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- Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes
- From: ynnuf@yetti.amigans.gen.nz (Doreen Randal)
- Subject: COLLECTION: Baking
- Message-ID: <9311300509.AA0078t@yetti.amigans.gen.nz>
- Organization: The cooks the boss!!!
- Date: Mon, 29 Nov 93 21:09:38 PST
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- DAPHNE'S FUDGE SLICE
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- Melt in a pot :- 1/4 lb butter 3/4 cup currants or sultana
- 1/2 cup sugar
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- Add to :- 1 cup flour 1 Tbs cocoa
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
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- Press into flat tin and cook in mod. oven 30-35 mins.
- Ice while hot with chocolate icing. When cool cut into squares.
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- HIGHLAND SHORTBREAD
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- 200g plain flour 100g cornflour
- 100g icing sugar 200g butter cut into small pieces
- castor sugar
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- Sieve flours and icing sugar. Add butter and rub in until mixture
- resembles fine breadcrumbs, then knead together to give a stiff dough.
- Divide into 4 and form into rounds about 1/4" thick on a lightly floured
- baking sheet.
- Prick all over and mark into sections with a sharp knife. Crimp the
- edges with thumb and fingers and cook at 160 C. (325 F) for about 35-40 mins.
- till pale brown. Re-mark into sections and leave to cool on baking sheet.
- Store in airtight container.
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- GUERNSEY GINGER BISCUITS
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- 240g flour 120g butter
- 90g sugar 120g treacle
- 3 level tsp ginger grated rind of 1/2 lemon
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- Cream together the butter and sugar, work in the treacle, add the
- lemon rind and beat well. Gradually sift in the flour and ginger, and
- work to a soft dough. Form into large marble sized balls and flatten
- on a greased tray, leave a little room to spread. Bake in a fairly hot
- oven 190 C (375 F) for 15 mins. leave to cool on the tray.
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- CITRUS MERINGUE FINGERS
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- 100g butter 100g castor sugar
- 3 eggs separated grated rind of large lemon
- 2 Tbs lemon juice 200g S.R. flour sifted
- 50g chopped nuts (hazel-walnuts) 150g icing sugar sifted
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- Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg yolks,
- lemon rind and juice. Gradually beat in flour until fairly stiff. Press
- into shallow 28x18 cm tin lined with baking paper. Sprinkle nuts over top.
- Whisk egg whites until stiff. Gradually whisk in the icing sugar
- reserving 1 Tbs. Spread meringue evenly over the nuts pulling into peaks.
- Sprinkle with reserved icing sugar. Bake at 160 C. (325 F.) for approx.
- 45 mins. or until golden brown. Cool in tin then cut into fingers.
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- WALNUT RUM MERINGUES
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- 1 egg white 1 tsp cornflour
- 1/2 cup castor sugar 60g walnuts
- 2 tsp rum
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- Beat egg-white until soft peaks form, gradually add sugar, beat until
- dissolved. Fold in finely chopped walnuts, sifted cornflour and rum.
- Drop half-teaspoonfuls of mixture on to well greased lightly-floured oven
- trays. Allow room for spreading. Bake in slow oven 30 mins. When cold,
- sandwich together with chocolate cream.
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- CHOCOLATE CREAM.......125g butter 1/2 tsp rum
- 1 cup icing sugar 60g dark chocolate
- Melt thoroughly chopped chocolate in basin over hot water. Cool a
- little. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Stir in rum and
- chocolate. Refrigerate until ready to use.
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- MERINGUES
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- 2 egg whites 1 tsp cornflour
- 1 1/2 cups castor sugar 1/2 tsp vanilla
- 1 tsp vinegar 1/3 cup boiling water
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- Place all ingredients in bowl, beat until mixture is of thick satiny
- meringue consistency (10=15 mins.). Spoon mixture into piping bag. Using
- large star tube, pipe meringues on to lightly greased oven trays. Bake
- in mod. oven 10 mins. reduce heat to slow, bake a further 50 mins.
- Allow to cool in oven. Makes about 35.
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- VIENNESE BISCUITS
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- 250g butter 2 cups flour
- 1/4 cup castor sugar pinch salt
- 1/2 tsp vanilla 125g dark chocolate
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- Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add vanilla, carefully
- fold in sifted flour and salt. Spoon into a piping bag fitted with large
- star tube. Pipe into finger lengths on lightly greased trays. Bake in
- mod. hot oven 15-20 mins. Cool on trays.
- Leave plain, or dip one end in melted chocolate.
- Makes about 35.
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- CARAMEL CHOCOLATE SLICE
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- 1 cup S.R.Flour 1 cup coconut
- 1 cup brown sugar lightly packed 125g butter melted
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- Sift flour into a bowl, add sugar and coconut, stir until combined.
- Add melted butter; mix well. Press into greased
- 28cm x 18cm lamington tin. Bake in mod. oven 10 mins. Remove from oven
- and spread with prepared caramel. Return to oven for a further 10 mins.
- When cold, spread with topping. Cut into squares when set.
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- CARAMEL......440g can condensed milk 30g butter
- 2 Tbs golden syrup
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- Place all ingredients into saucepan, stir over low heat until caramel
- has thickened, bring slowly to the boil, remove from heat.
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- TOPPING......Place 125g chopped dark chocolate and 30g solid white
- vegetable shortening in a saucepan over hot water; stir until melted.
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- LAMINGTONS
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- 3 eggs 1/4 cup cornflour
- 1/2 cup castor sugar 1 tsp butter
- 3/4 cup S.R. flour 3 Tbs hot water
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- Beat eggs until light, gradually add sugar, continue beating until
- mixture is thick and sugar completely dissolved, approx. 10 mins. Sift
- dry ingredients several times, melt butter in hot water. Sift the dry
- ingredients over egg mixture, fold in, then gently fold in hot water and
- butter. Pour into well greased 28cm x 18cm lamington tin. Bake in Mod.
- oven about 30 mins.
- Cook cake the day before cutting and icing. Cut cake into 24 even
- pieces. Hold each piece of cake on a fork. Dip each piece in icing,
- then toss in coconut. Allow to stand on wire rack until icing sets.
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- CHOCOLATE ICING...500g icing sugar 1/2 cup milk
- 1/3 cup cocoa 375g coconut
- 2 tsp butter
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- Sift icing sugar and cocoa into top of double saucepan.
- Add softened butter and milk, stir to mix thoroughly; stir constantly
- over hot water until icing is of good coating consistency. Keep icing
- hot over hot water while dipping lamingtons. If icing becomes too thick,
- add a little extra warm milk or water.
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- PUMPKIN FRUIT CAKE
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- Cream 1/2lb butter and 1 cup sugar, add 2 eggs and beat well.
- then add 1 cup cold mashed pumpkin, 2 cups flour sifted with 1 tsp
- cream of tartar and 1/2 tsp baking soda. lastly add 1 lb mix fruit.
- Bake in slow oven 1 1/2 hours.
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- This cake is moist and delicious.
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