Dried cranberries and blueberries

sarahmelita

I bought a bag of these yesterday but don't really like them on their own, any one have any suggestions as to what to make with them? Any ideas much appreciated!

redballoon_2

you could add them to muffins!

zombiecazz

I put them in cereal and into porridge. Would probably go nice in HM yoghurt.
Use them as dried fruit replacement in cakes.

Z

SnowyOwl_2

I was going to suggest exactly what zombiecazz suggested - great minds think alike! Here are a couple of recipes I have used to great success. In the first one instead of using one full mug of dried fruit I have used three quarters a mug of dried fruit and topped it up with sunflower or pumpkin seeds. It works really well and is very good for you (until you smother it with butter that is).

You could do an All-Bran fruit loaf:

Very easy to do and best eaten sliced with butter.

1 mug SR flour
1 mug caster sugar
1 mug Albran
1 mug mixed dried fruit
1 mug milk

method

Using any old mug from your cupboard measure out your ingredients.
Place all ingredients except the flour in a bowl and stir. Leave for at least 1 hour to soak. Add flour, mix and pour into a lined 2lb loaf tin. Cook for about an hour, or until firm to the touch at 180 degrees. Cool and cover as this loaf is better if it is left until the following day to be eaten with lashings of butter!

NB If you don't want to use all that milk you can substitute it with a mug of black tea.



OR YOU COULD MAKE A WEETABIX LOAF (BY TR3MOR):

This is a really nice fruit loaf, it's delicious straight from the oven with ice cream, or a few days later, sliced and toasted with some butter.

And it's so simple!

4 Weetabix
8oz SR Flour
6oz Sugar
6oz Currants/Sultanas/Peel/Glace Cherries (whatever really)
8floz Milk

Crush weetabix in your fists into a bowl, add all dry ingredients. Mix in milk in a few steps. Bung in a greased loaf tin in a lowish oven (mark 4 / 170C).

To test if cooked prod with a knife. If the knife comes out clean then it's cooked!

Ta-da!

VVVVVV I'm not sure, about 30 mins i think it was, basically until it's done

zombiecazz

mmm!!
I just love the easiness of the weetabix cake. It's a total no-brainer and absolutely delicious.

Z