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Frangipane Topped Mince Pies @nevenmaguire @simplybetter @dunnesstores
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Frangipane Topped Mince Pies
Ingredients (Makes 24)
1 Packet Simply Better All Butter Shortcrust Pastry, thawed
Plain Flour, for dusting
1 Jar Simply Better Mincemeat
Flaked almonds, to garnish
For the Frangipane
150g Butter
150g Caster Sugar
3 Simply Better Free Range Corn Fed Large Eggs
150g Ground Almonds
1 Tbsp. Plain Flour
1 Tsp Vanilla Extract
Zest of 1 Lemon
Method
1. Preheat the oven to 180ยฐC (375ยฐF/Gas Mark 5). Roll out the pastry on a lightly floured work surface to make a large rectangle, then stamp out 24 x 6cm discs (with a cutter or use a glass) and place in greased muffins tins (of course you can do this in batches).
2. To make the frangipane, combine all of the ingredients in a bowl and whisk with an electric whisk for about one minute until you achieve a soft paste.
3. To assemble, add a large teaspoon of mincemeat into each pastry case then top with a tablespoon of the frangipane mixture. Sprinkle over some flaked almonds and transfer to the oven to bake for 25-30 minutes until golden brown. Serve warm or cold with brandy butter or custard.
Chocolate Meringue Cake by Rachel Allen #ballymaloe
White Soda Bread recipe @Ballymaloe Co.Cork โค๏ธ

INGREDIENTS
Preheat the oven to 250deg C
Makes 1 loaf
450g (1lb, 31/2 cups) plain flour
1/2 teaspoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
300-600ml (1/2 – 1 pint, 1 1/4 – 2 1/2 cups) sour milk or buttermilk
METHOD
Sieve the dry ingredients. Make a well in the centre.
Pour in all the milk at once. Using 1 hand, with your fingers stiff and outstretched like a claw, stir in a full circular movement from the centre to the outside of the bowl in ever increasing circles. The dough should be softish, not too wet and sticky. When it all comes together, turn it out onto a well-floured work surface. Wash and dry your hands. Tidy it up and flip over gently. Pat the dough into a round, about 4cm deep.
Cut a deep cross on the loaf and prick in the four corners.
Bake in the oven for 15 minutes then turn down to 200deg C for 30 minutes until cooked. If you are in doubt, tap the bottom of the bread, when it is cooked it will sound hollow. Cool on a wire rack.
Tip! Soda breads are best eaten on the day they are made, but are still good the next day.
Spotted Dog
Follow the recipe above adding: 1 dessert spoon of sugar, 100g sultanas, 1 egg.
Add the sugar and the sultanas with the flour and drop the egg in with the milk before missing. Spotted dog is also called railway cake in some parts of Ireland.
Stripy Cat
Follow the spotted dog recipe replacing the sultanas with 75g of roughly chopped best quality chocolate.
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Breakfast muffins for Baby ๐คค @dunnesstores @babyledfeeding
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dunnesstoresVerified- Start yours and your babyโs day off right with these delicious and super nutritious breakfast muffins. Made using wholesome ingredients like carrots, apples, sunflower seeds, Greek yogurt and wholemeal flour, these muffins are the perfect breakfast finger food for your little one to enjoy in the morning.
- To serve to babies – Ensure you are always sitting with your baby when they are eating. Serve a mini muffin with a side of fruit. I like to use sliced pear, mango or strawberries.
- For older children serve 2 mini muffins or 1 large muffin in their lunchbox.
- These muffins are perfect for school as they contain no sugar whatsoever!
- The only sweetness comes from the delicious apple. You can make them even sweeter by adding a mashed banana to the mixture. @babyledfeeding
Raspberry popcorn for movie nights in @keelingsfruits
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Delicious and easy to make, raspberry popcorn is perfect for movie nights in! https://keelings.ie/recipes/raspberry-popcorn/ โฆ #Keelings #KeelingsKitchen
The Jack and Jill Rainbow Cake from the cover of the Odlums Big Book of Baking @odlums_ireland

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They say when it rains, look for rainbows….
Hereโs one to brighten up your day! ๐
Adrian made The Jack and Jill Rainbow Cake from the cover of the Odlums Big Book of Baking
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Rachel Allen’s Irish Gingerbread @RTEfood

There’s no better accompaniment for a hot pot of tea than this gingerbread from Rachel Allen.
Ingredients
- 60 g (2ยฝoz) butter
- 75 g (3oz) treacle
- 50 g (2oz) golden syrup
- 140 g (4ยพoz) plain flour
- 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 0.5 tsp baking powder
- 2 tsp ground ginger
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp freshly grated nutmeg
- 100 g (3ยฝoz) caster sugar
- pinch of salt
- 1 egg
- 125 ml (4ยฝfl oz) milk
- for the syrup
- 75 g (3oz) caster sugar
- 2 tsp finely grated root ginger, or finely chopped crystallised ginger
Method
- Preheat the oven to 170ยฐC (325ยฐF), Gas mark 3. Line the base and sides of a 900g (2lb) loaf tin with baking parchment.
- Melt the butter, treacle and golden syrup in a small saucepan on a low heat, then set aside.
- Sift the flour, bicarbonate of soda and baking powder into a bowl and stir in the spices, sugar and salt. In another bowl, whisk the egg, then add the milk and the melted butter mixture and pour into the dry ingredients. Mix until smooth โ it will have a wet sloppy consistency.
- Pour into the prepared loaf tin and bake in the oven for 50โ55 minutes until risen and firm to the touch and a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. (Wait for at least 45 minutes before opening the oven to check whether the gingerbread has cooked, otherwise it can collapse in the centre.)
- While the gingerbread is cooking, make the syrup. Place the sugar and ginger in a small saucepan with 75ml (3fl oz) water, bring to the boil over a medium heat and boil, uncovered, for 5 minutes or until slightly thickened and syrupy.
- Once the gingerbread is cooked, take it out of the oven and, leaving it in the tin, pierce it all over the top with a fine skewer, then pour the syrup over and leave to cool completely.
- When the gingerbread is cold, take it out of the tin and serve.



