Bacon pancakes

Ingredients
2 slices bacon
50g self raising flour
1 egg, beaten
3 tbsp milk
20g cheddar cheese, grated
1 tsp dried parsley

1. Fry the bacon then cut into small pieces

2. Mix the flour, cheese, bacon and parsley in a bowl

3. Add the egg and milk and mix into a batter

4. Divide mixture in half and fry for 4-5 mins each side until firm

Makes 2

Ginger biscuits

Ingredients

200g self raising flour
100g sugar

75g butter

2 tsp ginger powder

4 tbsp golden syrup

1 egg, beaten

1. Preheat oven to 180°C / 350°F / gas 4

2. Mix the flour, sugar and ginger powder in a bowl

3. Rub in the butter to make breadcrumbs

4. Add the golden syrup and egg and mix well

5. Place lumps of the mixture on a greased baking tray and bake for 15-20 mins until brown

Makes approx 30

Biscuits

Ingredients
225 self raising flour
100g butter
100g sugar
1 egg, beaten
A few drops of vanilla essence

1. Preheat oven to 180°C / 350°C / gas 4

2. Mix flour, sugar and butter to make bread crumbs

3. Add vanilla essence and egg and mix to make a dough

4. Cut out shapes using a cookie cutter

5. Place on a greased baking tray and bake for 10-15 minutes

Makes approx 30

Mini cupcakes with chocolate

Ingredients
50g self raising flour
50g sugar
50g butter
1 egg
Chocolate chips

1. Preheat over to 180°C / 350°F / gas 4

2. Beat sugar and butter together

3. Add flour and egg and mix well

4. Put mixture into small paper cupcake cases on a baking tray

5. Push 3 chocolate chips into the top of each one

6. Bake for 15 minutes and leave to cool

Chewy cherry biscuits

Ingredients
30g demerara (brown) sugar
50g butter
3 tablespoon golden syrup
50g plain flour
50g glace cherries (chopped)
30g cornflakes (crushed)

1. Preheat oven to 180°C / 350°F / gas 4. Grease 2 baking trays

2. Melt the sugar, butter and golden syrup over a low heat. Stir in the flour

3. Add the cherries and cornflakes and stir

4. Put spoonfuls of the mixture onto the trays, well spaced out

5. Bake for 10 minutes

Makes about 10

Spicy chicken

Ingredients
1 chicken breast fillet
1 egg, beaten
1 tbsp plain flour
1 tsp mustard powder
1 tsp paprika
1 tsp oregano
Pinch of salt and pepper
Breadcrumbs (3 slices of bread, no crusts)

1. Mix together the flour, salt, pepper, mustard powder, paprika, oregano

2. Coat the chicken in the flour mixture, then the egg, then the breadcrumbs

3. Bake for 25-30 minutes

Serves 1

Fish goujons

Ingredients
400g white fish
flour
egg, beaten
2 slices bread, grated into breadcrumbs

1. Preheat oven to 200°C / 400°F / gas 6

2. Cut fish into about 5 cm long chunks and season

3. Roll in flour, then egg then coat with breadcrumbs

4. Wrap in foil and place on a baking tray. Bake for 15 minutes

5. Open up foil and cook for another 10 minutes until breadcrumbs are golden

Serves 4

Toad in the hole

Ingredients
2 sausages
1 egg
60g flour
150ml milk

1. Preheat oven to 200°C / 400°F / gas 6. Grease a baking tin

2. Put the sausage in the tin and bake for 20 minutes

3. Meanwhile mix the flour, egg and milk together, season then whisk until smooth.

4. Remove the tin with the sausages from the oven, immediately pour the batter over the sausages and return to the oven for another 20 minutes until batter has puffed up and cooked

Serves 1

Breaded salmon with hollandaise sauce and parsley

Ingredients
1 salmon fillet
egg, beaten
flour
2 slices bread, crusts cut off
1tsp dill
hollandaise sauce
fresh parsely, chopped

1. Preheat oven to 200°C / 400°F / gas 6

2.  Grate the bread into breadcrumbs, stir in the dill and lie out on a plate

3.  Dip the salmon into the flour, then the egg, then coat with the breadcrumbs

4. Wrap in foil and bake for 20 minutes, open up the foil and bake for a further 10 minutes

5. Make/heat the hollandaise sauce according to instructions and mix in the chopped parsley

6. Place the salmon on a plate and pour the sauce over

Serves 1

Fish Pie

Ingredients
500g white fish and/or salmon
500g potatoes, peeled, boiled and mashed
400ml milk
10 black peppercorns
50g butter
40g plain flour
1tsp dill
1tsp parsley
1tsp lemon juice
50g cheddar cheese (grated)

