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Homemade Bread Recipe for Whole Wheat Bread 
WHOLE-WHEAT BREAD (Sufficient for Two Small Loaves) * 3 Tbs fat * 1/4 C brown sugar * 1 Tbs salt * 1 cake compressed yeast …

Easy Homemade Mayonnaise 
2 egg yolks 1 teaspoon salt 2-3 teaspoons lemon juice 3/4 cup olive oil Have all the ingredients at room temperature Put the egg yolks into a small …

Microwave Marmite Cake 
175 ml Castor Sugar 2 Eggs 100 ml Milk 20 ml Margarine 250 ml Self-Raising Flour Pinch Salt Sauce: 50 ml Margarine 50 ml Marmite (small …

Potato Sourdough Bread starter Not rated yet
Here is my sourdough starter recipe for family favorites such as pancakes, blueberry muffins, french bread, bread sticks, and sourdough hamburger buns. …

Apple Fritter Recipe Not rated yet
The Frying Batter: 225 g plain flour 1/2 cup warm water 1 egg white l dessertspoon oil lemon juice Method: Sift the flour into a basin, …

Potato Salad Recipe Not rated yet
Potato Salad Recipe 3 potatoes, 6 hard boiled eggs, 1 onion. Chop separately. Dressing 1 egg, 1 tablespoonful of flour, 1 tablespoonful of …

Pot Roast Recipe Not rated yet
POT ROAST. Have the butcher bone and roll 1.5kg of beef rump; dredge it well with salt, pepper and flour and brown it on all sides in a frying pan with …

Onion Soup Recipe Not rated yet
ONION SOUP. Melt two tablespoonfuls of butter in a large pot. When it starts to melt add four large onions, washed, skinned and cut into thin slices. …

Beef Stew Recipe Not rated yet
Cut 2 kg beef into small pieces, with some hard fat. Put the meat into a large pot and braise with a large onion, chopped. Add 1.4 liters of hot water, …

Shrimp Stew Recipe Not rated yet
Slice 3 onions and 3 tomatoes, and fry till well done. Rub together 1 tablespoonful flour and a piece of butter, egg-size. Add red pepper, salt and 1 cup …

Pineapple Cheese Cake Not rated yet
Pineapple Cheese Cake 2½ pounds cream cheese 1-inch piece vanilla bean ¼ pound sweet butter, melted ½ small box graham crackers, crushed fine 4 …

BEST YORKSHIRE PUDDING RECIPE Not rated yet
Beat the yolks of three eggs until light colored and thick; add one-half teaspoonful salt and one pint of milk. Add the mixture slowly to two-thirds cup …

HOMEMADE PEANUT BUTTER Not rated yet
When peanuts have been blanched, are cold, dry and crisp, run them through a food chopper. Do not use the very finest cutter, as that makes a soft mass. …

Apricot Brandy Recipe Not rated yet
To every pound of fruit, take 1 pound of loaf sugar and a wineglassful of water. Put the apricots, which must be sound, but not quite ripe, into a preserving-pan …

LIGHTNING OMELETTE RECIPE Not rated yet
LIGHTNING OMELETTE Butter a baking-dish and put in the bottom of it slices of stale bread (brown bread is better than white) which have been dipped …

Carrot & Spice Biscuits Not rated yet
125g butter 1/4 cup icing sugar 1/4 cup grated carrot, firmly packed 185g plain flour 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 1 teaspoon mixed spice 75g …

Aussie Damper Bread Recipe - Great camping recipe! Not rated yet
Ingredients: * 4 cups self-raising flour * 1 1/2 cups water * a pinch of salt * 2 tablespoons butter * 1 cup grated cheese …

Courgette Soup Recipe Not rated yet
600 g young courgettes, sliced in rings 12,5 ml melted butter 12,5 ml oil 1 medium onion, finely chopped 2 rashers of bacon left whole Top and tail …

Vinegar Cake Recipe Not rated yet
12 oz self-raising flour 4 oz butter 8 oz mixed fruit 2 oz candied peel, cut fine 8 oz demerara sugar 1 teaspoon mixed spice 1 teaspoon bicarbonate …

