Sourdough Bread

Sourdough Pt 2 – Bread

Apologies for the lateness in this post – I had intended to post this at the weekend, but life got in the way. To make sourdough bread, you will first need a sourdough starter. You can buy them online easy enough, but don’t waste your money buying one from overseas, that purports to be 100s…

Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread Pudding

Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread Pudding

I can’t describe how pleased I was when my local Tescos started stocking cans of pumpkin puree. Previously, I had had to rely on expensive import sites or Amazon. You can, of course, make your own pumpkin puree if you can’t get the canned stuff. Any squash, even Butternut, could be used for this recipe….

Banana and Toffee Pecan Loaf

You know that way when you buy some bananas and they are a little green still, so you place them in a fruit bowl to ripen for a few  days. You return in a few days, only to discover you somehow skipped over that one day when they are perfect, and the skin is now…

Pumpkin and walnut bread

Pumpkin and Walnut Bread

I know that this is perhaps more of an autumn dessert, but I decided to make it this weekend because hubby was away at a thing, and I was at a loose end. Plus, I still had a couple of cans of pumpkin purée left from my last order. I confess I couldn’t wait for…

Monkey Bread

Monkey Bread

Yes, you read that right. I said Monkey Bread.  Don’t worry, there were no actual monkeys harmed in the making of this bread. Monkey Bread is the ultimate tear and share bread. Made with an enriched dough, its very similar to a Cinnamon Roll, and in fact I use the same dough recipe. When you…

Witches Fingers

Witches’ Fingers

A brilliant accompaniment to a Bloody Eyeball Soup or as part of your Halloween buffet. Make up a batch of the Pretzel recipe below. Instead of forming them into the common pretzel shape, form them into small sausages, slightly longer then your longest finger. Boil in water and bicarbonate of soda as normal, then place…