Hot Elisa, Hot Martha & a Hot Oven

We are illustration students who like food also.

Our personal blogs are:
Elisa - http://elisacunningham.tumblr.com/
Martha - http://martha-anne.tumblr.com/

I bought some strawberries and then we baked a really good cake. 

Hot cookies

150g plain flour

150g wholemeal flour

3tsp baking powder

250g choc (white and milk)

2tbsp golden syrup

150g granulated sugar

2 tsp vanilla essence

2 eggs

Cream together butter, sugar, vanilla and golden syrup.

Beat in egg.

Gradually add flour.

Mix in chopped up choc.

Put teaspoons of the mixture on greased baking trays, allowing room for them to spread out.

Bake at 190 degrees for about 10 minutes. If they look undercooked, take them out anyway. Best to undercook, not overcook. They will firm up, but still be gooey. Innit.

Pretty hot cookies. 

This holidays Elisa went to visit our good friend Kate in Kent. They did many fun things together. One of which was watching the BBC’s rather fine ‘Great Expectations’ series and another was making Great Expectations themed gingerbread men. Her is Pip and Miss Havisham. Elisa suggested putting Miss Havisham back in the oven. Kate said no. 

This holidays Elisa went to visit our good friend Kate in Kent. They did many fun things together. One of which was watching the BBC’s rather fine ‘Great Expectations’ series and another was making Great Expectations themed gingerbread men. Her is Pip and Miss Havisham. Elisa suggested putting Miss Havisham back in the oven. Kate said no. 

As promised, recipes for banana bread and chocolate brownies. Brownies first!

CHOCOLATE BROWNIES - SURPRISINGLY HEALTHY

2 cups of apple sauce (To make this, just put some chopped, peeled apples in a saucepan with a little water, heat and cover. After about 20-30 minutes, they should be completely mushy)(Yeah we have no idea about amount of apples to final volume of applesauce either. Guess)
1/2 cup of caster sugar
2 tsp of vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
2/3 cup of cocoa powder
5 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1 cup broken up chocolate or chocolate chips. Whatever you have lying around. We used half dark and half milk.

Mix vanilla, flour and apple sauce together. Then, add everything else. It’s not really too complex to be honest.
Cook at 180 degrees for 25 minutes, or longer if necessary.
Mmmmmm chocolate. These are very rich and filling.
Eat with yummy icecream if you have some.

And now…

(CHOCOLATE) BANANA BREAD

2 bananas
150g sugar
100g butter
200g flour
2 tbsp milk
50g raisins

If you want this to be a chocolatey loaf of heaven, add some broken up chocolate chunks/chocolate chips. Let the amount depend on the extent of your sweet tooth. You can also substitute some of the flour for cocoa powder.

Firstly, mash the bananas. The, simply mix in everything else, adding the flour last of all. Pour into a greased or lined loaf tin/tray. Cook at 180 degrees until done - about 45 minutes, though this cooking time may be much less depending on the depth of your tray.
OH YUM!

x

SUNDRIED TOMATO SWIRLS OH HI AGAIN GUYS. This time we’re branching out into - oh my gosh could it be true? - savouries! We made these and then ate them. All of them. Between three of us. You should make them for sure. Here goes. For the dough 2 teaspoons dried active yeast 1/2 a teaspoon if sugar 250ml hand hot water (you may need a little more than this) 500g italian 00 flour coarse sea salt 1 tablespoon of olive oil A couple of tablespoons of parmesan This is a lengthy process people. Make sure you have a full day and a good film to watch in the rising time (we chose the King’s Speech). First, add the yeast and sugar to the hand-hot water and leave it for 10-15 minutes for the yeast to activate. The surface of the water should be covered in froth after this time. Then, add the flour, salt and oil. Bring it together with your hands and when it forms a dough, tip it out onto a clean surface and begin to knead it. Work it for about ten minutes. Then, cover it with clingfilm or a damp teatowel and leave to rise in a warm place for an hour and a half. Use this time to collect hot water bottles, cups of tea, and create a film-watching nest. Oh, and to create your filling (more on this later). After this first rising, the dough should be doubled in size. Knock the air out of it and add the parmesan cheese to it. Lightly knead it in. Cover the dough again and leave it to rise for another hour and a half. Get stuck into that film, yo. Now comes the fiddly bit. The rolling out of the dough. If possible, do this onto a layer of clingfilm so it is easier to roll up. Using a combination of your hands and a rolling pin, try and stretch it out so it’s a large rectangle between 0.5 and 1cm thick. Spread it with your filling. You can use any filling you want but ours was something like this. Note the accuracy of our measuring. The Filling: a jar of sundried tomatoes, chopped up a generous handful of grated parmesan A few pinches of coarse sea salt Black pepper Some italian herbs we found in the cupboard A big glug of olive oil to help it all combine together Just stir all this together in a bowl. Simple as. After you’ve spread the dough with your filling, it must be rolled up. This is a bit fiddly. Get a friend to help if you aren’t baking as a hot duo already. When you have a big ol’ dough sausage, chop it into little spirals - about twenty. They’ll look quite small at this stage but don’t fret, there’s more rising yet. Place these on a baking tray. Set your oven to preheat to 200 degrees and leave the swirls to rise for half an hour. Finally, it’s baking time! They’ll need 35-45 minutes. Then, EAT (do it) (go on). Love, hot Elisa and hot Martha. xx

