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Apples & Thyme ~ celebrating time in the kitchen with my mother

The thing about me, my mother and kitchens is that we’ve spent a lot of time in them together. If not in her kitchen at home, in her restaurant kitchen, where I learnt how to work. And I do mean work. Commercial kitchens are in no way glamorous. Mascara melts off your face, you go [...]

The Delectable, Unforgettable Valerie Crunchie Recipe

Mix in a large bowl

500ml organic rolled oats
500ml dessicated coconut
250ml organic granulated sugar
50ml cocoa
10ml baking powder
500ml organic plain flour

Melt

250g organic unsalted butter

and add it to the dry ingredients, mixing well.
Press the mix into a greased baking dish and flatten until about 2cm thick.
Bake for 25 minutes @180*C, then cool.
Once cool add the topping and allow [...]

Apples & Thyme # 4 – The Delectable, Unforgettable Valerie Crunchie Recipe

 
This month for our ongoing Apples & Thyme event I am going a bit further afield. Apples & Thyme is all about celebrating time in the kitchen with mothers and grandmothers, and today I am extending that to friends’ mothers.
 
From the day Dani and I first met when we were 12, to the [...]