1. Place the fish in a pan and cover with the milk. Add the peppercorns and heat for 10 minutes until cooked.

2. Preheat oven to 190°C / 375°F / gas 5

3. Remove the fish from the pan and place in an ovenproof dish. Remove the peppercorns and discard. Keep the milk

4. Melt the butter in a saucepan and stir in the flour, stir in the milk and bring to the boil. Keep stirring into a thick sauce. Season

5. Pour the sauce over the fish in the dish, add the lemon juice, parsley and dill and stir well

6. Put the mashed potato over the top and sprinkle the cheese over

7. Bake for 30 minutes

Serves 4

Pancakes

Ingredients

50g plain flour

150ml milk

1 tsp vegetable oil

1 medium egg

pinch of salt

1. Heat some oil in a pan.

2. Put the flour, salt, egg and oil in a bowl, add half of the milk and whisk into a thick paste

3. Add the rest of the milk and whisk into a batter that coats the back of a spoon 

4. Put a ladleful of the batter into the pan, swirl around to spread into a thin circle

5. Heat for 30 seconds then turn over and cook for a further 30 seconds. Serve with desired topping (I used golden syrup)

Makes 3-4 pancakes

Mince and dumplings

Ingredients
500g minced beef
1 onion, chopped
1 tin of tomatoes
2 tbsp worcestershire sauce
1 beef stock cube
1 tsp garlic powder

For dumplings:
100g self raising flour
pinch of salt
pinch of mustard powder
1 tsp dried herbs (I used oregano and basil)
1 egg, beaten
10g butter
2 tbsp milk

1. Preheat oven to 220°C / 425°F / gas 7. Grease a baking tray

2. Fry the mince and onions until the mince is brown and the onions are soft. Transfer to a large pan

3. Add tomatoes, stock cube, worcestershire sauce and garlic powder. Stir well

4. Cook for 15 minutes on medium heat

5. While the mince mixture is cooking mix the flour, salt, mustard powder and herbs

6. Then add the butter, egg and milk and mix into a dough

7. Shape into balls and bake for 15 minutes

8. Place dumplings on top of mince mixture in the pan and cook for another 5 minutes then serve

Serves 4

Corned beef and potato pie

Ingredients
225g plain flour
50g butter
50g lard
30ml water
pinch of salt
340g tin of corned beef
300g potatoes, boiled

1. To make the pastry mix flour and salt then rub in the fat to make breadcrumbs. Add cold water and mix into a stiff dough.

2. Preheat oven to 190°C / 370°F / gas 5. Grease a 20cm / 8 inch ovenproof plate

3. Divide pastry in half and roll out. Line the plate with one half.

4. Mash potato and corned beef together and place it in the pie.

5. Wet edges of pastry and cover the pie with the other half of the pastry. Seal edges

6. Brush with egg or milk and bake for 35-40 minutes

Cheese scones

Ingredients

500g plain flour

1tbsp baking powder

1tsp mustard powder

pinch of salt

60g butter

100g cheddar cheese (grated)

1 egg

200ml milk

1. Preheat oven to 200°C / 400°F / gas 6

2. Mix flour, baking powder, salt and mustard powder in a bowl

3. Add butter and rub in to make bread crumbs. Add the cheese and stir in

4. Beat the egg and milk together and add to the mixture

5. Stir and knead to make a dough

6. Roll out to about 2 cm thick and cut out circles

7. Place on a greased baking tray and bake for 15-20 minutes 

Cheese biscuits

Ingredients
100g self raising flour
75g cheese (mature cheddar etc)
50g butter
pinch of salt
1tsp mustard powder
1 egg (beaten)

1. Preheat oven to 180°C / 350°F / gas 4

2. Mix flour, salt and mustard poweder

3. Add butter and mix to make breadcrumbs. Add cheese

4. Add egg and mix to make dough

5. Roll out to about 5mm thick and cut out circles

6. Place on a greased baking tray and bake for 10-15 minutes

Easter chocolate cakes

Ingredients
75g self raising flour
25g cocoa powder
100g sugar
100g butter
2 eggs

1. Preheat oven to 180°C / 350°F / gas 4

2. Beat margerine and sugar together then add the eggs and beat in, one at a time

3. Add flour and cocoa powder and mix.

4. Put mixture into paper cupcake cases and bake for 20-25 minutes

5. When cooled, decorate with icing rolled into egg shapes.

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients
225g self raising flour
100g sugar
100g butter
1 egg (beaten)
a few drops vanilla essence
100g plain chocolate chips

1. Preheat oven to 180°C / 350°F / gas 4

2. Mix flour, sugar and butter to make breadcrumbs

3. Add vanilla essence, egg and chocolate chips and mix to make a dough

4. Pull off small balls of the dough and make rough cookie shapes

5. Place on a greased baking tray and bake for 15-20 minutes