Making treats with only the following

fizzel81

ok this shows how little ive made homemade cakes treats etc for the boys

checked what i have and found the following ingredients

flour (both)
caster suger
icing suger
saltanas
cream of tarter
cocoa powder
porridge oats
food colourings and a bottle of vanilla essence
golden syrup
honey

have butter and stork margerine, paper cake cases

dont own baking trays:eek: something im taking a look for in town tomorrow, have 1 baking sheet thing (i use cermaic dishes in my kitchen would they be suitable?)

any ideas you can come up with will be put to good use, i can buy a few bits tomorrow just not masses of other bits, canot use nuts in anything

thank you
Fionax

rach

if you bought some eggs there would be lots you could make.

an easy buns/ cake recipe is:
4oz SR flour
4oz sugar (caster is fine)
4oz butter or marg
2 eggs
(for choc substitute 1oz cocoa for flour)
cream the butter and sugar, beat in the eggs and fold in the flour. alternatively chuck it all in the food processor but add a teaspoon of baking powder

also with those ingredients you can make flapjack, i don;t know the quantities, but melt marg and golden syrup, mix in oats and even some sultanas.

there are loads of recipes if you look in the index. weetabix brownies and weetabix cakes are favourites.

sianb84

you could make some Every Day Biscuits - Make and bake, or make and freeze, then bake

Yield: between 45 - 50
Gas 5/190C/ 375F

Metric Imperial
225g 1/2 lb butter, softened
100g 4oz caster sugar
225g 1/2lb SF Flour
5ml 1 tsp vanilla essence
To finish: sprinkle of icing sugar

Beat together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, add vanilla and fold in the flour
Mix to a smooth dough
Turn the dough out onto a floured surface and knead for a minute or two. Roll into a sausage shape approx 5cm/ 2in in diameter, put in fridge to chill until firm.

To Freeze: Wrap in foil, pack in a freezer bag. Seal, label and freeze.
To Thaw and Serve: Thaw in the wrappings in the fridge for approx 30 mins, then cut into thin (ish) slices, place on greased baking sheets and bake in a preheated oven for 10mins.
Transfer to a wire rack and leave to cool. Sprinkle with icing sugar before serving.

Variations:
Chocolate: Sub 25g / 1oz cocoa powder for the vanilla.
Cherry: Add 50g / 2 oz glace cherries, finely chopped
Nut: Add 50g/2oz chopped almonds or walnuts.

Here is a direct link to the recipe

sianb84

you could make flapjacks - the recipe should be under cakes, biscuits etc on the recipe index

Penelope_Penguin

fizzel81 wrote: »

ok this shows how little ive made homemade cakes treats etc for the boys

checked what i have and found the following ingredients

flour (both)
caster suger
icing suger
saltanas
cream of tarter
cocoa powder
porridge oats
food colourings and a bottle of vanilla essence
golden syrup
honey

Hi, Fiona, if you can get a couple of cooking apples you can make Chewy Apple Fingers.

Melt 150g butter, 9Tbsp homey, 4.5 Tbsp syrup. Add 2 medium cooking apples (peeled cored and chopped finely), 75g sultanas and 265g oats. Put into a lined tin (mine's 22cm square - a ceramic dish should work just as well). Bake at gas 5 for 40 mins. Cool for 5 mins and cut into 15. Allow to cool completely before removing from the tin.

fizzel81

eggs and cooking apples will be bought today
thank you some great ideas to get me started