Home cooking for the everyday hungry person
A fabulous British holiday treat! Warm, fruity filling, flakey pastry- what could be better! (Make sure to leave some out for Santa too!) Mince Pie Filling: A jar of your favourite mincemeat or check out my version here: https://tynetodine.com/2017/11/28/mince-pie-filling/ Pastry: 150 grams or 1 1/4 cups self-raising or all purpose flour 2 grams or […]
Mince Pies! One of my all-time favourite British holiday treats! Fruity, spicy, rich, and encased in beautiful buttery pastry, what could be better! So naturally the best DIY gift for this Christmas is definitely a jar of homemade mince pie filling! (I can’t bring myself to call it mincemeat…to me…that still means beef.) ANYWAY, there […]
These buns are really easy to make, fluffy, tender, delicious, and perfect for little hands to get involved with making too! And, added bonus, they’ll make your house smell crazy warm, and festive- like the most scrumptious holiday candle ever! Dough: 500 grams, (about 4 cups) Self-Rising/All Purpose Flour 60 grams (4 tablespoons) Unsalted Butter- melted […]
Cake: 300 grams or 1 1/2 cups, Sugar (Caster or Granulated) 1, Can of Cola (330 ml & room temperature) 90 grams or 6 tablespoons, Vegetable Shortening (Stork or Crisco) 90 ml, Vegetable Oil 1 shot of Espresso (optional) 1 1/2 teaspoons, Baking Powder 1/2 cup or 50 grams, Unsweetened Cocoa Powder (not hot chocolate […]
6 Bramley or Granny Smith apples (or a mixture of cooking and eating apples- you will just need to adjust the sugar) 1.5 tablespoons, Pumpkin Pie Spice (Use your favourite kind of have a look at my version) 1 cup or 200 grams, Caster/ Granulated Sugar (or to taste!) Peel, core, and […]
10 teaspoon, Cinnamon 8, 1/2 teaspoons, Ginger 8 1/4 teaspoons, Nutmeg 8, 1/8 teaspoons, Cloves All spices must be ground. Place spices in a bowl, and mix together well. Take an old spice jar, label it, and fill it up! This mixture makes about 30 grams in total.
Makes about 10 pancakes Prep and rest: 1 hour 5 minutes Cooking time: A few minutes per pancake 2 cups or 500ml of whole milk 3 eggs 2 tablespoons or 30 grams melted, unsalted butter 1 3/4 cups or 230 grams of flour 1.5 tsp sugar 1/4 tsp salt Zest 1 orange (optional) For cooking: […]
1 cup of sugar 1 vanilla pod Multiply ingredients as needed Pour sugar into a mason jar or any leftover airtight jar, cut the vanilla pod lengthwise, and pop it in with the sugar, pushing it down into the jar. Close, and give the jar a good shake. Leave to flavour for a couple […]
Grease your 9-10 inch round, or rectangular tart tin (with a removable bottom) liberally with butter, and set aside. Pastry: 150 grams or 1 1/4 cups self-raising or all purpose flour 2 grams or 1/2 teaspoon salt 15 grams or 1 tablespoons sugar 75 grams or 5 tablespoons of softened unsalted butter 75 grams or […]
…the delicious dessert ( or breakfast!) that will soothe that chocolate craving and actually fill you up! Time: Prep, 5 minutes Set Time, 8 hours or overnight Serves 4 400 ml (1 3/4 cup) of unsweetened almond milk 80 grams (1/2 cup) of Chia Seeds 40 grams of unsweetened cocoa powder 1 tsp […]
