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I first made this recipe when we organised a Macmillan Coffee Morning and they went down a treat with the office team. I found the original recipe here   and I think I can confirm that they really ARE the best cinnamon buns ever!  Ingredients: For the cinnamon roll dough: 240ml warm milk 115g + 1 tbsp granulated sugar 9g yeast  2 eggs 85g melted butter 1 tsp vanilla extract  600g flour  1 tsp salt  1 tsp cinnamon For the cinnamon sugar filling: 220g brown sugar 2 1/2 tbsp cinnamon  85g butter, softened  For the cream cheese frosting: 115g cream cheese 200g icing sugar 25g butter, softened  1/2 tsp vanilla extract Method:  1. Warm the milk (it should be warm but not hot to the touch.) Place milk into the bowl of your standing mixer, then add 1 tbsp sugar and yeast to the warm milk. Stir and let it sit (proof) for five minutes or until it becomes foamy. 2. Add the sugar, ...

Is it even lockdown if you haven't made banana bread? I resisted making one for quite a while, but today I could smell my bananas when I walked past them and I decided enough was enough! This is a repeat recipe which has already appeared on the blog once before. This time, I revamped it a little bit by using yogurt  instead of buttermilk and milk chocolate chunks. Everyone may be sick to the back teeth of banana bread by the end of this pandemic, but just in case you have a few bananas which need using, here is my recipe! Ingredients 285g plain flour 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda 110g butter 225g caster sugar 2 eggs 4 ripe bananas 85ml greek  yogurt 1 tsp vanilla extract 100g chocolate Method 1. Preheat the oven to 180 (160 fan.) 2. Cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, mashed bananas, yogurt  and vanilla. Mix well. 3. Fold in the flour and bicarbonate of soda. Add the chopped chocolate. 4. Line a loaf in wi...

These cookies are a classic. If I make them for the office, the theatre company, the family... they all go loopy and are gone in an instant! They are quick, easy, chewy and chocolate-y!  Ingredients: 200g butter 300g caster sugar 1 egg 275g self raising flour 75g cocoa powder 200g white chocolate Method: 1. Preheat the oven to 180 fan. 2. In a bowl, cream the butter and sugar together. Add the egg and combine. 3. In a separate bowl, combine the flour and cocoa powder. Add one third of the dry ingredients to the bowl and mix. Stir in rest, a third at a time until it is all combined. 4. Chop up your chocolate into chunks, add to the mixture and gently mix in. 5. Line two baking trays with greaseproof paper. Divide the mixture into 12 balls and pop on the trays. 6. Bake for 11 minutes. Leave to cool and enjoy!  I think I originally found this recipe on Tanya Burr's blog (can't find the original post to credit it now) and I have been making them for years. One of my b...

I'm back! No, don't adjust your screen. I know you've read that before. I always start blogging again with the best of intentions. But given what is going on at the moment, I thought now would be a great time to start again.  Given how hard it is to find flour in the supermarkets at the moment, it looks like everyone is turning their hand at baking. So if you've managed to get your hands on a bag of self-raising (firstly, well done!) I'm hoping to post a few recipe ideas which might inspire you when you decide to use it!