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Crepes With Lemon And Sugar

Posted on February 16, 2015 in Breakfast Recipes

Lemon sugar crepes are as simple and easy to make as you can get. They’re not difficult to make - just your basic crepes - and you can fill them however you like.  I have to have mine as I always did as a child, sprinkled with granulated sugar and squeezed with lemon juice. There is something very special about a soft crepe, crunchy granulated sugar drizzled with sour lemon juice .

Ingredients:

30 grams unsalted butter melted (plus more for frying)

150 grams plain flour 

325 ml milk 

large egg

The best thing to have to make proper crêpes is a copper crêpe pan, but they are rather expensive and you probably would only use it once or twice a year so a normal frying pan will do the job just as well.

Melt the butter in the frying pan and then turn off the heat and let it cool a little.

Put the flour into a bowl, whisk the egg and milk in a jug and then combine together wishing gently to get rid of any lumps.

Just before making the crêpes, add the melted butter.

Heat a frying pan and ladle 2–3 tablespoons of batter into the pan then quickly swirl so that the batter forms a thin pancake covering the base of the pan.

This will cook in a minute so flip it and cook for 30 seconds to a minute on the other side.

Put onto a plate and drizzle some lemon juice and a sprinkle of sugar or onto some baking paper while you continue with the rest of the batter.

Nutella Filled Doughnuts

Posted on February 5, 2015 in Doughnuts
As its world Nutella day I thought I’d share this srummy recipe with you lovely lot. These doughnuts are incredibly light and fluffy and are filled with indulgent Nutella. I’ll have to be honest – donuts are not the easiest recipe to crack! I had to work through some failed attempts to achieve the perfect consistency. From my personal experience you should always go by time it takes for the dough to double in size and not the number of hours or minutes listed in the recipe.
 
 
Ingredients:

250g plain flour

30g caster sugar

110g caster sugar for coating

1 tsp salt

2 tsp dried yeast

2 eggs

zest of half a lemon

75ml warm water

65g butter, softened and cut into small squares

400 ml vegetable oil

Put all the ingredients for the donuts, except the butter, into the bowl of a free standing mixer fitted with the dough hook. Work on a low speed for about 4 minutes, until combined and  the dough is elastic.

While the mixer is still running, add the butter piece by piece, until incorporated. You should no be able to see any butter . This will take about 6 minutes.

Scrape down the sides of the bowl and cover with cling film. Set it aside in a warm place to rise and double in size.

When the dough has risen, punch it down, and put onto a well-floured surface. Gently pat down the dough into a square about 1cm thick and cut out 12 donuts using a 5cm round cutter.

Place the doughnuts on a lined baking sheet, cover with cling film again, and set aside to rise for an hour or until the doughnuts to puffy.

When the donuts are finished their second rise,  they should look a little puffy (see below).

Place about 3 inches of oil into a saucepan, heat the oil over a low flame, until it reaches 170C. If you don’t have a sugar thermometer, place a small piece of dough in the oil, and when it bubbles and rises to the surface, the oil should be the right temperature.

Fry the donuts a few at a time for about 1 minute each side or until they are golden brown.

Place the donuts on paper towels to soak the excuses oil, and  then toss them in the sugar.

Make a small hole on the side of the doughnuts and pipe some Nutella into each doughnut!

Banana and Cinnamon Muffins

Posted on January 20, 2015 in Muffins

Love banana bread? Get the same great flavor wtih sweet muffins that bake a whole lot faster!

These moorish muffins are light and fluffy, they are great for a healthy breakfast treat or as an afternoon snack with a cup of tea. They are great eaten both hot right from the oven or cold.

Ingredients:

350g plain flour

¾ teaspoon salt

1½ teaspoon baking powder

½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda

2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

160g caster sugar

375ml buttermilk

1 large egg

½ teaspoon vanilla extract

75g unsalted butter (melted)

400g mashed banana

 

Makes 14-16 muffins

Preheat the oven to 170C. Put the flour, sugar, salt, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and cinnamon in a food processor and wiz until combined.

Put the buttermilk, egg and vanilla extract in a separate bowl and mix to combine.

Slowly pour into the flour mixture and beat on a slow speed until all the ingredients are incorporated.

Pour in the melted butter and beat until incorporated. Stir in the bananas with a wooden spoon until evenly dispersed.

Spoon the mixture into the paper cases until two-thirds full.

Bake in the preheated oven for 20-25 minuets or until golden brown and the muffin bounces back when touched. As soon as you take the muffins out the oven dip them upside-down into a little sugar mixed with cinnamon and leave to cool.

 

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