Secret Recipes Boiled Down

Chocolate Chip Cookies | Rating: 5/5 | Difficulty: Easy Delicious and chewy cookies with chocolate inside.Great for school, work, or maybe just a snack! Makes: 24. Prep Time: 10 mins. Cook Time:  10 mins.  Ingredients: 1 tsp vanilla 200g butter 3/4 cup brown sugar 2 1/4 cups flour 1 tsp bicarb soda)sift a pinch of salt 1/2 cup caster sugar 2 eggs 150g choc bits 1 cup chopped nuts    Method: 1. Cream, butter, both sugars and vanilla. Beat until creamy. 2. Add eggs and dry ingredients 3. Fold in choc bits and nuts. 4. Put tsp of mixture onto greased trays. 5.bake for 10-12 mins in 190°C oven.

Jam Drops | Rating: 4/5 | Difficulty: Easy These biscuits are really easy to make, and you can use any plain biscuit base.   Makes: 25. Prep Time: 30 mins. Cook Time: 20 mins.   Ingredients: 130g butter (softened) 1/2 cup castor sugar 1/4 tsp vanilla extract 1 large egg 2 tbsp cornflour 3 tbsp SR flour (or 3 tbsp plain flour & 1/2 tsp baking powder) 1 cup plain flour Jam  Method:  1. Beat butter and sugar until pale and creamy. 2. Add egg to butter and mix in. 3. Add flours and mix until combined. 4. Refrigerate for 20 minutes, until dough is firm. 5. Roll mixture into 25 balls, then make an indent with your thumb. 6. Fill hole with about 1/2 tsp of jam. then bake for 20 minutes or un til pale gold in a 170 °C oven. Note: DO NOT eat while hot as jam will burn.

Custard, from scratch? | Rating: 4/5 | Difficulty: Hard Ever been about to make custard, for you or for tarts, but there's little/no powder? Fear not, for we have a solution! And use up your almost bad milk. Serves : 4. Prep Time: <30mins. Cook Time: 20 mins.  1: Making custard with not enough powder. I get you can cook it on a smaller scale, but that's simply not enough! Ingredients:  (For every cup of milk without custard powder, use 1 egg yolk, 1 tsp cornflour, plus 1/4 tsp vanilla essence.) Remaining custard powder, (1 tbsp for each cup of milk) 2 cups milk (Number of cups of milk without powder) Egg yolks (Number of cups of milk without powder) tsp vanilla essence 3 tbsp sugar (or to taste)  Method:  1. Tip milk in a saucepan with custard powder, cornflour, egg, and essence, then whisk. 2. Slowly heat the pan to a boil, stirring constantly so as to prevent burning or lumps. 3. Once the custard is at the desired consistency, turn the heat off

Pizza Scrolls/Snails | Rating: 4/5 | Difficulty: Easy These scrolls are an amazing party food, and are easy to make and cook. It is a relaxing recipe that you are able to freeze and change the recipes. Makes: 20. Prep Time: 10 mins. Cook Time: 10 mins. Ingredients: For the dough (or you can instead use defrosted puff pastry): 1 cup SR flour 1/3 cup thickened cream 1/3 cup lemonade For the topping: 1 tbsp tomato paste 25g ham, chopped 1 mushroom, diced 1/4 cup capsicum, diced 1/2 cup cheese, grated  Method: 1. Preheat oven to 180-200°C. 2. Tip flour into the bowl, add the cream and lemonade and mix with the spatula. 3. Put dough on bench and roll until about ½ cm thick, but don’t over roll, as this makes it tough. 4. Using the spatula, smooth out the tomato paste over the dough, then place remaining toppings, right to the edge. 5. Then, roll up the pizza, and cut each slice a fingers width apart. Place baking paper on the tray and place each slic

Sausage Rolls, Type A | Rating: 4/5 |Difficulty: Easy/Medium These sausage rolls are a great party food or emergency dinner. You can freeze them, refridgerate them, or eat them as appetizers! Makes: 24. Prep Time: 10 mins. Cook Time: 15-20 mins. I ngredients: 2 sheets puff pastry 300g sausage meat 1/2 medium carrot 1/4 medium onion 1/4 cup chopped parsley Salt and pepper to taste Egg and milk glaze (1 egg beaten into 1Tb (20ml) milk) Method: 1. Grate the carrot, and dice the onion. 2. Empty meat into a large bowl and add vegetables and salt + pepper. Mix. 3. Cut the 2 sheets of puff pastry in half down the middle and place the sausage mixture in a line down the middle. Roll the thing up and squeeze at joining ends. 4. Brush glaze over the roll (and sprinkle sesame seeds), then cut into 4 cm slices and place on tray. Cook in a 200C oven for 15-20 minutes. 5. Take out of the oven when golden brown and let cool.

Cheese Toasties | Rating: 5/5 | Difficulty: Easy This is a cheese toastie... but unlike you've seen! Finely grilled, and strings of cheese fly loose as you crunch into it. Serves: 2. Prep Time: 2 mins. Cook Time: 5 mins. Ingredients: 2 slices bread 30g grated cheese 1/2 egg *Optional* 4 tomato slices 1/4 onion, diced Salt and pepper, to taste Parsley Mushroom, diced or sliced Method:  1. Turn griller on, at 180°C. 2. Mix the cheese, egg, and selected vegetables and salt & pepper except for the tomato and parsley together. 3. Lightly toast the slices of bread. Spread 1/2 the mixture onto each slice, and place the slices of tomato on each slice of bread. 4. Grill until all the cheese is melted and set, then take out of oven/grill. 5. Place on a plate, and garnish with tomato or parsley. Serve!