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

Chocolate fudge

Ingredients
100g plain chocolate
200g icing sugar
50g butter
1 tbsp golden syrup
1 tsp vanilla essence

1. Line a square/rectangle baking tin (about 20 cm) with greaseproof paper

2. Melt the chocolate and butter in a bowl over a pan of boiling water then stir in the golden syrup and vanilla essence.

3. Stir in half of the icing sugar until dissolved then stir in the rest

4. While the mixture is still hot and soft, put it into the tin and press down to fill up to the edges and smooth out the top with the back of a spoon

5. Leave to cool, when hardened break up into pieces or cut into small squares

Chocolate cheesecake

Ingredients

200g digestive biscuits (crushed into crumbs)

2 tbsp cocoa powder

150g butter

900g soft cheese

4 eggs

200g milk chocolate

200g sugar

1 tsp vanilla essence

1. Preheat oven to 150°C / 300°F / gas 2. Grease a loose bottomed tin and line the bottom with greaseproof paper

2. Melt butter. In a bowl, mix biscuit crumbs and cocoa powder together then add the melted butter. Press into the bottom of the tin

3. Mix the soft cheese, sugar and vanilla essence then add the eggs and mix, one at a time. 

4. Melt the chocolate then add the cheese mixture slowly and mix

5. Put the cheese/chocolate mixture into the tin on top of the base and bake for 40 minutes or until set (should still be a bit soft in the middle)

6. Leave to cool then refridgerate for 12 hours. Decorate as desired

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