Memorygirls Make Do and Mend for 2008 Thread

zarazara

can someone post the jammy buns recipe please?

Baybee1984

Fantastic blog Memorygirl! Keep us posted!!

scrooge2008

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/education/article4319219.ece

Hi Memory Girl. This Times article has stolen your title!

Interesting it is the first time I have heard of a staycation. The new term for holidaying at home.

Hope all is well with you.

buxtonrabbitgreen

I read that too scrooge, and immediately thought of memory girl

susan946

Sorry I didn't post the jammy buns recipe earlier - should have done, but here goes.....

Jammy Buns

3oz butter or margerine
8oz self raising flour
a pinch of salt
4ozr sugar

mixed spice (optional)
3-4 tablespoons milk
jam

Rub the fat into the sieved flour and salt. Stir in the spice and sugar. Make a well in the centre and pour in 3 tablespoons milk and gradually stir in the dry ingredients adding more milk if necessary to give a stiff dough. Turn out onto a floured board and form into a roll. Cut off pieces .75 inch thick. Flatten and put o drop of jam on each. Work each into a ball so that the jam is completely sealed in the middle. Sprinkle with sugar and bake for 15-20 minutes at 200 degrees Centigrade. Cool on a wire tray. Alternatively the dough can be made in a food processor. Zizz the fat, flour, salt, spice and sugar until it reaches the breadcrumb stage, then add the milk and zizz until it forms a ball. Turn out onto a floured board and continue as above.
Being fat free these are better eaten fresh, but they freeze well and can be thawed as needed.

Rather than sprinkling the tops of the buns with sugar, granny used to make a glaze with caster sugar and water but this is too sweet for my taste, so I prefer either to leave them plain or to sprinkle sugar on them for texture.


Happy baking :j

KTjazz

Was thinking about you yesterday Memory girl. I hope all is well. please come by and update us soon!

KTjazz

rakkibeth

susan946 wrote: »

Sorry I didn't post the jammy buns recipe earlier - should have done, but here goes.....

Jammy Buns

3oz butter or margerine
8oz self raising flour
a pinch of salt
4ozr sugar

mixed spice (optional)
3-4 tablespoons milk
jam

Rub the fat into the sieved flour and salt. Stir in the spice and sugar. Make a well in the centre and pour in 3 tablespoons milk and gradually stir in the dry ingredients adding more milk if necessary to give a stiff dough. Turn out onto a floured board and form into a roll. Cut off pieces .75 inch thick. Flatten and put o drop of jam on each. Work each into a ball so that the jam is completely sealed in the middle. Sprinkle with sugar and bake for 15-20 minutes at 200 degrees Centigrade. Cool on a wire tray. Alternatively the dough can be made in a food processor. Zizz the fat, flour, salt, spice and sugar until it reaches the breadcrumb stage, then add the milk and zizz until it forms a ball. Turn out onto a floured board and continue as above.
Being fat free these are better eaten fresh, but they freeze well and can be thawed as needed.

Rather than sprinkling the tops of the buns with sugar, granny used to make a glaze with caster sugar and water but this is too sweet for my taste, so I prefer either to leave them plain or to sprinkle sugar on them for texture.


Happy baking :j

Thank you sooo much for the recipe Susan946, I made these when i got home from work last week.... they are fabulous! Certainly a recipe that i'd love to pass on to my family! Well done to you and your Granny!
x

Liz_M

I have been lurking in this topic for a while and decided I should finally post. I got here from the link in Martn's weekly email a while back and I think it's possibly the best topic on the forum!
As I don't have my own place and won't have anywhere permanent for a while, a lot of the things such as the DIY furniture renovations don't apply to me. But I love reusing things and hate waste. I think the using up almost too old food parts are very relevant to me as I often have odd bits of food that go off because I can't decide what to do with them. I havn't actually tried doing much food wise because I have recently moved house and then been on holiday, so I have not had much food in to use up...but after seeing this topic I can't wait to be around long enough to have food almost going off so I can make some kind of soup or jam :P

Shame that memorygirl hasn't posted in a while - but then it means that she's probably been sooo busy with making do and mending things that when she comes back she'll have lots to tell us

susan946

Hello Liz, and welcome to this board. Have you looked at the grocery challenge board

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1001527&goto=newpost

there are loads of recipes and ideas here that might take your fancy. Trouble is there are so many really useful discussions on the MSE boards you can spend hours and hours and hours.....still at least you'rs not out spending money!!!!!!!

Good luck

Valli

I echo that Susan946 (or whatever number it was!) It's an absorbing site.

Memorygirl = if you're out there - we're waiting! Super thread and we are looking forward to the next installment.:T