3 Ingredient Doughnuts

 

These are no your boring own doughnuts! They are super soft on the inside and crispy and flaky on the outside. With the soft centre, they are the perfect doughnuts to fill with jam or caramel or just coat in delicious cinnamon sugar glaze.

Ingredients:

• 500g self-raising flour (or 500g plain flour & 3 tsp baking powder)
• 175g softened butter/margerine
• 350ml/g drinking yogurt (I prefer vanilla)

Directions:

• Place flour into bowl and add blobs of the butter all over.
• Rub the butter into the flour until crumbly.
• Add in the yogurt and mix until a dough forms.
• Knead dough for 2 minutes and then place onto a floured surface.
• Roll out the dough and cut out your doughnuts. (I wouldn't make huge doughnuts with this recipe as the insides might not cook properly)
• Heat a pot of oil to a medium heat and drop in 6-8 doughnuts at a time.
• Turn doughnuts until golden brown on either side (about 8-10 minutes) and then place on kitchen towel to drain and cool.
• To make doughnut glaze wait for doughnuts to cool and then mix icing sugar and cinnamon with enough water to just drip off a spoon. Dip the doughnuts into the icing and let them drip off on a cooling rack.

These sweet treats will have your mouth watering and your hand reaching out for more!

Keep it cooking,
Kelly

2 Ingredient Crispy Pizza Base

This is the best tasting pizza base I have ever made. It is thin and crispy and best of all...super easy to make! With only 2 ingredients it is a quick and easy meal to whip up, you will never need to buy a soggy pizza base again! This recipe makes 2 large or 4 small pizza bases so just adjust it to your family's needs.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup self-raising flour plus more for rolling
• 1 cup Greek or double cream yogurt

Directions:

• Mix both ingredients in a large bowl and add a generous pinch of salt. The dough needs to come together in a ball so add more flour if needed.
• Knead for 2 minutes then divide the dough up into 2 larger or 4 smaller pieces of dough and place on wax paper while you roll the bases out.
• Dust your surface generously with flour because this dough sticks quite easily. Roll out the dough into a thin base. Transfer it onto a baking tray or pizza stone by rolling it over your rolling pin.
• Pre-bake the base for 8-10 minutes in a 200° oven before adding your sauce and toppings and baking for another ±20 minutes.

If you are anything like me there is nothing better than a home made pizza on a thin and crispy base! Num! You could even spread it with garlic butter and dip it in some balsamic vinegar.

Keep it cooking,
Kelly

Quick Mix Chocolate Cake

 

This moist, rich cake is mixed in 1 bowl and takes 5 minutes to put together. A great recipe to have around when you're in a rush! It's especially great with chocolate ganache icing.

Ingredients:

• 225g cake flour
• 350g white sugar
• 85g cocoa powder
• 1 ½ tsp baking powder
• 1 ½ tsp bicarb
• 2 eggs
• 250ml milk
• 125ml oil
• 2 tsp vanilla essence
• 250ml boiling water

 
Directions

• Preheat oven to 180° C
• Mix together everything except the boiling water in a stand mixer.
• Once smooth, slowly add the boiling water in until a runny, smooth batter forms.
• Pour the batter into a greased and lined cake tin and bake for 18-20 minutes or until a tester comes out clean.

This recipe can be used for shape cakes and keeps for 2-3 days. It really is an easy and consistent recipe to add to your recipe book!

Keep it cooking,
Kelly

Peanut Butter Fudge

This simple recipe uses ingredients you have around the house and is sweet and creamy. The peanut butter makes this fudge extra special!

Ingredients

• 2 ½ cups white sugar
• ½ cup milk
• ¾ cup peanut butter
• 1 tsp vanilla essence

Directions

• Heat the milk and sugar to boiling point and then boil for 3 minutes
• Take off the heat and stir in the peanut butter and vanilla essence and quickly pour and spread into a dish.
• Put it in the fridge to cool before cutting up.

That's it! Enjoy your week!

Keep it cooking,
Kelly

2 minute banana pancakes

This is one of the quickest and easiest recipes I have come across, and so scrumptious! The pancakes have that slight caramelised banana taste to them and they are delicious drenched with syrup. You can add coconut to the recipe for a tropical taste or add cinnamon and nutmeg for a warm, spicy taste or just have them plain.

Ingredients:

• 1 egg
• 1 banana
• 1 Tbl coconut or 1 tsp cinnamon and nutmeg (optional)

Directions:

• Put the egg and banana in bowl and blend until smooth (I used my stick blender)
• Heat a pan and add a teaspoon of oil. Pour the mixture into little rounds all over the pan, wait till the top starts to bubble and then flip and cook the other side. They can a bit tricky to flip so use a nice flat spatula. Don't worry if they are quite a dark brown, that is just the banana carmelising!
• Serve with syrup and cream!

The wonderful thing about this recipe is that you can eat a whole plate of pancakes without feeling guilty! I did!

Keep it cooking,
Kelly