Tasty Treats

We had gingerbread men this week, tasty tasty. 

I also decided to make up some Kool Aid

I hadn't had Kool Aid before, I saw it on sale in a shop and thought I'd try it. It's a bit like powdered squash

You just stick it in, add water and mix, then add sugar

Very orange! It's ok, but it's pretty much just like orange squash

Spring

Spring has sprung and I decided to celebrate my Easter holidays with some cookies. 

I found this cookie dough in Sainsbury's and thought I'd try it

All you have to do is cut up the dough

Roll it into balls and put onto a baking sheet

Then cook, how simple is that? And they tasted really nice. I may have tried some of the cookie dough raw too, so so good.

The weather here is still coldish but at least it's dry and I can hang out some laundry outside, supervised by my little furry assistant of course. My mum and sister are also staying a few days which is nice and I managed to fit in extra hours at work so I dont feel as guilty having time off of uni. 

Jesus isn't the only thing rising this Easter...

I decided that after watching a Delia episode on baking bread I thought I'd try my luck at it. I hadn't ever made bread before because people with breadmakers had tricked me into thinking it'd be difficult. Also there are a lot of bread recipies online where you have to muck about with your yeast. Luckily, Delia says with her simple recipe "let's cut the crap and bake some tasty bread!"... Ok so she didn't exactly say that but I imagine that's what she would have said if she wasn't on TV.  My mum said she only made bread once, when she a was a little girl because there was a bread strike. I thought that sort of thing only happened in the reign of terror but there we are.

First I got all my ingredients - surprisingly few!

I was very interested in the yeast

I don't know exactly what it's made of but it looked rather interesting. Next I seived all my ingredients in a big bowl together and mixed them all around, no faffing about with putting the yeast one side etc etc

Then I dug a little well and added warm water

Gave it a little stir

Then I squidged it with my hands

Then I kneaded it for a bit and then left it in a bowl covered in cling film for two hours

And when I came back it had grown!

How exciting!! Then I knocked out the air and kneaded some more, then divided it into two loaf pans

Then I left these for an hour then put them in the oven for about 35 minutes... and out came my bread!

Hurrah!

Then time for a taste test

Yummerz. Here's the recipe if you fancy some of your own tasty tasty bread Take me to the bread!

Why Delia's The Best

I'm a child of the Delia Smith generation, my mum swears by her and the house was always full of her books.

I've been watching her TV version of one of her books on the good food channel recently

And I just love simple her recipes are and then you can make them a bit more fancy if you like. I can't stand recipes that have ridiculous ingredients that you have to go out and buy because no normal human being stocks them in their cupboards. Anyway, if you have the good food channel on your TV then matime to check out her 'how to cook' lessons, she's great.

Lastly - another reason Delia's awesome. She was born in Woking and loves Norwich. I'm from Woking and live in Norwich! Forget the other TV chefs, Delia's withstood the test of time and chef fads.

Puff Pastry Obsession

I've a had a bit of a puff pastry obsession lately, here's a couple puff pastry things I've made recently:

Maybe next month I'll have a new obsession that is not puff pastry related?

Apple Puffs

I made some apple puffs today and they turned out really tasty! Here's how...

First I got my ingredients -

I unrolled the pastry and trimmed the edges off

I then cut the pastry into 6 equal (ok, not THAT equal) pieces

I then halved my apples

I then cored and sliced the apples 

Placed them on the pastry pieces

I then dived the white from the yolk of the egg and whisked

I used the white as a glaze for the pastry

Lastly I baked at 220c for 12 minutes on a baking sheet

Yummerz! And even the non apple eater had one voluntarily... wow