Recipes

Herein you'll find my recipes: adapted and simplified to their bare essentials for the best results. As you may infer, I'm not one for unnecessary complication.

Table Of Contents

• Banana Bread
• Spiced Biscuits

Banana Bread

Ingredients

• 5 ripe bananas
• 150 grams of melted butter
• ½ cup of brown sugar
• ¼ cup of maple syrup
• 2 lightly beaten eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 ½ cups of self-raising flour
• ½ cup of plain flour
• 1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon
• ½ cup of milk

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 160C.
2. Grease a baking tin.
3. Mash bananas in a bowl.
4. Add butter, brown sugar, maple syrup, egg, vanilla extract.
5. Using a wire whisk, stir until combined.
6. Fold in combined sifted flours and cinnamon.
7. Stir in milk until combined.
8. Spoon mixture into pan and smooth the surface.
9. Bake for 1 hour or until a skewer inserted into the center comes out clean.
10. Leave in tin for 30 minutes.
11. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.

Alternatives

Spiced Biscuits

Ingredients

• 200 grams of chopped butter
• 1 cup of brown sugar
• 1/2 cup of maple syrup
• 2 1/2 cups of self-raising flour
• 1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon of ground nutmeg

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 180°C.
2. Grease 2 oven trays.
3. In a small saucepan, combine butter, sugar and maple syrup.
4. Stir over a low heat until melted and combined.
5. Transfer to a large bowl.
6. Beat mixture until light and fluffy. Allow to cool.
7. Sift flour and spices together. Fold into butter mixture until well combined.
8. Roll tablespoonfuls of mixture into balls.
9. Arrange on trays, allowing a little space between each.
10. Flatten slightly with a fork. Bake for 12-15 minutes, until golden.
11. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.

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