Cranberry and White Chocolate Scones – Morrigan
Ingredients
* 1 3/4 cups flour
* 1/4 cup sugar
* 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 5 tablespoons chilled unsalted butter, cut into pieces
* 6 tablespoons half-and-half
* 1 large egg, beaten
* 1/2 cup fresh or frozen cranberries
* 1/2 cup white chocolate chips ore more depending on if you [...]

STRAWBERRY-RHUBARB PIE
3 cups diced rhubarb
1 1/2 cups strawberries
3/4 c sugar
Pie crust dough, enough for top and bottom
Mix the cut rhubarb and strawberries together in a bowl, and gently toss with the sugar. Let the mixture rest to allow the juices to drip to the bottom of the bowl. Let it sit for approximately a half [...]

Pastry:
7 oz plain flour
salt
3.5 oz butter
1 tsp caster sugar
1 small egg, beaten

Filling:
1 lb rhubarb, washed and cut into 1.5 in pieces
4 oz caster sugar
2 tbsp corn flour

Preheat the oven to 200C Gas Mark 4.
Place the flour and salt in a bowl and rub in the butter until the mixture resembles [...]

Ingredients:
8 ounce package of cream cheese, softened
1 cup grated cheddar cheese
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 medium-size peeled cored apple
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1 tsp. lemon thyme or other lemon herb–lemon basil, lemon verbena
In a bowl, combine the cream cheese, cheddar cheese and lemon juice. Grate the apple into cheese mixture. Add in the pepper and herbs. Mix [...]

Traditionally baked for Samhain, some of the ‘lucky’ ingredients used and their ’significance’ vary from house to house and region to region, we mainly had fake gold wedding bands in our Barm Brack.
INGREDIENTS:
1 lb flour
6 oz sugar
1 lb mixed dried fruit
1 tsp baking powder
1 egg
1 tsp all spice/mixed spice
Pot of hot tea
The ‘lucky’ ingredients
- a [...]

½ c butter, softened
½ c sugar
1 egg yolk
1 c unbleached white flour
1 c whole wheat flour
½ tsp salt
½ tsp baking powder
½ tsp baking soda
1 tsp ginger
2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
Items for decorating
Cream together butter and sugar; stir in molasses and egg yolk. In a separate bowl, combine remaining ingredients. Stir into butter mixture until smooth; [...]

A giant decorated cookie makes a fantastic alternative to a birthday cake; my husband’s birthday is a week before our son’s, so instead of having two cakes, I did a decorated cookie instead.

The recipe I used was our family’s favorite, which is just the one on the back of Tollhouse chocolate chips. I made the [...]

For my son’s fourth birthday, he told me he wanted a pirate ship cake. I found a neat one from www.familyfun.com, so here are my photos and modifications. Check out their site for the original recipe!

First, I cooked a yellow cake; typical of my luck, I started mixing everything before I remembered that I had [...]

The following recipe has been adapted from Healthy Foods for Hungry Kids, published by Better Homes and Gardens, 1987. These pretzels are a staple in our household; every few weeks I make a batch and my son has them for a snack along with some apple juice in the afternoon. They are perfect for a [...]

The following is adapted from a muffin recipe found on the back of Hodgson Mill brand oat bran cereal. The original had too much sugar and oil for my taste and looked like it would be lacking somewhat in flavor, and my changes resulted in the recipe below. These are really good and, as the [...]