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2NUTTYWHEAT CHEESE MUFFINS

1   cup nutty wheat                                                    2 heaped teaspoon baking powder
1   cup grated cheese                                                 1 egg
     Salt and pepper                                                        milk and water
2   tablespoons yellow margarine
     Mix all together- mixture must be very loose – put into patty tins and bake at 230ºC.  cut in half, spread with mixture of cheese, marmite and butter.

32  BEST-EVER MUFFINS

      1½ cups flour                                                          ½ teaspoon salt      
     4 teaspoons baking powder                                    1 tablespoon sugar
     ¾ cup milk                                                              2 well beaten eggs    
     ¼ cup melted yellow margarine
    Sift flour with salt, baking powder and sugar.  Combine remaining ingredients, add all at once, stir just until dry ingredients are moistened, but not smooth.  The batter will be lumpy.  Fill greased muffin pans 2/3 full.  Bake in hot oven 210ºC for 25 minutes.  make a dozen.

43  MUFFIN SUITABLE FOR TEA TIME
4    heaped tablespoons flour                                        1 tablespoon butter
2    level tablespoon sugar                                            ½ cup milk
1    egg                                                                          vanilla
2    teaspoons baking powder                                        pinch of salt
B   eat egg and sugar well.  Add this to the sifted flour and salt, melted butter and milk, vanilla and baking powder last.  Bake 12 min in hot oven.  Prick well or open with knife and add melted golden syrup or honey with butter.
   
4 4  DATE FINGERS     
2    eggs (separated)                                              ½ cup sugar
1    cup flour                                                         1 teaspoon baking powder
1    teaspoon vanilla essence                                 ¼ teaspoon salt
1    cup dates (cut into small pieces)
B    eat whites and yolk separately,  then beat them together.  Add sugar and mix well, add flour slowly, the baking powder, salt and vanilla essence and lastly, mix in the dates.  Spread quite thinly in a greased tin 21cm x 32cm and bake about 25 minutes.  When baked, cut into strips.

6  5  SHORTBREAD
1    10grm  butter                                                            165grm   flour
5    5grm  sugar                                                               55 grm  Maizena
     Mix butter and sugar until creamy.  Add to dry ingredients and put in flat pan thinly.  Prick with fork.  Bake in moderate oven for ½ to ¾ hour.

    6   NUTTY WONDERS
       110grm Butter or magarine                             1 teaspoon vanilla
5     5grm Sugar                                                     1 cup flour
1    egg                                                                1 teaspoon baking powder
1    cup dates                                                       ½ cup chopped walnuts
     Cream butter and sugar.  Add beaten egg.  Add flour with baking powder, dates, nuts and vanilla.  Roll teaspoons full of this mixture in post toasties slight crushed.  Put on a greased baking tin.  Bake in moderate oven.

1   7  CRUNCHIES      
2      cups coconut                                                    2 cups oats
2     50grm margarine                                              1 cup sugar
1     cup flour                                                          2 dessertspoons syrup
1     1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
      Mix dry ingredients in bowl.  Melt margarine and syrup over low heat, add       bicarb. Pour into dry ingredients and mix well.   Put into greased baking tin and press down well with fork.  Bake at 180ºC for 15-20 minutes until golden brown.  When slightly cool, cut into squares


    8  DATE SLICES

1      pkt Marie biscuits                                              250grm  dates(chopped)
2     50grm Butter or margarine                                  ½ cup sugar
1     egg 
      Melt butter and sugar, add well beaten egg and chopped dates.  Simmer 15 minutes, stirring all the time.  Remove from heat and add broken biscuits, mixing well.  Press flat in dish, cut into squares when cold.  Sprinkle with cocoanut.

1 9   MARS BARS
        BASE:  Plain wafer biscuits.  Arrange in shallow tin.
        CENTRE:  110grm Castor sugar , 110grm butter or margarine, small tin      condensed milk, 2 tablespoons syrup.
    Melt butter and sugar, pour in condensed milk and syrup.  Bring to boil and cook on slow heat, stirring constantly for 7 minutes.  Pour over base and allow to cool.
     TOP:  Melted chocolate (large slab)
    Spread over the top when the filling has cooled somewhat.  Put into fridge for 10 minutes, and cut into squares.

   10   DATE COOKIES
1 cup margarine                                                       1 cup sugar
2 eggs                                                                      2 cups jungle oats
2 cups flour                                                              350grm dates
1 teaspoon baking powder                                       1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon bi-carbonate soda
   Melt (really melt) butter, add sugar and mix well.  Beat in eggs, and dates and stir well.  Add dry ingredients.  Put out on baking tray with teaspoon (far apart) and bake until golden brown at190ºC for about 10 minutes.

   11  GINGER SNAPS
1       ½kg Flour                                                           1½kg brown sugar
        500grmButter                                                       2 tablespoons ginger
1     pkt cream of tartar                                             1 pkt bicarbonate of soda
       500grm Syrup                                                       5 eggs
      Rub butter into dry ingredients except bi-carbonate of soda.  Warm syrup.  Mix soda in little milk and add to above mixture.  Also add well-beaten eggs and syrup.  Knead until ready to roll.  Mix, leave overnight and next day roll into small balls and bake 150ºC – 180ºC.

