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EASY RING DOUGHNUTS
This doughnut recipe makes great tasting home made doughnuts. Best eaten on the same day.
RING DOUGHNUTS
Makes +/- 30
Ingredients:
500g selfraising flour
3 eggs
¾ cup sugar
70g butter/margarine
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
½ teaspoon baking powder
1 – 1½ cups buttermilk
Oil for frying
7cm and 3cm round cutters
For the coating:
1 level teaspoon ground cinnamon
125g caster sugar
Method:
Cream together the eggs, sugar and butter in a large mixing bowl. Add vanilla essence.
Add the flour and baking powder. Make a slight dent in the middle of the flour.
Add the buttermilk.
Mix together into a smooth ball and then turn out on to a floured work surface.
Roll the dough out to a thickness of just over 1cm. Flour the cutters and use the larger one to cut out rounds of dough, then cut out the centres using the smaller cutter. (Or you can buy a ring doughnut cutter from your local spice shop)
Re-roll the trimmings to make more doughnuts.
Put the doughnuts to one side and make the coating.
Mix the cinnamon into the sugar in a small bowl.
Now fry the doughnut. Place the rings carefully into the hot oil and fry for 3-4 minutes, until golden on the bottom, then turn them over and fry for a further 2-3 minutes, until they are an even golden colour and cooked through.
Lift on to kitchen paper to drain briefly and, while they’re still hot, toss them in the cinnamon sugar until evenly coated. Shake off any excess and place on a wire rack to cool. (Not suitable for freezing).
Cook’s tip
GLAZE
1 cup of icing sugar
1 tablespoon of vanilla essence or a drop of food colouring
Whisk in enough boiling water to make a thin glaze, drizzle over donuts.
Cover with sprinkles.
Kids love these different coloured doughnuts!!
Or
Spread the doughnuts with chocolate spread
BANANA AND DATE MUFFINS
Makes 12
Ingredients:
2 overripe bananas, chopped
100g dates, chopped
½ cup vegetable oil
2 eggs
¾ cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
½ teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
1 ½ cups self raising flour
METHOD:
Mix all the wet ingredients together, add the dry ingredients until just combined.
Put into muffins trays, lined with muffins cases and bake at 150C for 20 minutes or until done.
Delicious!!
BANANA & DATE MUFFINS
DOUGHNUTS
DOUGHNUTS
Ingredients:
500gr plain flour
1/2 cup sugar
1 packet instant yeast
1 egg
1 dessert spoon butter
Pinch salt
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
Milk
750ml vegetable for frying
Method:
Dissolve sugar and butter in on cup boiling water. Cool down. Add beaten egg, salt, vanilla essence and enough milk to make 1/2 liter liquid.
Combine flour and yeast in a mixing bowl. Add liquid and mix to soft dough. (The dough will be very soft)
Set aside covered until rise. Divide dough into approx 25 small balls on a slightly oiled surface. Heat the oil in large saucepan. Once oil is hot gently pull each doughnut into an oblong shape and fry each side until browned. Drain on absorbent paper.
Sugar Syrup:
Boil together, 500ml water and 250ml sugar until sugar has dissolved and syrup is slightly sticky and thickened. Dip doughnuts in syrup and sprinkle with desiccated coconut.
Variation:
Dip the doughnuts whilst lukewarm in a plate of white sugar
Dip cooled doughnuts in cold sugar syrup, make a slit length wise in doughnut, fill with strawberry jam and whipped fresh cream.
TRADITIONAL DOUGHNUTS
ORANGE CAKE
This delicious cake is rich and full of flavours. Perfect snack or afternoon treat!
Orange Cake, a deliciously moist cake!
Ingredients
Serves: 12
250g cake (plain) flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
200g caster sugar
125ml milk
125ml orange juice
125ml vegetable oil
3 eggs, beaten
1 ½ teaspoons grated orange zest
Orange butter icing:
6 tablespoons butter, softened
250g icing sugar
2 tablespoons orange juice
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon grated orange zest
Method:
Preheat oven to 180C. Grease and flour two 20cm round cake tins.
In a measuring jug, combine milk, 125ml orange juice, oil, beaten eggs and
1½ teaspoons orange zest. Set aside.
Sift flour and baking powder into a large bowl. Mix in sugar. Make a well in the centre and pour in the milk mixture. Stir until thoroughly combined.
Divide cake mixture between the two prepared tins. Bake in the preheated oven for 35 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Allow to cool.
To make Orange Butter Icing:
Cream butter until smooth. Gradually beat in icing sugar. Beat until light and fluffy. Beat in 2 tablespoons orange juice to bring to spreading consistency. Stir in vanilla and 1 teaspoon orange zest. Spread over cooled cakes.
ENJOY!!
Orange cakes are especially delicious in winter when citrus is in season
COOK’s TIP FOR BAKING A PERFECT CAKE:
When making a cake it is important to follow the recipe exactly. If you try to skip a step you may have less than desirable results. Skip the sifting step and your flour will be heavier than it should, creating a heavy, dry cake. Over-mix and your cake will be tough and chewy, more like a good bread.
First, use the right ingredients and measure carefully.
Beat the liquid ingredients well before combining with the dry ingredients. Once the dry ingredients are added, the cake should be stirred gently, unless the directions tell you otherwise. If your cake is course and dry, or has tunnels, you have probably over-mixed.
