While the kids are on school holidays, encourage them to get in the kitchen and cook rather than reaching for a packet of chips or a chocolate bar. Here are come quick and easy recipes for muffins and ANZAC biscuits to try.
AMANDA’S MUFFINS
INGREDIENTS
- 1 cup of plain flour
- 1 cup of self raising flour
- ½ cup of caster sugar
- 3 tablespoons of margarine
- 1 egg
- 1 cup of reduced fat milk
- extras
METHOD
- Preheat oven to 170°C
- Mix all the dry ingredients together in a mixing bowl
- Melt the butter for 20sec in microwave (covered!)
- Add egg, milk and butter to dry ingredients and mix with a large wooden spoon
- Add extras
- Spray a 12 hole muffin tray with canola oil and bake for
- Cook for 12 –15mins
FLAVOUR OPTIONS
- Apple and blueberry = 2 small apples peeled and chopped into small pieces + 1 cup of frozen blueberries (they’re cheaper than the fresh ones!). Try adding some cinnamon too.
- Apple and Cinnamon = 2 teaspoons of cinnamon + 2 large green apples, grated or chopped in to small pieces. Mix 2 teaspoons of caster sugar and 1 teaspoon of cinnamon and sprinkle on top of muffins before placing them in the oven
- White chocolate and raspberry = 3/4 of a packet nestle white choc bits cup and 1 cup of frozen raspberries
TIPS
- Don’t over mix or your muffins as they will become hard instead of light and fluffy.
- Don’t worry if your mixture has lumps in it, this is how it should look.
- Avoid the raspberry white chocolate muffins for weight loss.
ANZAC BISCUITS
INGREDIENTS
- 1 cup of plain flour
- 1 cup of rolled oats
- ¾ cup of desiccated coconut
- ¾ cup of white sugar
- 80 grams of butter
- 1 tablespoon of golden syrup
- 60ml of boiling water
- 1 teaspoon of baking soda
METHOD
- Preheat oven to 150oC
- Mix all the dry ingredients together in a mixing bowl
- Melt the butter in a hot saucepan with the syrup
- When the butter is melted, add the boiling water and the baking soda immediately after that. Stir briefly and allow to foam
- Add foam to the dry mixture and mix by stirring and then kneading
- Roll mixture into golf ball size biscuits, place them on some baking paper on a baking tray and flatten them out (they do expand)
- Bake for approximately 10 minutes or until golden brown on top
Each batch makes approximately 12 biscuits, depending on their size.
