Farmhouse Breakfast Week 22-28 January

This week is Farmhouse Breakfast Week which is now in its 13th year. I love breakfast so don't need an excuse but this seems like the perfect opportunity to make a bit of extra time for the most important meal of the day.

 

I will be baking some breakfast muffins for the farmers market in Cranbrook this Saturday so if you don't have time to celebrate before then pop along and pick up some breakfast treats there!

Cranbrook Farmers Market - 9-12 in the Vestry Hall.

Adult Workshops in 2012

More workshops will be added later in the year but here are the details for the first scheduled adult workshops in 2012:

Wednesday March 21st

Hot Cross Buns & Easter/Spring Wreath

11am-3pm

£35 including lunch

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Wednesday April 25th

Padded Laptop/IPad/Kindle Case 

1.30-4pm

£25 including tea & cakes

*

Tuesday May 22nd

Baking with Jam & Marmalade

cakes, tarts & biscuits

11am-3pm

£35 including lunch

*

2 Week Dressmaking Course

Monday July 2nd & 9th

Beginners Skirt

6.30-8.30pm

£30 + approx. 1 metre of suitable fabric required.

*

Wednesday December 12th

Christmas Biscuits From Around the World

11am-3pm

£30 including lunch

*

2 Week Course

Thursday December 6th & 13th

Quilted Christmas Table Runner

11-3pm

£45 including lunch each week

 

All materials are provided unless stated above.

Please contact Kate with any questions and to book.

kate@bakeandcrafthouse.com

01580 388087

Cupcake & Bunting Workshop - Saturday 21st January

Due to popular demand I have added a Saturday workshop to the timetable to introduce cupcake making and decorating. We will make and decorate three different types of cupcake and while they are baking there will be an introduction to the sewing machine and we will make a 3 metres length of bunting each to take home. The decoration will include piping and working with melted chocolate to try out a variety of techniques.

Saturday 21st January - 10.30am-1pm.
The class is suitable for 8-14 years, and costs £16. 6 spaces available.
Please call or email to book.

kate@bakeandcrafthouse.com
01580 388087

Happy New Year + Oat, Fruit & Honey Cookie Recipe

Happy New Year to everyone! Glad to be back at work and planning lots of exciting workshops for the new year. I needed a little sweet kick to get me going this afternoon and I have been trying out a new recipe for oat cookies, the idea is that one cookie will keep me going all afternoon, we'll see... They taste delicious so here is the recipe.

Ingredients
100g plain flour
40g rolled oats
40g soft brown sugar
50g caster sugar
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
50g butter
1 small egg
1tbsp honey
100g sultanas/raisins

Method
1) Pre-heat the oven to 180 degrees celcius and grease or line 2 cookie trays.
2) Mix togther all the dry ingredients (flour, salt, baking powder, sugars & oats).
3) Rub in the butter until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs and no lumps of butter are visible.
4) Make a well in the cetre and crack in your egg and add the honey.
5) Mix these together with a fork and gradually combine the dry ingredients to form a dough.
6) Stir in the dried fruit.
7) Shape into balls about the size of a ping pong ball and place on the baking trays, flatten the tops slightly with a fork. Leave space for the cookies to spread during baking (I put 4 on each tray).
8) Bake for 12-14 minutes until golden.
9) Cool on the trays for 5 minutes befofre transferring to a wire rack. Store in an airtight container.