BAKING

Baking is a culinary skill that sounds complex but is usually horribly easy. I learnt when I was a child, by having fun in the kitchen with my Mom. So if you have small children to entertain on a rainy afternoon, there is nothing like giving them some baking of their own to do. And remember - simplicity is the keyword!

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BISCUITS (COOKIES), CAKES & SWEETS

Buttery Biscuit Base

This Buttery Biscuit Base recipe is great as a base recipe for all sorts of biscuits

Preparation: 10 Minutes
Cooking: 20 Minutes
Caramel Shortbread

Here's a slightly different angle on Caramel Shortbread (the classic British teatime treat) using salted caramel.

Preparation: 15 Minutes
Cooking: 1 Hour
Chocolate and Nut Snaps

Chocolate and Nut Snaps is a mouth-watering sweet treat of melted chocolate and toasted nuts - topped off with a sprinkling of sea salt.

Preparation: 10 Minutes
Cooking: 10 Minutes
Crunchy Honeycomb Biscuits (Cookies)

Crunchy Honeycomb Biscuits are my favourite, having that exquisite blend of 'crunchiness' that separates any home made cookie from a shop-bought one.

Preparation: 10 Minutes
Cooking: 15 Minutes
Grantham Gingerbread Biscuits (Cookies)

Grantham Gingerbread Biscuits (Cookies) are my wife's favourites. She often asks me to cook a batch, then takes them to work with her to pass round!

Preparation: 10 Minutes
Cooking: 20 Minutes
Kalakand

Kalakand (sometimes known as Qalaqand) is one of the most famous sweets for lord Krishna. He has great reverence amongst Hindu devotees in India.

Preparation: 45 Minutes
Cooking: 30 Minutes
Mother's Oat Cookies

Baking is a culinary skill that sounds complex but is usually horribly easy... and Mother's Oat Cookies is a perfect example of that.

Preparation: 10 Minutes
Cooking: 15 Minutes
Mum's Chocolate Crunch Cake

Mum's Chocolate Crunch Cake was one of my favourite things when I was young... and, if I'm honest, it still is! It keeps fine for two or three days.

Preparation: 15 Minutes
Cooking: NIL
Rocky Road

Rocky Road seems to be a 'modern' name given to a home make crunchy chocolate "cake" that my mother used to make when we were kids.

Preparation: 15 Minutes
Cooking: NIL
Sally's Short-lived Shortbread

This shortbread is scrummy, more-ish and terrible for your waistline. It also encourages you to sneak into the fridge when no-one is looking.

Preparation: 35 Minutes
Cooking: 25 Minutes
Shortbread Biscuits

A well known Scottish export, shortbread biscuits are sweet and yummy! This recipe is to make round ones, but you can soon adapt it to make fingers.

Preparation: 10 Minutes
Cooking: 30 Minutes

CAKES, SCONES AND SWEET PIES

Baked Leek and Carrot Loaf

Baked Leek and Carrot Loaf is a nice economical recipe since it can be eaten cold or hot. Ideal for vegetarians too.

Preparation: 15 Minutes
Cooking: 50 Minutes
Chocolate Sandesh

Chocolate Sandesh is a dessert from the Eastern province of West Bengal. Along with Rassagulla this desert nicely rounds off an east Indian meal.

Preparation: 25 Minutes
Cooking: NIL
Christmas Cake - Rich Fruit Cake

No Christmas would be complete without Christmas Cake (or Rich Fruit Cake). With that delicious taste and fragrance of plump dried fruit

Preparation: 45 Minutes
Cooking: 2 Hours 30 Minutes
Easybake Scones

The Scone is a small British quick bread of Scottish origin. It's not just popular in the United Kingdom, it's also been 'adopted' by other countries.

Preparation: 10 Minutes
Cooking: 20 Minutes
Khaman Dhokla

Khaman Dhokla is a vegetarian dish that originates from Gujarat in India, and it is a traditional recipe for Gujarati people.

Preparation: 10 Minutes
Cooking: 10 Minutes
Lime Meringue Pie

Lime Meringue Pie is one of those lovely desserts you can eat at any time of year. You can serve it on its own or with a scattering of blueberries.

Preparation: 20 Minutes
Cooking: 20 Minutes
Mississippi Mud Pie Recipe

Is it a pie or a cake? Who cares? - this recipe for Mississippi Mud Pie is a chocolate-lovers delight. Unless you are watching your weight!!

Preparation: 45 Minutes
Cooking: 50 Minutes
Parkin

Parkin originated in northern England and is a moist and even sometimes sticky cake traditionally made from oatmeal and molasses.

Preparation: 20 Minutes
Cooking: 1 Hour 30 Minutes
Rava Laddu

Rava Laddu is a sweet dish from southern India and is usually made on special occasions. Rava Laddu is so addictive that you'll make it often.

Preparation: 10 Minutes
Cooking: 10 Minutes
Rich Cream Scones

These scones get their light flaky texture from the butter that is layered into the dough. An absolute delight with a cup of tea on a summer afternoon

Preparation: 20 Minutes
Cooking: 20 Minutes
Spice Bread (Pain d'épices)

Pain d'épice (Spice Bread) is a Christmas favourite in France. It's very similar to a gingerbread loaf, though there are more spices involved.

Preparation: 10 Minutes
Cooking: 35 Minutes
SuperEasy Chocolate and Walnut Cake

SuperEasy Chocolate & Walnut Cake is a really simple and effective way to produce a tasty cake for dessert, or just to accompany your afternoon cuppa.

Preparation: 15 Minutes
Cooking: 25 Minutes

SAVOURY BISCUITS (FOR DIPS AND SPREADS)

Savoury Cheese Biscuits

Ideal for entertaining, you can load these savoury biscuits with cream cheese or use them as a snack source with a slice of tomato on top.

Preparation: 10 Minutes
Cooking: 10 Minutes
Savoury Chive Biscuits

Ideal for entertaining, you can load these savoury biscuits with cream cheese or use them as a snack source with a slice of tomato on top.

Preparation: 10 Minutes
Cooking: 10 Minutes

SAVOURY PIES

Asparagus Tart

Asparagus Tart is a lovely, yummy mixture of fresh, young asparagus, eggs and cheese, all in a short crust pastry base. Simple and quick to make too!

Preparation: 20 Minutes
Cooking: 40 Minutes
Mini Pork Pies with Quails' Eggs

Sometimes, though, a whole pork pie is just too much, and that's when I like to pick up a Mini Pork Pie with Quail's Egg.

Preparation: 30 Minutes
Cooking: 40 Minutes

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