas tree. If you use boiled sweets to make the stained glass effect then they look really pretty amongst
