The Recipe Repository

Spaghetti sauce

Carole — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 23:36:51 +0000

This is very useful to have in the freezer. You can add a jar of shop-bought sauce to the ingredients if you like, and any vegetables finely chopped. My favourites are a pepper, courgette, mushrooms. carrot – use up bits and pieces. just make sure you chop finely and simmer gently very slowly for a [...]

Meatballs

Carole — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 23:04:59 +0000

This is a handy recipe to make and freeze in portions for emergency meals. The quantity given here will make approximately 150 walnut sized meatballs. I usually freeze in bags of 16 meatballs – 8 each for 2 people, and make 3 trays of 42 meatballs altogether. It’s up to you how large your appetite [...]

Super Vegetable Soup

Carole — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 22:23:31 +0000

This is a delicious vegetable soup, very easy to make and it freezes very well. The quantities given do produce a large amount of soup – I like to freeze it in individual portions so that a quick meal or snack is always available. The recipe as written will make two very large saucepans full. Try [...]

Sandwich Bread for Breadmaker

Carole — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 21:46:03 +0000

This is the best recipe for nice, soft bread that cuts easilyand keeps well. No more dried up crusts and crumbs on the second day! Ingredients. 8 fluid oz warm water 4 tablespoons cooking oil 2 tablespoons caster sugar 1 teaspoon salt 14 0z strong bread flour (400g) 1 level tablespoon (1/4 oz) yeast [...]

Christmas Cake

Carole — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 21:41:17 +0000

This is the best Christmas cake recipe! It always turns out well and will keep for months if wrapped in clingfilm and foil. It is moist and dense with fruit, it is not a ‘cakey’ cake, and it stays nice and flat without a peak.I don’t ice it as we prefer it plain, but it [...]

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Carole — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:18:27 +0000

These are the nicest chocolate chip cookies I’ve found and I’ve tested a lot!!! You can make them the size of normal biscuits or larger if you prefer. I find that the amount of dough that the recipe makes can be divided intwo. Freeze half in a sausage shape for another day, and bake the [...]

Hannah’s Chocolate Chip Muffins

Carole — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:29:42 +0000

‘Yummy, yummy, yummy’, says Hannah! It’s best to use proper paper muffin cases for these. Ingredients 2 cups plain flour 1 cup caster sugar 1 tablespoon baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 2 eggs, beaten 3/4 cup milk 1/4 cup sunflower oil 4 tablespoons melted margarine or butter 1 teaspoon lemon juice 1 teaspoon vanilla essence [...]

Cowboy Cookies

Carole — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:07:32 +0000

These are very easy to make. The recipe makes quite a large quantity, about 40-60 depending on how big you make them! When I make these, I bake 1/3 of the mixture, and freeze 2/3 (divided into 2 packages).. If you don’t want many biscuits at a time, then bake 1/4 and freeze the rest [...]

Easy Carrot Cake

Carole — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 17:53:10 +0000

This is very straightforward and easy to make and tastes just as good as the complicated versions. It can be made plain, or pineapple and nuts may be added. Ingredients 150g plain flour 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1/4 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda 100g soft brown sugar 2 eggs 125 ml oil (vegetable [...]

Butter Biscuits

Carole — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 17:08:12 +0000

This recipe is ideal for making cut-out biscuits to ice for Christmas or parties but are just as nice eaten plain. Ingredients 85g soft butter, unsalted is best but not essential 100g caster sugar 1 large egg 1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence 200g plain flour 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt How to make them [...]

Jam Tarts

Carole — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:23:24 +0000

Ingredients 4 oz SR flour Pinch of salt 2 oz margarine 2 oz lard Approx 1 tablespoon cold water jam or lemon curd How to make them 1.Grease the bun tins well. You will need 12. 2. Put the flour into a bowl with the salt. 3. Cut the fat into small pieces, add to [...]

Melting Moments

Carole — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:17:18 +0000

These are delicious, very crisp, and they keep very well in an airtight container (if you can leave them long enough!). Worth making a double quantity – then you won’t have half an egg left over! You could freeze half the dough for another batch later. (Make as far as step 3 and freeze the [...]

Fruit Crumble

Carole — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 20:15:22 +0000

Use fruit such as apples or rhubarb. It can be pre-stewed or put in raw. Ingredients 2 or 3 cooking apples, peeled and sliced or chunks of rhubarb sugar to sweeten fruit to taste 6 oz plain flour 3 oz margarine 3 oz granulated sugar How to make it Lightly grease a pyrex dish. Put [...]

Oatmeal and Raisin Cookies

Carole — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 19:52:37 +0000

Makes about 36 cookies Ingredients 2 cups plain flour 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 1 cup butter 3/4 cup caster sugar 1 cup soft brown sugar 2 large eggs 2 teaspoons vanilla essence 3 cups porridge oats 1 1/2 cups raisins or sultanas How to make them In [...]

Cinnamon Cookies

Carole — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 19:29:10 +0000

Ingredients 1 cup granulated sugar 1/2 cup butter 1 large egg 1 teaspoon vanilla essence 1 1/2 cups plain flour 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/4 teaspoon salt How to make tham In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar until white and creamy. Beat in egg and vanilla. Add flour, [...]