Preheat the oven as directed. Starting in a cold oven, or too hot an oven will affect the rising and browning of the cake. A cake started in a cool oven will not allow the cake to rise sufficiently before the crust forms and the cake may fall. Too hot an oven may cause a crack to develop, and the crust to harden and overbrown. The cake should be placed in the center of the oven for best heat distribution. Be aware of your oven, if there are hot spots in your oven you may need to adjust.
The cake is done when it is lightly browned and it springs back when lightly pressed with the fingertip in the center or when a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean and dry. The cake will have begun to shrink away from the sides of the pan.
Ensure your ingredients are room temperature before starting your cake.
Chicken Sausage Rolls
Chicken Sausage Rolls
Makes 20 rolls
Suitable for freezing uncooked
Ingredients:
2 large skinless chicken breasts
2 cloves garlic, crushed
4 sundried tomatoes, chopped
Handful basil leaves, chopped
500 g ready rolled puff pastry
Flour for dusting
1 egg, beaten
Sesame seeds
Method:
Whizz the chicken and garlic in a food processor until the chicken is minced. Tip in the sundried tomatoes and basil. Pulse for 5 seconds to just mix through. Season well.
Roll the pastry sheet out on a lightly floured surface into a rectangle and cut in half lengthways. Spread half the chicken mixture along the middle of on the pastry strips, then roll up the pastry, pinching the ends together to seal. Using a sharp knife, cut into 2.5cm long pieces. Repeat with the remaining pastry strip. Can be frozen uncooked, for up to 1 month.
Heat oven to 200C. Place the rolls on a large baking sheet. Brush with the egg, then sprinkle with the sesame seeds. Bake for 20 minutes until golden.
Apple Muffins With Pecan Topping
APPLE MUFFINS WITH PECAN TOPPING
Ingredients:
350g cake flour
25g butter
50g dark brown sugar, plus 1 tablespoon extra for the topping
50g pecan nuts, chopped
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon cinnamon
284ml soured cream
1 egg, beaten
3 eating apples, peeled and cored
2-3 tablespoons milk
Method:
Heat the oven to 200C. Line a muffin tin with muffin cases. In a small bowl, use your fingertips to rub 50g of the flour together with the butter to make breadcrumbs. Stir through 1 tablespoon sugar and the chopped pecans, set aside.
In a large bowl, sift together the remaining flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and a pinch of salt. Stir in the apples; beat together with the soured cream, egg and 2 tablespoons milk. Make a well in the dry ingredients and quickly fold through the wet ingredients, adding an extra tablespoon milk if really dry. Don’t over-mix or your muffins will be tough. It doesn’t matter if there are lumps of flour.
Spoon the mixture into the muffin cases – they should be about two-thirds full – then sprinkle over the pecan topping. Thinly slice the final apple, poke slices into the tops of the muffins. Bake for 20 minutes or until risen, golden and a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean. Serve on its own or with cheese.
VARIATION:
Replace the apple with a chopped banana
Blueberry & Vanilla Scones
Blueberry & Vanilla Scones
Makes 8
Serve the warm scones with a dollop of clotted/freshly whipped cream and the vanilla strawberries
Ingredients:
225g self-raising flour
Small pinch of fine salt
½ tsp baking powder
50g caster sugar, plus 1 tsp for sprinkling
75g unsalted butter, cubed at room temperature
75g fresh blueberries
2 tbsp soured cream
1 large egg
1 tsp vanilla essence
Method:
Heat the oven to 200C.
Sift the flour and baking powder in to a large bowl, then stir in the salt and sugar. Add the butter and using your fingertips, rub in to the flour until it resembles bread crumbs. Stir in the blueberries.
In a jug, whisk together the soured cream, egg and vanilla. Add to the dry ingredients and mix with a round bladed knife, then bring together the mixture with your hands to form a soft dough. It’s important not to over-mix or knead the dough to keep the scones light.
Roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface to about 2 cm thick and cut out 8 rounds using a 6cm round cutter. Transfer to a lightly greased baking tray. Brush the tops with a little beaten egg and sprinkle with caster sugar.
Bake in the oven for 10-12 minutes until risen and golden. Transfer to a cooling rack.
Meanwhile, put the strawberries in a bowl. In a small pan, gently heat the sugar, vanilla essence together with 1-2 tbsp water, until the sugar has dissolved, then simmer for 2 minutes until syrupy. Pour over the strawberries, toss and leave to cool until ready to serve.
Mini Cheese Bread
Mini Cheesy Breads, serve as a side at your next braai (BBQ)
Ingredients:
2 cups self-raising flour
Pinch salt
1 tsp freshly ground black pepper
2 red onions, finely chopped
½ cup chopped parsley
½ cup chopped chives
250g creamed cottage cheese
1 large egg
3 tsp wholegrain mustard
150-180ml milk
Method:
Combine flour, salt, pepper, half of the onions, and half of the herbs in a bowl.
Combine cheese, egg and mustard and stir into dry ingredients with enough milk to make a soft but not too sticky dough. Turn onto floured surface and divide dough into 4.
Shape into oval shapes and coat each bread in remaining chopped onion and herbs. Place on a greased baking sheet and bake at 180C for 25 – 30 minutes, or until a skewer comes out clean when inserted.
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