by Nicky Hutteman
Pastry:
125 gms buckwheat flour
125 gms almond flour/meal
1 Tbsp pure icing sugar
125 gms room temperature butter chopped/alternatively 125 gms coconut oil
1 egg yolk
½ tps cold water
Filling:
500 grams strawberries or any mixed berries
¼ cup honey
¼ cup cornflour
2 tps fresh grated ginger
Method:
Combine buckwheat, almond meal and icing sugar in food processor till combined.
Mix egg yolk with water.
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Angela Marshall
4 ounces caster sugar
8 ounces butter
12 ounces plain flour
Cream butter and sugar. Add flour. Roll out, cut into squares, bake in moderate oven until golden. Dust with caster sugar while still hot.
That’s where Grandma’s handwriting stops but my mother has written under it: Bake on brown paper! So I always have.
(The shortbread should be poked gently with the tines of a fork before baking to make little indentations. Grandma assumed that … Read more »
Georgina Adamson
Put 1 cup rolled oats, 1 cup coconut, ½ cup each sesame seeds, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, finely crushed almonds or walnuts in a pan and toast gently over a low heat, stirring constantly until smelling good. Place in a bowl with 1 cup sultanas or cranberries. Melt 125 g butter, ½ cup honey, 1/3 cup brown sugar in a small saucepan until well combined and pour into dry ingredients. Mix to make a gooey mixture. Refrigerate till cool, then roll into balls. Nice little mouthful … Read more »
Preheat oven 180c line a loaf tin 11 x 21 cm with sides over for easy lifting of cooled cake
Ingredients
150 g unsalted butter room temp
190g caster sugar
2 lemons 2 tbsp zest 2 tbsp juice
1 tsp vanilla
3 large eggs
110g almond flour
1/8 tsp salt
200g blueberries
70g icing sugar
Method
Cream the butter, sugar, … Read more »
Dawn Hollins and Carole Broadhead
250 gm softened butter
1¾ cups SR flour
1¼ cup sugar
2 teaspns finely chopped rosemary or lavender leaves
3 teaspns grated lemon rind
4 eggs
¼ cup milk
Beat all ingredients with an electric mixer on medium speed until smooth. Put in a greased ring tin and bake at 180 ºC for 45 mins. Sprinkle with icing sugar or spread with lemon icing when cool.
by Cam Starr
Base
125 gms butter
¼ cup brown
½ cup plain flour
1/3 cup S/R flour
1 tablespoon cocoa
1 egg
Icing
1 cup icing sugar
1 tablespoon cocoa
1 teaspoon soft butter
1 tablespoon milk (approximately)
Melt butter over low heat, stir in sugar, coconut, sifted flours and cocoa, then add beaten egg. Spread evenly over well-greased 28 cm x 18 cm lamington … Read more »
