Kate's Crazy Culinary Creations

I love blueberries and they are on special this week so I had to buy some. So I decided to make some muffins. They are pretty easy so here goes. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees celcius. The recipe makes 12 muffins so you will need a 12 hole muffin tin. Grease it if you are not using muffin liners. Sift the flour's into a mixing bowl and stir in the sugar. In a bowl mix together the egg, milk, vanilla and oil. Make a well in the flour and pour in the liquid. Mix together. Add the blueberries and stir gently. Be careful not to be to rough with the berries. Divide the mixture evenly amongst the muffin cases. Bake for 15-20 minutes until lightly browned. Allow the muffins to stand for a few minutes before removing them from the tin. They are best served warm but they are good cold too. Until next time, happy cooking, Kate. ***Ingredients 1 1/2 cups self-raising flour 1/2 plain flour 1/2 caster ugar 1 egg 3/4 cup milk 1 teaspoon vanilla essence 3/4 cup light vegetable oil ...

Well I finally got the guts up on the weekend to make bread from scratch. With out a bread machine or from a box mix. The end result was pretty good even if I do say so myself. If you decide to also give it a try. Good luck. It is fairly time consuming but the final result is worth it. The recipe makes 2 loaves. Firstly, combine the water, dried yeast and half the sugar in to a small bowl. Stir and allow to stand for 15 minutes. In a large mixing bowl pour the milk, adding the remaining sugar, butter and salt. Stir in the yeast mixture. Stir in the flour in half at a time. It will start to come together. I stirred mine until it came together in the bowl. Be patient it takes longer than you think it might. Once it has comes together turn it out onto a floured bench for kneading. Knead for about 10 minutes or until the dough is smooth. Place the dough in a large lightly greased mixing bowl. Cover with cling wrap and keep in a warm place for 2-3 hours until it has doubled i...