Steamed Date Pudding Recipe Not rated yet
75 g butter 1/2 cup sugar 2-3 eggs 125 g stoned dates, finely chopped 1 teaspoon lemon juice 3 tablespoons milk 1 1/2 cups flour 1 …

Chocolate Mousse Recipe Not rated yet
6 ounces Bittersweet chocolate, chopped fine 7 large egg yolks 1/3 cup sugar 1/8 teaspoon salt 1 1/2 cups heavy cream 1/2 cup whole milk …

Hot Cross Bun Recipe Not rated yet
1 lb flour 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon mixed spice 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg or mace 3 tablespoons butter …

Potato Bake Recipe - Italian Style in a Beer Cream Sauce Not rated yet
This is a delicious Italian recipe that you will use again and again! 1 1/2 pounds potatoes, thinly sliced 3 white onions, thinly sliced 2 ounces …

Sourdough Bread  Not rated yet
Sourdough bread is based on a fermented yeast 'starter' mixture which you can keep working by replenishing it with a little from each new batch of dough …

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Blackcurrant Jam Recipe Not rated yet
1.5 lbs fruit 3 lbs sugar 1 pint water Stalk and cut brown ends off fruit. Boil fruit and water together for 20 minutes. Add the sugar and boil …

Lemon Curd Recipe Not rated yet
4 medium-sized lemons 100g (4oz) butter 1/2 kg (1 lb) sugar 4 eggs, beaten Scrub the lemons, grate the rind and squeeze out all the juice. …

Anzac Biscuits - Really Good!!! Not rated yet
2 heaped cups rolled oats 3/4 cup plain flour pinch salt 1 heaped teaspoon bicarbonate of soda 2 tablespoons boiling water 125 g hard butter, diced …

Pineapple Delight Pudding with Ideal Milk. Not rated yet
1 Tin Evaporated Milk 1 Packet Pineapple Jelly 1 Tin Pineapple Chunks Make the jelly using 1 cup of the pineapple juice (no water). Dissolve and …

French Onion Soup Recipe Not rated yet
Here is a classic French onion soup recipe that is a firm family favourite, especially on those winter nights. 50 g butter 3 large white onions 1 …

Compote of Dried Fruit Not rated yet
250 g dried fruit (apples, prunes, pears, peaches etc.) 500 ml water 1 stick cinnamon 100 g castor sugar 100 ml sherry Place fruit, water, cinnamon …

Roasted Capsicum and Feta Muffins Not rated yet
1 medium (200g) red capsicum 1 medium (200g) yellow capsicum 2 1/2 cups (375g) self rising flour 100g feta cheese, chopped 1/2 cup (40g) grated fresh …

CHOCOLATE FUDGE  Not rated yet
Ingredients: 2 Cups Sugar 2 Tbs Butter ¾ Cup Milk 2 Tbs Cocoa Method: Boil all ingredients in pot stirring frequently, until a few drops …

DELICATE LEMON PUDDING  Not rated yet
Ingredients: 2 Tbs Butter 2/3 Cup Sugar 2 Eggs separated 2 Tbs Lemon Juice (1 lemon) 2 Tbs Flour 1 Cup Milk Grated lemon rind Method: …

CHINESE CAKE (TART) Not rated yet
PASTRY 6 oz flour 3 oz butter 1 egg yolk 1 teaspoon caster sugar a little lemon …

FINGER LICKIN' CHICKEN Not rated yet
8 Chicken Breasts cut into strips 2 Onions thinly sliced 1 Green Pepper cut into strips 30 ml Sugar 100 ml water 60 ml Chutney 15-30 ml Worcester …

SOUSKLUITJIES (Dumplings in Cinnamon Sauce) Not rated yet
Ingredients: 120 g cake flour 10 ml baking powder 2 ml salt 15 g butter 1 egg 125 ml milk butter and cinnamon sugar to serve Method: …

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