Let's bake!
We are loving these new Mason Cash Forest friends mixing bowls in warm, Autumnal colours. Don't they just inspire you to bake! If so, give these recipes a go- warm, easy, healthyish and delicious. When it's cold outside, there's nothing more comforting than a warm cuppa accompanied by a freshly baked sweet treat.
Spiced chocolate chunk cookies
- 1 tbsp ground flax seeds
- 3 tbsp water
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 1/4 cup white spelt flour
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 3/4 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp ground ginger
- 1/8 tsp nutmeg
- 1 dark chocolate bar
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees celcius and line baking pan with baking sheet.
- Mix the flax with water and let sit until it turns in to a gel-like texture.
- Whisk together butter and sugar until combined.
- Add flax eggs and vanilla extract and mix again.
- Mix all the dry ingredients together in bowl.
- Slowly add the dry ingredients and mix until combined.
- Chop up the chocolate bar and add to the mixture.
- Refrigerate for 15 mins.
- Use a cookie dough scoop to scoop the dough onto the baking sheet.
- Bake for 9-12 mins, let cool and enjoy!
Mini Blueberry Banana Bread
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup spelt flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/4 cup butter, softened
- 1/2 cup organic sugar
- 1 tablespoon lemon zest
- 1/2 cup coconut milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 ripe bananas, mashed
- 1 1/2 cups blueberries
- 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 2-3 tablespoons of almond milk
- Juice of 1/2 a lemon
- Preheat oven to 180°c. Line 4 mini loaf pans with parchment paper.
- Combine the dry ingredients in a medium bowl and mix well.
- In a large bowl, whisk the softened butter. Add in the sugar through the vanilla and beat just until well incorporated.
- Switch to a whisk and add the mashed bananas to the wet mixture.
- Gradually incorporate the dry ingredients into the wet mixture, whisking to combine. If the mixture gets too heavy to whisk, switch to a wooden spoon.
- Fold the blueberries into the banana bread mixture.
- Transfer the mixture to the prepared loaf pans. Bake in the oven for approximately 20-25 minutes.
- Make the sugar glaze by pouring sugar into a bowl and gradually adding the milk until you achieve desired consistency.