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Coconut buns recipe

January 10, 2008

Coconut buns For this week’s bake-off it’s coconut buns, which for Australian and New Zealand readers are apparently very like Anzac biscuits. The recipe below makes about 50 biscuits. Ingredients 450g (1lb) self raising flour 225g (0.5lb) butter or margarine 285g (10oz) caster sugar 115g (4oz) desiccated coconut 2 large eggs Method Rub the margarine [...]

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Toffee recipe

January 3, 2008

Toffee It’s the time of year for colds and sore throats. I’ve had my own over Christmas and the New Year, and I know I’m not alone. Then comes the tickly cough. One of the best low-cost remedies (although it’s not a cure) is home-made toffee, which coats your throat in a sticky, sweet goo [...]

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Sloe progress

October 16, 2007

A week in and the sloe gin is turning a wonderful red colour. I’ve only shaken mine once since making it, but Rich and Andrew (with his sloe vodka) have been shaking on a daily basis, and theirs are even redder than this.

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Making Sloe Gin

October 8, 2007

Sloes in the bottles There are half a dozen blackthorn trees in the horses’ field, absolutely covered with sloe. There is very little you can do with sloes, as they’re so bitter, apart from bottle them with gin and wait for them to ferment. So over the weekend we headed out with mud-proof shoes and [...]

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