More baking!

This time it's savoury baking though, in the form of some rather tasty cheese and onion corn muffins. These are really simple and tasty, so no excuses!

For these you will need
100g Corn Meal
125g Plain Flour
25g Sugar
3 tsp Baking Powder
A pinch of salt
1 Egg (not pictured because I forgot it)
100g Butter
1/2 a pint of milk
4 Spring Onions
100g Strong Cheddar
Muffin tin
Baking cases

Start by preheating your oven to 180c. Then mix all your dry ingredients together in a large bowl. Easy enough-

Then in a seperate bowl / jug melt your butter, add the milk and whisk in the egg-

Mix it into the dry mixture-

Until a smooth batter is formed. It may seem a little loose, but trust me, give it a good stir for a couple of minutes and it will stiffen up quite a bit-

Grate in your cheese and chop in your spring onions and mix them in well-

(pretend I put a picture of this stage here and didn't totally forget to take one)

Then pour the mixture into your lined muffin tins-

And bake for 20-25 minutes until golden brown and a skewer poked into the middle comes out clean-

Nom down. We had these for breakfast, and they were delicious, but I am thoroughly convinced they would go fantastically as an accompaniment to chilli.

Tasty treats part 2- Fruity Oaty Bars

Okay. Now that's out of the way. Here is what you will need-

250g butter
200g light brown sugar
75g caster sugar
2 eggs 1 tsp vanilla
150g flour
1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1 tsp salt
260g oats
100g pecans (or walnuts or any kind of nut you want really)
100g sultanas (or dried cranberries or any kind of dried fruit you want really. Or chocolate chps even, ooh, yeah, that's a good idea. Those would be good...)
1 tbsp plain yoghurt
100g icing sugar

Start by preheating your oven to 170c then mixing together the butter, brown sugar and caster sugar

Until thoroughly mixed and light and fluffy. Add the eggs one by one, mixing them in thoroughly and the vanilla, if it starts to split add a spoonful of the flour and that should stop it in it's tracks.

Throw in the flour, salt and bicarb then mix it all in-

Add in the oats-

Then the dried fruit-

Pour into a greased, lined baking dish and pop into the oven for 20-25 minutes, or until golden brown.

Allow to cool thoroughly, then make an icing by mixing together the yoghurt and icing sugar and drizzle over the top. Cut into pieces and enjoy. I hope.

Tasty treats part 1- Brownies.

Today some tasty teatime/ lunchtime/ whenever you're peckish treats.
First up, some rather tasty chocolate and dulce de leche brownies. For these you will need-

140g Butter
200g Soft brown / muscavado sugar
200g Chocolate
85g Plain flour
A pinch of salt
3 Eggs
1 tsp Vanilla
A can of condensed milk

First up- Pop the oven on to preheat to 160c
Then get started by melting together the butter and chocolate, either over a double boiler or in 30 second bursts in the microwave so it goes from this

To this-

Add the sugar and mix that in well,

Then one by one add the eggs, mixing them in thoroughly, then the flour, making sure everything is incorporated thoroughly into a smooth batter-

Pour half into a lined and greased tray-

then add dollops of the dulce de leche around it. To make this you simply drop your can of condensed milk unopened into a pan full of simmering water and leave it for about 2 1/2-3 hours. Don't worry, so long as you keep the water topped up and don't let it boil dry the can won't explode.-

Then run a knife through it, marbling the caramel into the chocolate, before adding the other half of the batter. Repeat with the marbling on the top if you want to, don't if you don't.

Pop into the oven for 40-45 minutes until a skewer poked into the middle comes out with crumbs rather than batter sticking to it-

chop into bits and nom down with a cup of tea. Or coffee. Your choice, I'm not here to judge-