Dessert

A collection of amazing, made often and LOVED dessert recipes.

Double Ginger Cookies
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Double Ginger Cookies

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Double Ginger Cookies Ground ginger and chopped crystallized ginger give these cookies their spice and chewy pieces. Dip the cooled cookies halfway into dark chocolate, then let the coating set before stacking. Chop the crystallized ginger fairly small so each cookie gets a few pieces. It is sticky, so tossing […]

Yummy Golden Syrup Flapjacks
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Yummy Golden Syrup Flapjacks

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Yummy Golden Syrup Flapjacks Four-ingredient British oat bars made with butter, brown sugar and golden syrup. Bake in a 20cm square tin and let them cool before cutting into twelve pieces. These are British flapjacks: baked oat bars rather than pancakes. The butter and golden syrup coat the oats, while […]

Peanut Butter Cookies
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Peanut Butter Cookies

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Peanut Butter Cookies Peanut butter cookies with fork-pressed tops and lightly golden edges. This batch makes eighteen; use standard no-stir peanut butter and let the cookies firm up on the tray before moving them. No butter needs creaming for this dough. Mix the peanut butter with the sugar, egg and […]

Super Simple Lemon Cheesecake
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Super Simple Lemon Cheesecake

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Super Simple Lemon Cheesecake A no-bake lemon cheesecake with a biscuit base and cream cheese filling lightened with whipped double cream. Chill for at least six hours, preferably overnight, before removing it from the tin. The filling sets in the fridge, so the choice of cream matters. Use cold double […]

Simple and Classic Muffins
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Simple and Classic Muffins

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Simple and Classic Muffins Twelve plain vanilla muffins made with self-raising flour and melted butter. Stir the batter gently and bake just until the centers are cooked through; chocolate, fruit or nuts are optional additions. This batter uses melted butter, so there is no creaming step. Let the butter cool […]

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Air Fryer Lemon Drizzle Cake

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Air Fryer Lemon Drizzle Cake A lemon loaf baked in an air fryer and finished with an icing-sugar drizzle. Tin size and airflow matter: allow roughly an hour for baking and check the center for doneness. Check that the loaf tin fits your air fryer before mixing the batter. There […]

Easy Banoffee Pie
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Easy Banoffee Pie

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Easy Banoffee Pie A no-bake biscuit crust filled with thick caramel, sliced bananas and softly whipped cream, finished with grated chocolate. Allow at least forty-five minutes of chilling and keep the pie refrigerated. Ready-made thick caramel keeps this pie simple. Check the label carefully: you need caramel or dulce de […]

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Lemon Curd Yogurt Fool

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Lemon Curd Yogurt Fool Layers of plain yogurt and lemon curd topped with raspberries. Makes three small desserts, or two larger portions, with biscuits served alongside. This version uses yogurt rather than whipped cream. There is no cooking or whipping: spoon the yogurt and ready-made lemon curd into glasses, then […]

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Blackberry and Lemon Fool

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Blackberry and Lemon Fool Blackberries simmered with lemon and icing sugar are layered with softly whipped cream. This makes four small dessert glasses; allow time for the fruit to cool and the assembled fools to chill. Cook the berries just until they soften and release their juice. A few pieces […]

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Air Fryer Banana Bread

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Air Fryer Banana Bread A banana loaf made with melted butter and self-raising flour, baked in a tin inside the air fryer. Add pecans or chocolate chips if you like, and check the center carefully before taking it out. Use bananas with well-speckled skins and soft flesh. They mash easily […]