Honey Butter Baked Apples

When the Mayflower apples are ripe, this is the first thing I make. I love this recipe, they’re the best baked apples you’ll ever eat. And they’re great the next day – stirred through porridge, made into a crumble or eaten cold even (that’s me for ya). My fav is to use an old fashioned […]

Kumara and Ginger Loaf

June is the perfect month for this kind of baking. Dense, moist and gingery – its just the thing to make a grey day bright. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. Steam or roast, 2 large orange kumara or the equivalent of pumpkin, to create a thick, dry-ish puree. 11/2cups of kumara/ pumpkin puree75g melted […]

Pumpkin, Almond + Date Cookies with Chocolate Drizzle

Pumpkin puree is super handy to have in the freezer and a quick, easy way to use up the old slice of squash in the crisper, or any stored pumpkin that are developing soft spots. Use them before they go off! Cut them in half, throw them in the oven and roast them until soft. […]

Delicious Dried Apples

Dried apples are one of the most useful (and easy) of winter preserves. Its the way to go for apples that are damaged in anyway and wont store well – bird pecks/ bruises/ black spot/ no stalks. Use them up while they’re still good. Our home dried apples are a family favourite. The ones you […]