5 Easy Baking Preparation Ideas

Time to enjoy a coffee and cake …

When it comes to baking I like to waste as little time as possible with things like cutting baking paper to fit tins and looking for the beater part of my hand beater!

Here are 5 great baking prep ideas that help me make the best use of my time:

1. Avoid having to circle your tins on baking paper and having to cut out each time you wish to bake a cake – cut a template out of cardboard for all your tin sizes and keep this handy to use.
2. Use the template to cut out a few circle liners for all your tin sizes – keep them in your drawer to whip out and use at any time.
3. Keep your beater inserted into your beater ready to beat on demand!
4. Freeze the liners from butter tubs – there is always a thin coating of butter on these liners when you remove them from the tub, rather than discard, throw them into a container in your fridge and use to grease cake tins.
5. Keep a cup measure in each of your baking ingredient jars – ready to measure out your ingredients.

I hope that you find these ideas useful …

Best ANZAC cookie recipe …

 

Today, Australia and New Zealand stood together as a nation to remember the selfless bravery of men and women in the armed forces … particularly those, who gave up their lives so that we may enjoy the blessed freedom we have in our countries today.

The ANZAC cookie was created by moms, wives and girlfriends of our soldiers. A sweet, chewy biscuit made of rolled oats and bound with syrup (eggs were scarce during the war) and sent to the frontline by ships of the Merchant Navy.

Here is the recipe for these quick and easy cookies:

• 1 cup each of plain flour, sugar, rolled oats and coconut
• 115g butter (4oz)
• 1 tablespoon syrup
• 2 tablespoons boiling water
• 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda

Method

1. Preheat oven to 180°C
2. Line baking tray with baking paper
3. Mix dry ingredients except bicarb together
4. Melt together butter and syrup
5. Combine water and bicarb to dissolve, then add to butter mixture
6. Mix butter mixture and dry ingredients well (Tip: add a tablespoon of water if mixture too dry)
7. Drop tablespoons of mixture onto baking tray – flatten slightly
8. Bake for 10-15 minutes
9. Allow to cool on baking tray before transferring to cooling rack.

Enjoy with a cup of tea or pack in lunch boxes.

Lest we forget …