Tag: Easter
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Happy Easter!
Happy Easter everyone! I’m really looking forward to this long weekend, we’ve been so busy this year and we all need a chance to chill out. This recipe for apple-sausage saute is one of my favourite Autumn recipes, and will definitely be on the menu this weekend. It’s easy, yummy and can be served on… Read more
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More Buns for Easter
Last week I shared my hot cross bun recipes so that your families didn’t need to miss out the traditional Easter fair, but hot cross buns aren’t the only buns you can eat at Christmas. The Swedish have a great tradition of eating buns for all occassions (and no particular occassion). There is a special… Read more
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It’s bun time!
It’s that time of year again! That time when I buy a new tin of instant yeast and start making buns – starting with the hot cross kind. I will be making hot cross buns for Oscar this weekend. We gave him a chance to try some commercial buns last weekend while he was out… Read more
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It’s the Easter Long Weekend: Keeping it Casual with Hamburgers and Buttermilk Pancakes
The Easter long weekend starts today, and while this post is going out we will be eating pancakes for breakfast (actually I hope we get to sleep in a bit longer!). Pancakes are our favourite holiday/weekend breakfast. They are easy and can be adapted to almost any dietary restrictions. This recipe comes from the Martha… Read more
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Buns for Easter, or Any Time!
There is a wonderful tradition in Sweden of eating buns for all occasions. All sorts of buns are available. I once tried to make Swedish Semla, which is a spiced bun made for lent that is filled with almond paste and cream. My yeast skills weren’t very good then and I ended up with a big… Read more
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Rice Bubble Easter Eggs and Other Ideas
Easter is fast approaching (it’s too early this year) and it feels like Easter eggs have been in the shops since Boxing Day. Easter is hard on the elimination diet and there aren’t a lot of non-chocolate options around. These cute little rice bubble eggs are super easy to make. Nestle White Melts aren’t chocolate… Read more
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Christmas Baking: Sticky Golden Syrup and Chocolate Buns
I found this recipe in Notebook magazine some time ago, and thought it would be great for Easter as an alternative to Hot Cross Buns. Unfortunately I didn’t get to make it then, but it is just as good for Christmas. It was also lots of fun to make with Oscar (and messy), just don’t… Read more
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Easter Lunch/Dinner: Stuffed Roast Chicken and Chocolate Squidgy Log
With Easter coming up, I thought I’d post two recipes that we use for special occasions (lunch or dinner) – stuffed roast chicken and squidgy chocolate log. The squidgy chocolate log recipe is one of my husbands specialities, from before I even met him. It’s not his recipe though, it’s from Delia Smith’s Complete Cookery Course (omnibus edition… Read more
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More Hot Cross Buns
Today I made some more hot cross buns, fruit ones this time, with dried pear, paw paw and banana. I used the same base recipe as the choc-chip hot cross buns, replacing the choc-chips with dried fruit, a plain white cross and golden syrup for the glaze. The golden syrup makes a much stickier, sweeter… Read more
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Preparing for Easter
Today I made Hot Cross Buns – a trial for Easter. Oscar can’t have commercial hot cross buns as they all have preservatives and “spices” in them. Last year I tried to make a failsafe version of Swedish Semlor (Lenten Buns), a custard filled bun, but something went terribly wrong and I ended up with… Read more