Churro's

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It's been a few years since I baked any of the sweet treats from the Pinch of Nom recipe books. I was looking at some things to bake back in January as we were heading to Manchester. I've never attempted to make churro's, so I decided to give them a go.

This recipe can be found in the Quick & Easy recipe book, in the Sweet Treat chapter.

Let's get baking!

Ingredients:

1 1/2 tbsp brown granulated sugar

55g unsalted reduced-fat butter

125ml water

1/4 tsp salt

90g plain flour

1/2 tsp vanilla extract

1 egg

1 tbsp granulated sweetener

1 tsp ground cinnamon

Pre-heat your oven to 220C/200C Fan/Gas Mark 7.

In a small saucepan combine the brown granulated sweetener, reduced-fat butter, water and salt. I used a sugar alternative to demerara sugar as none of my local supermarkets had brown granulated sweetener.

Heat slowly over a medium heat until the butter has melted.

Bring to the boil and take off the heat.

Tip in the flour and beat until it forms a ball and comes away from the sides of the pan.

Add the vanilla extract and egg.

The mixture will look like it's separated at first, but carry on mixing and it will come back together and turn glossy.

Line two baking trays with greaseproof paper and pour the mixture into a piping bag fitted with a star-shaped nozzle. 

Pipe thirty churro's, approximately 10cm in length, onto the baking sheets, leaving room foe them to spread slightly.

Bake in the oven for 20 minutes until they are crispy and golden brown in colour.

Mix the sweetener and ground cinnamon in a small bowl and dip each churro in the mix, coating them on all sides.

Leave them on the baking sheets and keep warm in the oven, or serve.

The only difficulty I found with this recipe was the beating the mixture to bring it all together, my mixture wasn't really a pouring consistency so I'm not sure if I over beat the mixture, or didn't beat it enough. As you can see from the pictures, I think I over baked mine as some were a lot darker in colour than a nice golden brown.

I'd definitely give these another try as they were actually nice and I'd love to make the chocolate sauce to give them that something extra.

I'd definitely recommend reheating them and having them warm, they definitely taste better warm.

If you're interested in any of Pinch of Nom's recipe's then you can buy the recipe books in all major supermarkets as well as online retailers Waterstones and Amazon.

See you soon!

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Sticky Toffee Pudding

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I really need to get looking at some baking recipe's, I really love baking but lately I never seem to do much when it comes to new bakes.
Today I'm going to share with you the sticky toffee puddings from the Pinch of Nom recipe book.
Let's get baking!

Ingredients:

Low-calorie cooking spray

75 g self-raising flour

1 tsp baking powder

1 tbsp black treacle

3 tbsp granulated sweetener

50 g reduced-fat spread

3 medium eggs

1 tbsp golden syrup

Start by pre-heating your oven to 190C/Fan 170C/ Gas mark 5 and spray four ovenproof ramekins  with the low-calorie cooking spray.

In a large bowl put the flour, baking powder, black treacle, sweetener, spread and eggs, and whisk with an electric hand held whisk until fully combined. light and airy.

Evenly distribute the golden syrup between each ramekin, for this I actually did half a tablespoon in each of the ramekins.

Next top the golden syrup with the cake mixture and bake in the oven for 20 minutes until just cooked through.

Once baked, remove from the oven and leave to cool slightly in the ramekins.

After allowing to cool slightly, turn out into either a bowl or onto a little plate. You can also serve them with your choice of accompaniment like custard or cream.
I served mine on their own.

This went down a treat with both myself and Skye, I'm thinking next time I'll have them with cream and custard and see if benefits the flavours any better. These even tasted nice after a few days, which I think is a bonus as the recipe makes 4 and there is only me and Skye at home. I re-heated the last 2 and they tasted just as nice and fresh as if they were only just baked.
I will be baking these again and think they will be perfect for after bigger meals like on a Sunday after our Sunday dinner.
They are really quick and simple to make and I think anybody can make these with ease.

 If you're interested in any of Pinch of Nom's recipe's then you can buy the recipe book in all major supermarkets as well as online retailers Waterstones and Amazon.

See you soon!

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Pina Colada Baked Rice Pudding

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It's been a few months since I had a baking post, I don't know if I can really class this as baking but I'm going to anyway. A couple of weekends a go I fancied making us something for dessert after our Sunday dinner so decided to make some that was relatively cheap and simple from the Pinch of Nom recipe book.
Shall we getting making the Pina Colada Baked Rice Pudding?

Ingredients:

Low-calorie cooking spray

100 g risotto rice

2 tsp granulated sweetener

600 ml coconut milk (or other dairy alternative)

100 g pineapple, diced

Grated zest of 1 lime

Start off by preheating your oven to 180C/160C Fan/Gas mark 4 and spray an ovenproof dish (15cm/6in) with the low-calorie cooking spray.

Next add the risotto rice.

Also add the sweetener and coconut milk to the dish.

Give the mixture a good stir to dissolve the sweetener and then cover with foil, pop in the oven and bake for 1 hour and 45 minutes.

Mix the diced pineapple in a bowl with the lime zest. Once baked, remove the pudding from the oven and when ready to serve, spoon into two bowls and top with the pineapple and lime zest.

I think this is such and easy and simple dish to make, you literally put it all in an ovenproof dish, give it a mix and pop it in the oven to bake. I'd happily make this again, I thought it tasted really nice. I thought the warmth of the rice pudding work really well with the cold pineapple. I can't wait to cook it again. for portion size it's definitely perfect for 2 people.


 If you're interested in any of Pinch of Nom's recipe's then you can buy the recipe book in all major supermarkets as well as online retailers Waterstones and Amazon.

See you soon!

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