So this weekend past i made ice cream, which happened to coincided with the coldest weather London has seen in a long time - great timing. The Houseboy was pretty against my choice of dessert, requesting a wintry pudding possibly featuring apples & pastry, but i couldn't get the idea of ice cream out of my head, so i just locked myself in the kitchen & got with it. The Houseboy despite his misgivings still managed to eat quite a hefty portion...
Apart from some weekend ice cream & soup making, cooking took a nose drive last week due to a nasty bout of flu which left me not giving a fig what i ate as i couldn't taste anything. The highlight had to be a Swedish/German dish cooked up by Miss Crabbie involving ham, sweet red peppers, cheese, cream & potatoes. It was delicious (possibly the last thing i tasted before my senses went into lock down) despite Crabbie claiming she forgot what she was doing half way through. This week will filled with more hearty fare to try & combat this cold (i don't why i'm moaning, it was waaaaay colder growing up in Scotland as a kid) so cottage pies, soups & goulashes will all be making an appearance.
Everyone loves cookies, & if they don't, they're not worth knowing. This recipe was an attempt at recreating an Apple Strudel Slice which i saw in being sold in a dodgy shop in Battersea. I was going to buy the slice but then i read the ingredients list & realised it would take me several spin classes to work off the 'trans fats'. So i made these instead. They may have butter & sugar etc, but at least you know whats gone into them. Next time i make these i will be throwing in a handful of chocolate chips & hazelnuts instead of apples & raisins. Just to mix it up.
Ingredients:
- 250g plain flour
- 1/2 tsp bicarb soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 100g caster sugar
- 200g soft brown sugar
- 170g melted butter
- a handful of chopped dried apple
- a handful of raisins
- one egg
- one egg yolk
- one tsp vanilla essence
Method:
Set your oven to 170C, grease a baking tray & set aside.
Take the melted butter & cream together until blended.
Add in the vanilla essence & eggs & blend till light & fluffy.
Carefully sift in the flour, salt & bicarb & gently mix.
Add the raisins & apple & fold in.
Place roughly one tbsp of the mixture onto the baking tray - don't flatten them.
Bake for 15 - 17 minutes.
Cool on a wire rack & keep in an air tight box.
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