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[littlemoose]

So, today we have mostly been baking. To add to the two Christmas cakes and three ginger loaves we made two days ago (one of the ginger loaves has since mysteriously disappeared...) we made three more of the latter (it's all going to be gifts for people), 60 lebkuchen and 30 experimental apple, raisin, and cinnamon snickerdoodles (which we WILL be making more of. YUM.).

So yeah. Good day in the kitchen with dad. :)

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[thinkpink20.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a good day with your lovely dad :) Nothing like baking either, especially when the weather is cold. ♥

[littlemoose.livejournal.com]

I wish I could share these cookies by email, seriously *g*

*hugs*

[thinkpink20.livejournal.com]

Hee! That'd be lovely. Maybe one day someone will make an email cookie-sender *g*

*hugs* xx

[madscot.livejournal.com]

I'm hungry now :D

[littlemoose.livejournal.com]

They may have to roll me out of the kitchen after this... *sheepish*

[madscot.livejournal.com]

We don't normally keep biscuits in, but because of OH, I bought some Oreos in as treats for him..and ate most of a packet today, so I hear you - feels good though! (I did buy him some other biscuits to make up for it).

[cryforthemoon.livejournal.com]

Ginger loaf? Would the recipe be possible? *pricks up culinary ears*

[littlemoose.livejournal.com]

Sure! It actually came out of the latest Asda mag! We'd never made ginger loaf before, and it turned out really moist and gorgeous.

115g butter
125g golden syrup
100g black treacle
75g soft brown sugar
115g self-raising flour
50g ginger preserve (we substituted crystallized ginger, which we think works better)
115g plain flour
1/2 level tsp bicarb
2 level tsp ground ginger
1 level tsp mixed spice
2 large eggs
100ml milk

Preheat oven to 160c/140c fan/ gas 3. Line a 2lb loaf tin with baking paper. Gently heat the butter, golden syrup, treacle, sugar and ginger preserve (if using) in a pan until the butter melts and the mix is warm but not hot. Make sure it doesn't boil!

Sift the remaining dry ingredients into a mixing bowl (add the chopped crystallized ginger too, if using that), lightly beat the eggs and milk together and add in along with the syrup mix. Stir until just evenly mixed, but don't beat.

Pour the batter into the tin and bake for about an hour (or until the skewer test works, you know the drill :D). Cool on a rack, and there you go!

[madscot.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'll need to try this for OH when he's a bit better. I did make one once (Nigella Lawson recipe) that had stem ginger in it, but we all agreed (roped friend K and her lot into tasting) that it was too heavy on the ginger.

For some bizarre reason, I love the look of black treacle.

[dracothelizard.livejournal.com]

That sounds delicious!