Okay, I’ve finally succumbed to the dark side.  I have signed up for facebook, bowing not to peer pressure, but to TDPS (teenage daughter pressure syndrome).  And you’re right.  My daughter is not yet  a teenager, but she is practising hard, and there is nothing more demoralising for someone barely 36 years young (okay 36 [...]

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Man cannot live on bread alone, he needs the odd muffin to keep him sane.  I don’t think anybody ever said that, but they should have.  Muffins are like mini breads.  Quicker to make and quicker to eat, and just as satisfying for a host of different reasons. 
You don’t need to make a sandwich out [...]

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This mix will make 12 muffins, or six bounteous buxom beauties like these.
Butter and flour your muffin tins.
Sieve:
4 cups flour
8 Tbspns flat baking powder
1 teaspoon mustard powder
A good pinch of flavoured or Maldon sea salt and some fresh black pepper.
Add 100g butter and blend with your fingertips until crumbly.
Mix 1 ½ cups of grated cheddar [...]

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For the sponge (you can skip this bit and use Ladie’s fingers or Boudoir biscuits instead)
In a food processor put:

125g butter
125g caster sugar
2 large free range eggs
125g selfraising flour
1/2 teaspoon vanilla sugar

Process until it comes together then add:

2-3 Tablespoons of milk and pulse until smooth.

Pour the batter into a buttered and floured square tin and [...]

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