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I'm Dee a 24 year old busy body living outside the misconceptions of life. I love meeting new people and learning new things about the planet in which we reside. I rant about the price of milk amongst shops and I get stressed out if my eclairs turn out as pancakes. I'm far from perfect but it won't stop me practising.

Saturday 9 April 2016

Let's get cracking!

Today has been one hell of a busy day! Pizza and pinwheel cookies made before I left for work then writing the blog soon as I got in!
Honestly pizza is so easy to make! We have pizza quite often with not only how easy it is, but to experiment with toppings! I've found the below pizza recipe does two medium sized pizzas. Double for even larger.

* 375g (13 oz) plain flour
* 1 teaspoon salt
* 1 tablespoon caster sugar
* 7g dried active baking yeast  (2 level teaspoons)
* 2 tablespoons olive oil 225ml warm water
1. Combine flour, salt, sugar, and yeast in a large bowl. Mix in oil and warm water. Spread out on a large pizza pan. Top as desired.
2. Bake at 190 C / Gas mark 5 for 20 to 25 minutes.

We had roast chicken pizza and garlic bread. Don't forget the tomato purée on the base!! It's not the same without!

Now before I get on to the cookies.. Baking is a science. Most bakers will tell you the same. Some days it works, some not so much.

Today was one of those days. The cookies didn't hold together as they should have, but they was in the fridge all day. I wouldn't recommend this if you want beautiful uniform biscuits.
However they taste beautiful they just became chocolate vanilla cookies rather than pinwheels per say!

Makes: 4 dozen biscuits
* 190g plain flour
* 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 110g butter, softened
* 100g caster sugar
* 1 egg yolk
* 3 tablespoons milk
* 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
* 170g plain chocolate chips, melted

Prep: 30min  ›  Cook: 5min  › Extra time: 1hr chilling  › Ready in: 1hr35min
1. Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt.
2. Cream together the butter and the sugar, then beat in the egg yolk, milk and vanilla. Add the flour mixture. Mix to combine.
3. Divide dough into two parts. Leave one to the side (this is the vanilla part). Add the melted chocolate to the other half, and stir well till combined. (Melt in microwave or over simmering water in double boiler being very careful not to scorch or burn). Chill both halves of the dough for easier rolling.
4. Roll out the black and white sections separately, each between two sheets of greaseproof paper. Roll into rectangles 5mm thick. Place the layers on top of each other, with one sheet of greaseproof paper still at the bottom. Using the paper to help you, firmly roll together lengthways, as you would a swiss roll. Wrap in cling film and chill dough for up to one hour.
5. Preheat oven to 200 C / Gas 6.
6. Unwrap and slice chilled dough to about 3mm thick rounds. Place on an ungreased baking tray.
7. Bake for 5 to 7 minutes. Remove and cool on a wire rack.

As I mentioned in the previous post I will no doubt cover, timings and batch cooking over the coming days!

Peace, love and hugs!
Ttfn! (Ta ta for now)
Dee 😘



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