PEPPERMINT CRISP FRIDGE TART

Ingredients

1 tin caramel
1 packet orley whip
1 packet tennis biscuits
1 peppermint crisp

Method

• Mix caramel and whipped orley whip together
• In a rectangular dish place layers of biscuit and caramel, finishing off with a layer of caramel at the top
• Refrigerate to chill until serving time

CHEESE MUFFINS

Ingredients

1 egg

190ml milk

250ml cake flour

10ml baking powder

375ml cheddar cheese, grated

2ml dry mustard powder

1ml cayenne pepper (optional)

Method

• Beat egg and add the milk
• Sift all dry ingredients, add egg mixture and mix well to make a thick batter
• Grease a muffin pan
• Spoon mixture into muffin pan until ¾ full
• Bake at 220°C for 10 minutes

(Makes 12)

MERINGUES

Ingredients

6 egg whites
12 Tblsp sugar
6 Tblsp castor sugar

Method

• Preheat oven to 120°C
• Beat egg whites until stiff peak
• Add sugar slowly beating continuously and then add the castor sugar beating continuously
• Spoon meringue mixture onto a greased baking tray allowing space between each meringue
• Bake for 1 hour at 120°C and then lower over to 100°C and bake for a further hour
• Switch off oven and leave meringue in oven until cool

CHEESE & MARMITE TART

Ingredients

1 cup flour
1 large egg
1 tsp baking powder
1 ½ cups grated cheese
½ cup milk
½ tsp salt
125g margarine
2 Tblsp margarine
2 tsp marmite

Method

• Sift the dry ingredients
• Chop up the margarine and add to the flour
• Mix in cheese using fingertips
• Beat egg and milk together and add to cheese mixture
• Grease a pie or tart oven dish
• Place mixture in the baking dish and smooth out
• Bake at 160°C for 40 minutes
• Melt the 2 tablespoons of margarine and marmite, pour over tart as soon as it comes out of the oven

HONEY BUNS

Ingredients

 500ml flour
15ml baking powder
1,25ml salt
125g unsalted butter (hard butter)
1 eggs
185ml milk
5 Tblsp melted unsalted butter
125ml honey
125ml chopped pecan nuts
sesame seeds for sprinkling (optional)

Method

• Sift all the dry ingredients together
• Grate the hard butter into the sifted dry ingredients & rub it in lightly with your fingertips, until the mixture becomes crumbly
• Beat the egg with the milk & stir in the flour mixture to form a soft dough
• Knead lightly, roll into rectangular shape & brush with just over half of the melted butter, spread half the honey & sprinkle the pecan nuts
• Roll the dough up length wise & cut into 3cm slices
• Grease a muffin pan & place the slices into the moulds
• Mix the remaining honey, melted butter together & brush the buns (reserving a little) then sprinkle with the sesame seeds or pecan nuts
• Bake at 200°C for 15 minutes, until golden brown
• Brush the buns again with the remaining honey & butter mixture as soon as they come out the oven

(Makes 12)