Muesli Biscuits

 

Ingredients

250g butter

1/2 cup brown sugar

1 egg

1/2 cup flour

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp ground cinnamon

2 cups muesli

1/3 cup raisins

1/2 cup chopped pecan nut

1/3 cup crunchy peanut butter

Method

• Preheat oven to 180 degrees
• Lightly grease 2 baking sheets 
• cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy 
• Beat in peanut butter and the the egg
• Sift together flour, baking powder, cinnamon and add to mixture
• Stir well, add the muesli ,raisins and pecan nuts
• Stir until all the ingredients are mixed properly
• Drop a rounded tablespoon of dough on the prepared baking sheets spacing them about 25.5 cm apart 
• press gently with the back of the spoon to spread into a round 
• bake for about 15 minutes until lightly colored
• remove from oven and allow to cool

Moist Vanilla Sponge Cake

INGREDIENTS 

2 cups castor sugar

4 large eggs

1 cup oil

1 tsp vanilla essence

3 cups self raising flour

1 tbsp baking powder 

1 cup milk

METHOD

• Whisk castor sugar and eggs in a mixer until light and fluffy
• Add oil and vanilla essence, mix well
• Add sifted flour and baking powder to mixture alternating with milk
• Pour creamed mixture into greased round cake tin and bake in oven for 25 minutes at 180°C
• Cut cake into 2 layers or 3 layers if desired when cooled and decorate with icing and top with strawberries. 

ICING

INGREDIENTS 

50g unsalted white butter

1 tsp  vanilla essence 

2 cups icing sugar

METHOD 

• Whisk ingredients in mixer until light and fluffy

Banana and chocolate chip muffins

INGREDIENTS

6 bananas
2 cup sugar
4 eggs
1 cup oil
4 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
2 tsp baking soda / bicarbonate of soda
1 tsp salt
1/2 cup milk
2 tsp vanilla essence
chocolate chips

METHOD

• Preheat oven to 150°
• In a large bowl combine eggs and sugar and beat well
• Add oil and beat well
• In a separate bowl mash bananas and add to egg mixture
• Add dry ingredients and chocolate chips alternately with milk
• Line muffin tray with baking cups and fill eah cup halfway with muffin mixture
• Bake for 15 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean when inserted into muffins

Milk Tart

INGREDIENTS

Base:
1 pkt Tennis biscuits
150g butter

Filling :
4 cups milk
1 tblsp butter
1 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla essence
2 eggs
3 tblsp flour
3 tblsp cornflour

*Cinnamon for sprinkling


METHOD

Base:

• Melt the butter. 
• Combine with crushed biscuits and press into 2 large tart pans. Refrigerate for 2 hours

Filling:

• Boil milk with butter. 
• In a bowl, mix remaining ingredients into a paste. 
• Add to boiling milk and stir until thick.
• Pour into your biscuit bases. 
• Turn a spoon over the bowl and pour liquid onto spoon, so that the hot tart mixture doesn’t disturb the base. 
• Sprinkle with cinnamon and leave to cool sufficiently to refrigerate.

Melting Moments

INGREDIENTS

250g butter
1/2 cup icing sugar
1 cup self raising flour
1 cup corn flour
Melted chocolate
Icing sugar for topping

METHOD

• Preheat oven to 180°c
• Cream butter and icing sugar
• Add the self raising flour and corn flour to make a dough
• put dough through a stat nozzle and pipe rosettes
• Bake for about 15 minutes or until biscuits are light brown in colour
• Allow to cool , the dip biscuits in chocolate or drizzle with icing sugar
• The biscuits can also be piped into 5cm long patterns and then sandwiched together with chocolate

Poppyseed Delight

INGREDIENTS

3 extra large eggs
250 ml sugar
125 ml cooking oil
250 ml self-raising flour
175 ml plain yoghurt
125 ml dessicated coconut
60 ml poppy seeds

Lemon Icing

30 ml butter
375 ml icing sugar
5 ml grated lemon rind
30-45 ml fresh lemon juice

METHOD

• Beat eggs and sugar until light and fluffy.
• Add oil and beat well.Sift flour and yoghurt, coconut and poppyseeds.
• Pour into a greased 20 cm x 24 cm tin. Bake in a preheated oven at 180°C for 35 to 40 minutes.
• Leave to cool in a container.
• For icing- Cream butter, icing sugar and rind together.Add enough juice to mixture to make it light and creamy, and of a spreadable consistency. ice the top of the cake and cut into squares.