Ingredients

1 3/4 cups Plain flour

1 talespoon baking powder

1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda

3/4 teaspoon salt

1/4 cup cold butter

3/4 cup grated cheese

1/2 – 1 cup plain yogurt (enough to make dough sticky)

How to Make Them

Preheat oven at 425F / 220C / 210C fan oven.

1.  Mix flour, baking pwder, bicarbonate of soda and salt.
2.  Rub in butter until mixture resembles breadcrumbs.
3. Stir in cheese.
4. Add yogurt all at once to make a soft, slightly sticky dough.
5. Bake for 12 – 15 mins. Always preheat the oven!

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Ingredients

2 cups Plain flour

2 teaspoons bicarbonate of soda

2 cups shredded carrots

1 cup dessicated coconut

1 cup chopped walnuts (if you like)

1 8oz can crushed pineapple (i/2 small can)

1 cup raisins

3 eggs

3/4 cup buttermilk (add a tablespoon of lemon juice to ordinary milk and leave to stand for 5 mins).

3/4 cup vegetable or sunflower oil

1 1/4 cups caster sugar

2 teaspoons cinnamon

pinch salt

2 teaspoons vanilla essence

How to make it

1. Preheat oven to 350F / 175C / 165C Fan oven
2. Sift together flour, bicarbonate of soda, salt and cinnamon.
3. In a large bowl combine eggs, buttermilk, oil, sugar and vanilla essence. Mix well.
4. Add the flour moxture to the egg mixture.
5. In another bowl combine carrots, coconut, walnuts, pineapple and raisins. Mix wel.
6. Add the carrot mixture to the flour mixture. Mix well.
7. Pour into 8″ x 12″ pan and bake for 1 hour, till skewer comes out clean.
8. Leave for at least 20 mins to set before cutting.

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Ingredients

8 oz SR flour

pinch salt

4 oz margarine

3 oz caster sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla essence

1 egg

milk

How to Make Them

1. Sift flour and salt into bowl.
2. Rub in margarine until mixture resembles breadcrumbs.
3. Stir in sugar.
4. Beat egg and stir in mixture.
5. Add vanilla essence.
6. Add enough milk to make a stiff mixture (just a couple of tablespoons should do.
7. Divide mixture between 12 bun cases. Grease bun tins well before filling.
8. Bake for about 15 minutes at 400F / 200c / 190c Fan oven

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Ingredients

1/2 lb self raising flour

pich salt

2 teaspoons ground ginger

1/2 lb golden syrup

2 oz soft brown sugar

3 oz margarine

1 egg

1/8/pint milk

How to make it

1. Sift flour, salt and ginger into owl.

2. Melt golden syrup, margarine and sugar in medium saucepan.

3. Beat egg in teacup, top up with milk. (That’s about 1/8 pint).

4. Remove pan from heat, stir in flour and then the egg mixture. Don’t put egg in first or it will scramble!

5. Bake slowly at 325F / Gas Mark 4 / 180C / 170 C Fan oven.

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