   12  CHRUNCHIES
1    1 cup flour                                                               ½ cup butter or margarine
2    2 cups oats                                                              1 cup sugar
1   1 cup cocoanut                                                        1½ tablespoon syrup    
1   1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
     Melt butter and syrup and add bicarb.  Dissolved in little milk.  Mix dry  ingredients, add melted butter etc.  press into pan and bake for 35 minutes in  slow oven.  Cut into squares when nearly cold.

   13 PUFFY BISCUITS
5     cups flour                                                              1 cup butter
2    teaspoons baking powder                                      2 eggs
2    cups sugar                                                             pinch of salt  
     ¾ cup milk
     Cream butter and sugar, add eggs and milk.  Mix in dry ingredients until a stiff dough.  Roll out thinly and sprinkle with sugar or coconut.  Makes about 100 biscuits.  Bake at 200ºC for 10 minutes.

     

1    14  SAVOURY CHEESE CAKE
               
         2 cups water                                                  125grm butter
         Pinch salt                                                       200grm sifted flour
        5  eggs                                                           250grm cheese, cut in cubes
       Boil water, salt and butter.  Take off heat and add all the flour.  Beat with wooden spoon.  Cook mixture   until it comes loose from sides.  Take off heat and beat in eggs one by one.  Mix in cheese, but keep enough  to decorate.  Drop spoonfuls on baking sheet to form a circle.  Decorate with rest of cheese.  Bake it 190ºC  for 30 minutes.  Can be eaten hot or cold.


 
   15.    SAVOURY SCONES
            250grm self - raising flour                                       2 tablespoons yellow margarine   
            4 tablespoons grated cheddar (strong) cheese         1 teaspoon mixed herbs
            3  rashers bacon, fried crisp and chopped                 salt and cayenne pepper
           140ml milk                                                               1 egg
   
          Sift flour and rub in margarine until light and crumbly.  Add cheese, herbs, bacon and seasoning.  Add milk and beaten egg to make soft dough, mixing well, but lightly.  Roll out to 1 cm thick on a floured board and cut into 5cm rounds.  Brush with beaten egg and bake at 230ºC until golden brown about 15- 20 mins.  serve hot, buttered or plain.



    16.  SCONE RECIPE

              2 cups flour                                                                3 teaspoons baking powder 
             ½ teaspoon salt                                                           ¼ cup butter or margarine
             ¾ cup milk

       Sift flour, baking powder and salt together.  Rub in butter.  Add milk.  Turn dough on to board and knead for 20 seconds.  Cut to shape.  Bake in hot oven 240ºC  for 5-10 minutes.


     17  CHOCOLATE CRUNCHIES

           ½ cup sugar                                                                   1 cup cocoanut
          1 cup flour                                                                     1 cup oats
          1 tablespoon cocoa                                                       165grm margarine
          ¼ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda

        Mix all dry ingredients.  Add soft margarine.  Mix well until mixture sticks together.  Press down into 35cm x 25cm  pan.  Bake for 20 mins, at 180ºC.  Before crunchies are cold, make icing with:  2 cups icing sugar, 2 tablespoons cocoa, 4 tablespoons boiling water.  Spread over crunchies while they are still fairly warm. Leave to get gold.  Cut into squares.


        18  SHORTBREAD


      Sift 330grm flour into a bowl, add 55grm maizena , 110grm castor sugar and 220grm softened margarine.
       Rub into a ball then press into a pan.  Trim edges and prick all over.  Bake 180ºC for 30 minutes and cut while warm.


      19    HEALTH CRUNCHIES
              1 cup unsifted meal                                         1 cup oatmeal
               1 /3  cup brown sugar                                       ½ beaten egg
              ½  teaspoon ginger                                          ½ teaspoon cinnamon
              1½  tablespoon syrup                                      ½ 1 cup cocoanut
               ¼ cup butter                                                    ½ teaspoon mixed spice
              1/3 teaspoons bicarbonate of soda

          Melt in pot – butter , syrup and brown sugar.  Add bicarb to syrup mixture and stir.  Take off heat.  Mix together unsifted meal , oatmeal , coconut , ginger, cinnamon and mixed spice.  Add to melted goodies in pot.  Mix well- add ½ egg.  Press with hand into greased baking tin.  Bake at 180ºC for 15-20 mins.
 

       20    MUFFINS
               2 cups flour                                                       3 teaspoons baking powder
              4 tablespoons sugar                                          ½ teaspoon salt
             1 egg                                                                 1 cup milk
             55grm butter or margarine

       Beat egg and sugar.  Add melted butter.  Add salt, baking powder and flour and mix with milk to soft consistency.  Half – fill deep patti pans and bake for 10 mins, at 200ºC.


    21  MAGIC LEMON MERNINGUE PIE

       tin sweetened condensed milk                          ½ cup lemon juice                        grated rind of 1 1 lemon                                           2 tablespoons sugar
       baked pie shell

     Mix together condensed milk with lemon juice, lemon rind and egg yolks.  Cover with meringue made by beating egg whites until stiff and adding sugar.  Bake in mod , oven 180ºC for 10 minutes or until brown.

   
  
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