Apple Slice

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Apple Slice
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3 granny smith apples
2 cups self raising flour
1/2 brown sugar
125g butter, melted
1 egg

1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 tablespoon sugar
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Preheat oven to 180°C.

Peel, core and cut apple into small chunks.
In a large bowl, combine apples, brown sugar and self raising flour.

Add melted butter and egg, stir until well mixed.

Press into lined slice tray.

Sprinkle  with cinnamon and sugar.

Bake in the oven for about 40 minutes.

Breakfast Biscuits

 
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Breafast Biscuits (Muesli Biscuits)
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1 1/2 cup rolled oats
1 cup wholemeal flour
1/2 brown sugar
1/4 cup bran sticks
1/4 cup desiccated coconut
1/4 cup sultanas
1 table spoon sunflower seeds
1 table spoon pumpkin seeds

2 table spoons boiling water
1 tea spoon baking soda
100g butter
2 table spoons maple syrup
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Preheat oven to 180°C.

In a large bowl, combine rolled oats, brown sugar, bran sticks, coconut, sultanas and seeds together.

In a small bowl, melt butter in the microwave. Add maple syrup and mix well.
In another small bowl, mix boiling water and baking soda, and add to the butter mixture.

Stir the butter mixture into the dry ingredients with a wooden spoon.

Scoop the dough with a table spoon and roll by hands. Put them on lined baking trays and flatten with the back of the table spoon.

Bake in the oven for 15 minutes.
Let it cool in the tray for 5 minutes and transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

Granola - Maple, Toasted Oats & Almond

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Granola
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1 1/2 cup rolled oats
1/4 cup sunflower seeds
1/4 cup pumpkin seeds (pepitas)
1/4 cup almond
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoon maple syrup

1/4 cup dried coconut flakes
1/2 cup bran stick
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Preheat oven to 180°C.

In a bowl, combine oats, seeds, nuts, cinnamon and salt.
Add maple syrup and mix well with a spoon.

Spread out on a lined baking tray and bake for 10 minutes and stir, then bake another 10 minutes. Take the tray out from the oven and leave it till cool.
Stir in coconut and bran sticks.

Store in a jar.  :)

Jam Drops

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Jam Drops
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125g butter
1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 cups self raising flour
pinch of salt

1/4 cup strawberry jam
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Preheat oven to 180°C.

In a bowl, mix softened butter and sugar with an electric mixer.

Add eggs and mix well.

Fold in flour and salt with a spatula into the mixture.

Roll the cookie dough and place 5 cm apart on lined baking trays. Press your finger into the centre of each ball. Fill each hole with strawberry jam.

Bake in the oven for 15 - 20 minutes.

Remove from oven and let cookies cool on baking tray for about 5 minutes before removing the cookies to a wire rack to cool completely.

Bliss Balls - Dates & Almond

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Bliss Balls - Dates & Almond
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16-18 (70g) pitted dates
2 table spoons cocoa or cacao powder
1 table spoon peanut butter
3/4 cup (75g) raw almonds
1 table spoon honey
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Makes about 12 balls

In a food processor or blender, process dates, cocoa powder and peanut butter together.

Add almonds and honey and process until well combined.

Roll the mixture into balls.

Keep them in a container in the fridge.