One of my favourite recipe books notes that once upon a time, the baker of the house would spend a whole day making the bread, snacks and cakes a family would need to get through the week (before the advent of cheap, mass produced bread and all the many snacks that line our grocery aisles).
I love that idea, and with that in mind I spent some quality time baking up a storm yesterday, for morning and afternoon tea's that were freezable (or wouldn't last long enough to matter).
It gets a bit tricky to do that - my toddler goes to daycare a couple days a week, and there are strict rules on what she can and can't take (nuts in all their glorious forms are completely out). And I know Hubby gets tired of my addiction to sweet bakes, but absolutely loves banana bread.
So I made a loaf of banana bread (it freezes so well, it's ridiculous), a batch of chocolate biscuits and a batch of pizza scrolls.
The pizza scrolls are from the Australian Women's Weekly Baking Day, which is currently my go to baking book. I'm quite pleased with how they turned out, but I have to admit, the dough is a little sweet for my taste - next time I'll cut down the sugar content. They were ridiculously simple to make - I think it too me longer to cut up the salami and capsicum than anything else. And if you had pre-grated cheese you'd be laughing.
Next was a batch of cookies from the Australian Women's Weekly Macarons & Biscuits. I know, I know, we're all seeing a theme here. I have so many cookbooks, and yet I find myself drawn back to the AWW ones, mostly because they tend to turn out well. Their recipes are triple tested for a reason.
Plus, these biscuits gave me a chance to try out the lovely 'handmade' cookie stamp a close friend gave me as a belated Christmas present, and I've wanted to find an excuse to use!
Usually my banana bread recipe turns out beautifully, but for some reason I struggled with it. I think it might have been to do with using bananas that had been in the freezer for too long. It doesn't look pretty, but it still tastes pretty reasonable - but that might be because I triple the cinnamon..... I stand by the recipe though - it's easy, and it does work.
Happy Baking!
I love that idea, and with that in mind I spent some quality time baking up a storm yesterday, for morning and afternoon tea's that were freezable (or wouldn't last long enough to matter).
It gets a bit tricky to do that - my toddler goes to daycare a couple days a week, and there are strict rules on what she can and can't take (nuts in all their glorious forms are completely out). And I know Hubby gets tired of my addiction to sweet bakes, but absolutely loves banana bread.
So I made a loaf of banana bread (it freezes so well, it's ridiculous), a batch of chocolate biscuits and a batch of pizza scrolls.
The pizza scrolls are from the Australian Women's Weekly Baking Day, which is currently my go to baking book. I'm quite pleased with how they turned out, but I have to admit, the dough is a little sweet for my taste - next time I'll cut down the sugar content. They were ridiculously simple to make - I think it too me longer to cut up the salami and capsicum than anything else. And if you had pre-grated cheese you'd be laughing.
Next was a batch of cookies from the Australian Women's Weekly Macarons & Biscuits. I know, I know, we're all seeing a theme here. I have so many cookbooks, and yet I find myself drawn back to the AWW ones, mostly because they tend to turn out well. Their recipes are triple tested for a reason.
Plus, these biscuits gave me a chance to try out the lovely 'handmade' cookie stamp a close friend gave me as a belated Christmas present, and I've wanted to find an excuse to use!
Usually my banana bread recipe turns out beautifully, but for some reason I struggled with it. I think it might have been to do with using bananas that had been in the freezer for too long. It doesn't look pretty, but it still tastes pretty reasonable - but that might be because I triple the cinnamon..... I stand by the recipe though - it's easy, and it does work.
Happy Baking!
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