Tag: family

• Pitta Breads- #100bakeschallenge

  

  Back at Christmas 2021 my friend bought me a really useful gift- a poster from Crumbs By Collette, which features 100 scratch off squares. Each square underneath reveals a picture of a well known traditional bake. As you bake that particular item, you scratch off the square. It doesn’t have a time frame to be…

  Smart Cookie Sam

  May 27, 2023

  #100bakeschallenge

  #100bakeschallenge, baking, bread baking, comfort food, family, family meals, flatbread, kebabs, pitta, pitta bread, salad, yeast baking

• Gluten Free Vanilla Sponge

  

  I must admit I’m not that experienced with Gluten Free baking. As I’m now finding more and more are needing to follow Gluten Free diets, I would like to learn how to bake more with GF products. What does make me annoyed is that gluten free products cost far more to buy. How is that…

  Smart Cookie Sam

  May 2, 2023

  Cakes and Muffins, gluten free

  afternoon tea, baking, cake, cakes, cookies, dessert, family, gluten free, gluten free cake, gluten free sponge, special occasion, sponge, teatime

• Easter Catch Up And Baking Round Up.

  

  Hi everyone! I hope you’ve all had a very Happy Easter. It feels like ages since I’ve done a blog post. At the beginning of this year I planned on writing three posts a week. Two baking themed ones and one crochet/ craft one. March was very busy chez SmartCookieSam and we were away for…

  Smart Cookie Sam

  April 11, 2023

  #100bakeschallenge, Easter, No Bakes, Seasonal, Seasonal and Celebration Cakes, Traybakes, Brownies and Flapjacks

  afternoon tea, baking, brownies, cake, cakes, celebrations, chocolate, chocolate chips, chocolate eggs, classic cakes, cookies, dark chocolate, dessert, Easter, Empire biscuits, family, flapjacks, icing sugar, loaf cakes, mini eggs, porridge oats, traditional, traybake, traybakes

• White Chocolate Malteser Bunny Slices

  

  It’s now the start of a busy recipe testing time for me in the SmartCookieSam kitchen. I’m so excited when it comes up to Easter as there are all these yummy chocolate eggs and other Easter treats around! The temptation is so real. The other day my son saw my secret stash of Easter treats…

  Smart Cookie Sam

  March 24, 2023

  Seasonal, Traybakes, Brownies and Flapjacks

  baking, baking with kids, chocolate, Easter, Easter recipe, family, fridge cake, Krispie cake, Malteser bunnies, Maltesers, no bake cake, teatime, traybake, traybakes, white chocolate

• Pistachio Bundt Cake: Bundt Challenge #7.

  

  Since the beginning of the year, I’ve been working my way through my Bundt book challenge. So far I’ve managed one recipe a week. Doesn’t sound like much but I have lots going on in my life at the moment. Last Thursday afternoon I got home from work late after going via the shops on…

  Smart Cookie Sam

  March 7, 2023

  Bundts, Cakes and Muffins

  afternoon tea, baking, bundt, bundts, cake, cakes, family, flavour, Nordicware, nuts, pistachio icing sugar, pistachio nuts, pistachios, Sugar and Crumbs, traditional

• Paul Hollywood’s Iced Lemon Whitby Buns #100bakeschallenge no 78.

  

  I don’t know about you, but as soon as I see a recipe has yeast in it, I have this feeling of absolute dread! I’ve never got the results I want from making something involving yeast. Or I can’t handle the dough properly as my hands are always far too hot and sticky- I blame…

  Smart Cookie Sam

  February 17, 2023

  #100bakeschallenge, Breads and Yeast Bakes, breakfast, buns

  Bothams of Whitby, buns, comfort food, dried fruit, family, lemon buns, lemons, Paul Hollywood, Paul Hollywood British Baking, recipe, traditional, Whitby, Whitby lemon buns, yeast, yeasted buns, Yorkshire

• Bundtnuts: Bundt Book Challenge #5.

  

  I chose to make some Bundtnuts on Sunday from the recipe in Bundt by Melanie Johnson. I’d never heard of Bundtnuts before, let alone made any. They are just a hybrid of a doughnut baked in a mini bundt pan with different variations of flavourings and toppings. It was a good excuse to bring out…

  Smart Cookie Sam

  February 16, 2023

  Bundts, buns

  baked doughnuts, breakfast, bundt, bundtnuts, bundts, cake, cinnamon, comfort food, family, family friendly, lazy Sunday, Nordicware

• Carrot Bundt Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting Bundt Challenge #4.

  

  I absolutely adore carrot cake and have been wanting to bake one for a ages. It’s been a while since I’ve been asked to make one so I thought why don’t I bake one because I want to? Baking one in a Bundt pan is even better and such a treat. On Sunday afternoon I…

  Smart Cookie Sam

  February 7, 2023

  Bundts, Classic and Traditional Cakes, Large and Celebration Cakes

  afternoon tea, baking, birthday cake, bundt, bundts, buttercream, cake, cakes, carrot bundt cake, carrot cake, carrots, cinnamon, comfort food, cream cheese frosting, dessert, desserts, family, Nordicware, teatime, teatime treats, traditional

• Bundt Challenge #1: Snickerdoodle Bundt

  

  My new challenge for 2023 is to bake as many recipes from Bundt by Melanie Johnson. You can read all about this in an introductory post here: Bundt- The New Challenge For 2023. I wasn’t sure which recipe I’d like to make first so I put it to the vote. It was a choice between Snickerdoodle,…

  Smart Cookie Sam

  January 22, 2023

  #100bakeschallenge, Bundts, Classic and Traditional Cakes, Large and Celebration Cakes

  afternoon tea, autumn, baking, bundts, cakes, cinnamon, family, Nordicware, traditional

• Cornish Pasties- A Great British Bake Off Recipe.

  

  I’m still working my way through my #100bakesposterchallenge and am really enjoying it. There are bakes I’ve made before a few times over and some I haven’t tried at all. Usually the ones I haven’t tried are down to whether they look complicated or are much easier to buy ready made. I must admit I…

  Smart Cookie Sam

  January 22, 2023

  #100bakeschallenge, Pastry, Savoury Baking

  #100bakeschallenge, baking, British recipe, Cornish, Cornish Pasties, family, mealtimes, Pastry, regional recipes, savoury baking, shortcrust pastry, The Great British Bake Off, traditional