Category: Baking

The best chocolate brownies in the world

I’ve never had much success with making chocolate brownies, but when I saw this post on Jen’s blog, I was tempted to have another go.  After all, how could anyone resist something billed as...

Pancake Day

We usually manage to rustle up a pancake or two on Shrove Tuesday, but today we’ve gone for the full hit – Scotch pancakes for breakfast and pancakes after dinner as well! Scotch pancakes...

No-knead Aga sourdough bread

Back in November, I decided to start making my own sourdough bread and wrote about it here.  My first attempt was great, but I have to confess that subsequent loaves weren’t quite as good as...

St(h)ealthy biscuits!

Of all the things that my girls enjoy baking, biscuits must be at the top of the list.  From being very small, they have both loved rolling out the dough, choosing the cutters, pressing...

Maple syrup flapjack recipe

It would seem that I’m not alone in thinking that we should reduce the sugar in our diet – the news has been full of it today and it was even the subject of...

Sourdough Success!

About a year ago, my husband discovered sourdough bread and loved it so much he no longer wants to eat any other type of bread.  He doesn’t eat much bread anyway, so it was...