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Sprinkles' Strawberry Cupcakes Recipe - All Things Cupcake. Sprinkles' Strawberry Frosting. Frozen Treats: Roasted Strawberry Sundae Recipe. Recipe: Homemade ‘Jammy Dodgers’ « warmbreadandhoney. The elder warmbreadandhoneylet has been home from school for a couple of days with a nasty cold and cough. By yesterday afternoon, she was bored and clearly wishing she was back in the classroom. I suggested that a baking project would be a good distraction, and we decided between us to have a go at making Jammy Dodgers. Baking with children is good, constructive, educational fun.

What other activity combines numeracy (weights, measures, timing), literacy (researching, reading/writing recipes) and fine motor skills (rubbing butter into flour, cutting out the biscuits) with such s delicious reward? Bake these with children in mind, but adults love them too. Ingredients: Biscuits: 175g salted butter, chilled and cut into small nuggets225g plain flour125g caster sugar1 egg yolk1 tsp natural vanilla essence Filling: 75g unsalted butter, softened100g icing sugar, sifted1 tsp natural vanilla essenceabout 5-6 tablespoons of strawberry or raspberry jam Instructions: x Like this: Like Loading...

Homemade Marshmallows Recipe. Homemade Marshmallows: Lightly butter, or spray with a non stick vegetable spray, the bottom of a 13x9x2-inch (33x23x5-cm) baking pan. Line the bottom of the pan with parchment paper. Then sift about 3 tablespoons of confectioners' (powdered or icing) sugar onto the bottom of the pan (this will help release the set marshmallow from the paper). Place 1/2 cup (120 ml) cold water into the bowl of your electric mixer that is fitted with a whisk attachment. Sprinkle the gelatin over the water and let stand until gelatin softens, about 15 minutes. Meanwhile, in a heavy two quart saucepan, place the sugar, corn syrup, salt, and remaining 1/2 cup (120 ml) cold water. Stir over medium heat until sugar dissolves and the mixture comes to a boil.

With mixer running at low speed, slowly pour the hot syrup into the gelatin mixture in a thin stream down the side of the bowl. Scrape marshmallow mixture into the prepared pan and spread with a damp offset spatula or rubber spatula. How to Make a Custard. Want to learn the trick for perfect custard? Chapter 2 of this free baking book teaches you everything you need to know. Get it here. Custards are one of those yesterday desserts that never should have gone out of style. They are still used as pie fillings—pumpkin pie, of course—but they make versatile desserts without sticking them in a pie shell. We like custards but admittedly, your kids might not.

Easy Custard 4 cups milk 6 large eggs 2/3 cup sugar 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon vanilla Directions Heat the milk until hot, two or three minutes in the microwave. Traditionally, custards are served with caramel sauce. We made this custard in a pecan pie crust and served it to guests. Pecan Crust 1 cup pastry or all-purpose flour 3/4 cup finely chopped pecans 1/2 cup brown sugar 1/8 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg 6 tablespoon melted butter Mix the dry ingredients together in a medium bowl.

This is a great crust for any cream filling. See the printable version. Parfait of Spice-Roasted Pineapple with Frozen Yogurt. Mini Cheesecakes Recipe. Honey-Lavender Plum Gratin.