Daddys vegetable patties

• A cube of frozen spinach
• 1 small turnip
• 2 small potatoes skin on
• 1 grated carrot
• half grated fennel
• some olive oil
• 2 tblsp plain flour (or more until right consistency)
  

Boil everything together in as little water as possible, until the vegetables are soft.
Drain and mash the vegetables.
Add a bit of olive oil, and enough flour to make sticky dough. Mix with a fork.
Leave to stand and cool.
Make into burger size patties
Place on greased baking tray
Cook in a preheated oven at 200C for 10-15 minutes

Recipe was called Daddys when I found it online so I thought it was amusing to leave the name as my hubby hates anything vegetably. First time I made them with parsnip instead of turnip and no fennel and should have added more flour as it was a bit soggy but delicious nevertheless...

Chocy chip biccies

• 1 cup (225g, 8oz) sugar
• 2 cups (300g, 10oz) plain flour (sifted)
• 1 cup of butter (200g, 7oz) melted
• 1tsp vanilla extract
• 1tsp of baking powder
• A pinch of salt
• 1 egg
• Smashed Chocolate bar or chocolate chips
  

Method

1. Add the sugar and melted butter in a bowl and mix together - a wooden spoon is fine, no need for a whisk.
2. Sift the flour, baking powder, vanilla and salt together and add to the sugar and butter mixture. Add the chocolate chips at this stage if you're making chocolate chip cookies.
3. Mix together using your hand. Once you get a dough texture, add the egg and knead using your hand again.
4. Spread some butter onto a baking tray. Take some of the dough, roll into ball then flatten a little. Nate likes to help with this bit -he takes a handfull, rolls it into a ballish then pops it in his mouth... Keep them on the small side as they spread out during baking. Also, don't keep biscuits close to each other otherwise they will get stuck together.
5. Place in the oven and bake on a low heat 180ish. They're ready when the edges are a bit golden 10 minutes ish.

Ali's Peanut butter cookies

Four large (tablespoons) sugar. Brown gives a richer flavour.
Four large (tablespoons) fat. Butter, again, will give a richer flavour. Add to sugar and cream them together.
Add small(dessert spoon) peanut butter
Add seven large (tablespoons) self raising flour. Mix to dough. If too sticky add flour if too dry add water (or orange juice) if feeling luxurious add chop chips at this stage
Place walnut sized balls on greasproof paper or silicone sheets and flatten into rounds
Dip hands in flour to stop it sticking too much
Bake for 10-14 minutes at 180

if stuck together seperate with a knife then leave on tray for 5 mins then transfer to rack to cool

EAT!

To see Nate and I making these go here

2010-09-28 - making peanut butter cookies

2010-09-28 - making peanut butter cookies