Weekend baking

I've been making a concerted effort again lately to bake snacks for the children. It eases my conscience knowing exactly what we're eating and saves us money and saves on throwing away unnecessary packaging. Jamie Oliver's chocolate cake is a winner.

Baking

We've been baking lots lately. I've stopped buying packets of biscuits. We're always left with several opened packets of biscuits and now the children have learnt to climb on chairs, tables and worktops to get to these. I've lost control! It's much more fun to bake -  as you can see from the mess being made. Sam loves any type of cake aslong as it has icing on it and Bella just loves playing. There weren't actually any biscuits made in the end (I had to make a separate batch) but she loved flouring, rolling and cutting. I've also started to make yoghurts again which are a winner.

Best biscuits...Ever!

 

 

 

According to Sam these are the "best biscuits ever mummy". I've learnt to set up baking stations for both of them, so they can each complete the process from beginning to end, sans squabbling.

 

These are made using a basic recipe of :

100g butter softened

100g caster sugar

1 egg

275 plain flour (I used 1/2 self-raising)

1 tsp vanilla extract

 

Cream sugar and butter, add the egg and vanilla and finally the flour. Roll, cut and bake for 10 mins at 190 C. We iced them too when cooled and then ate far too many.