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Saturday, 11 December 2010

Peanut Brittle

kay….Well..It looks worse than it tastes….

What You’ll Need:
1 Cup Sugar
1/2 Cup light corn syrup
1 Cup raw peanuts
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon baking soda

What You Have To Do:
1. Combine the sugar, syrup, peanuts and salt in a microwavable bowl
2. microwave on high for 8 minutes
3. After 4 minutes, stir
4. Add butter, then microwave on high for 2 minutes
5. brittle should not get too brown
6. Stir in the vanilla and soda until light and foamy
7. spread on buttered baking sheet as thinly as possible
8. let it cool
9. break it into pieces

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Recipe found at: http://www.cdkitchen.com/recipes/recs/30/10_Minute_Never_Fail_Microwave_Peanut_Brittle52782.shtml

3 Minute Fudge Sauce

Goes well on Ice cream!

What You’ll Need: 1/2 cup margarine 1 box 10x powde

red sugar 1/2 cup cocoa 1/4 cup milk 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 cup chopped nuts (optional)

What you have to do: 1. Put the margarine, sugar, cocoa and milk in a bowl but don’t mix 2. Microwave on high for 3 minutes, stir until smooth 3. Add the vanilla and (optional) chopped nuts 4. pour into a buttered 9″ pan 5. cook it a little 6. refrigerate until hard, and then eat it!

Recipe found at: http://www.cdkitchen.com/recipes/recs/35/Three_Minute_Microwave_Fudge21719.shtml

Banana Bread

Yummy, Everybody loves banana’s, And everybody loves bread..Right?
Okay… I did lie again.. This one is 10 minutes prep, and slightly longer to cook…But it’s banana bread!

What You’ll Need:
1/2 stick (4-5 tablespoons) butter, softened
2 Eggs
2 or 3 Very ripe bananas
2/3 cup sugar
1 1/3 cup of all-purpose unbleached flour
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon (optional)

What You Have To Do:
1. Pre-heat the oven to 350
2. Mix together the butter, eggs, bananas and sugar
3. Mix together the flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder and cinnamon
4. “Combine” the two mixture and mix until they’re blended together
5. Pour the dough into greasing baking pans
6. When you can insert a knife into the center and it comes out clean, it’s done
7. Cool for 5 – 10 minutes

Notes:
* The banana should be “mashed” into the mixture
* Between step 4 and 5 is when you should add any extra ingredients
* A small loaf tends to take 30 minutes to cook, whilst a large one takes 50
* Don’t think you have to eat it warm, it’s great cold too!

Picture of the banana bread:

Yummy Banana Bread!
Recipe Found At: http://www.thefreshloaf.com/recipes/bananabread

Pancakes

Yummy pancakes – You can’t go wrong,
everybody loves them.

What you’ll need:
60g (2oz) plain flour
1 Medium Egg
175ml (6fl oz) milk
Oil (For Frying)

What you have to do:
1. Beat together the egg and milk
2. Put the flour in a bowl, and slowly whisk in the egg & milk
3. Heat a frying pan and lightly grease the base
4. Pour a thin layer of batter over the base of the pan
5. Cook it until the edges start to curl back
6. Use a palette knife to “loosen” it and then flip it over
7. Cook the pancake briefly on this side
8. Slide it onto a plate, make more!

Notes:
* If you’re skilled, try tossing the pancake! (Not a euphanism)
* There are plenty of different toppings; Chocolate, Syrup, Sugar, Lemon Juice, Cream…

Picture of the pancakes:
Yummy Pancakes
Recipe found at: http://www.goodtoknow.co.uk/recipes/130487/Pancake-recipe

10 Minute Fudge

Make your own fudge?!
What’s the world coming to?
Anyway – Lets get to it!

What you’ll need:
3 ounces of unsweetened chocolate
4 Tablespoons of margarine
4 1/2 cups of powdered sugar
1/3 cup of instant non-fat dry milk
1/2 cup of light corn syrup
1 tablespoon water
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 Pot
1 Sifter
1 Spoon
Some wax paper
8×8 inch pan (Or just grab one…)
Spatula

What you’ll have to do:
1. Line the pan with wax paper (it should cover the bottom and curl up onto the sides0
2. Sift the powdered sugar and dry milk together, let the mixture fall onto a large piece of wax paper.
3. Melt the chocolate and margarine in the pot, using medium heat and stirring it a lot.
4. Stir in the corn syrup, water and vanilla. Keep stirring it until it’s the same consistency and colour..
5. Add the sugar/dry milk mixture. Don’t add it all at once, and keep stirring until the mixture is completely smooth.
6. Pour the mixture into the pan, using a spatula to get all the mixture out!
7. wait for it to cool down and them pig out! (well… maybe not.)

Notes:
*You can add nuts in at step 5 if you would like!
*Do NOT scrape burned fudge off the bottom of the pan – Your fudge will taste burnt!
*Cut them into fun shapes!

Picture of fudge:
Yummy fudge

recipe found at: http://www.ehow.com/how_2309840_make-10-minute-fudge.html

Microwave flapjack

Mmmm, flapjacks!
in under 10 minutes you say?!
Wow! who’d have thought it possible?

What you’ll need:
4oz (1oog) Butter
1oz (25g) caster sugar
4 tablespoons golden syrup
7oz (200g) oats
5oz (150g) chocolate (or other things that go in flapjack)

What you’ll have to do:
1. Melt the butter and the sugar together in the microwave (stir it every now and then for 15 second) for a couple of minutes.
2. Stir in the Golden Syrup
3. Stir in the oats
4. Microwave the mixture on high for about 3 minutes. (will grow a lot)
5. If you have any fruit or raisins etc. to add in, do it now!
6. Lightly grease a baking dish
7. Melt the chocolate (if in microwave, put it in 15-20 seconds at a time and then stir it – and repeat)
8. Spoon the flapjack mixture into the baking dish and flatten it down
9. Pour/Drizzle the chocolate on top of the mixture
10. Let it cool, and then refrigerate.
11. Once set, Ready to eat!

Notes:
*The squirty botles of golden syrup are easier than tins.
*Chocolate is better than fruit..
*Cut it into “squares” or “rectangles”
*You should get about 7 – 10 pieces.

Picture of flapjack:
Yummy Flapjack!

recipe found at: http://hubpages.com/hub/Quick–Easy-Microwave-Flapjacks-Recipe-on-a-Budget