SUNDRIED TOMATO SWIRLS

OH HI AGAIN GUYS. This time we’re branching out into - oh my gosh could it be true? - savouries!

We made these and then ate them. All of them. Between three of us. You should make them for sure.

Here goes.

For the dough

2 teaspoons dried active yeast

1/2 a teaspoon if sugar

250ml hand hot water (you may need a little more than this)

500g italian 00 flour

coarse sea salt

1 tablespoon of olive oil

A couple of tablespoons of parmesan

This is a lengthy process people. Make sure you have a full day and a good film to watch in the rising time (we chose the King’s Speech). First, add the yeast and sugar to the hand-hot water and leave it for 10-15 minutes for the yeast to activate. The surface of the water should be covered in froth after this time. Then, add the flour, salt and oil. Bring it together with your hands and when it forms a dough, tip it out onto a clean surface and begin to knead it. Work it for about ten minutes. Then, cover it with clingfilm or a damp teatowel and leave to rise in a warm place for an hour and a half. Use this time to collect hot water bottles, cups of tea, and create a film-watching nest. Oh, and to create your filling (more on this later).

After this first rising, the dough should be doubled in size. Knock the air out of it and add the parmesan cheese to it. Lightly knead it in. Cover the dough again and leave it to rise for another hour and a half. Get stuck into that film, yo.

Now comes the fiddly bit. The rolling out of the dough. If possible, do this onto a layer of clingfilm so it is easier to roll up. Using a combination of your hands and a rolling pin, try and stretch it out so it’s a large rectangle between 0.5 and 1cm thick. Spread it with your filling. You can use any filling you want but ours was something like this. Note the accuracy of our measuring.

The Filling:

a jar of sundried tomatoes, chopped up

a generous handful of grated parmesan

A few pinches of coarse sea salt

Black pepper

Some italian herbs we found in the cupboard

A big glug of olive oil to help it all combine together

Just stir all this together in a bowl. Simple as.

After you’ve spread the dough with your filling, it must be rolled up. This is a bit fiddly. Get a friend to help if you aren’t baking as a hot duo already. When you have a big ol’ dough sausage, chop it into little spirals - about twenty. They’ll look quite small at this stage but don’t fret, there’s more rising yet. Place these on a baking tray. Set your oven to preheat to 200 degrees and leave the swirls to rise for half an hour.

Finally, it’s baking time! They’ll need 35-45 minutes.
Then, EAT (do it) (go on).

Love, hot Elisa and hot Martha. xx

This is us making chocolate brownies and also banana bread. Recipes and hopefully pictures, if we can find them, to come soon. Peace out xo

This is us making chocolate brownies and also banana bread. Recipes and hopefully pictures, if we can find them, to come soon.

Peace out xo

The Bread Experiment on iPlayer!

Everyone who cares even a little bit about baking and/or heartwarming tales of community bonding should watch this. It’s right good. Parts 2 and 3 also available on iPlayer.

We made toblerone chunklet muffins again! Very slightly edited with the inclusion of oats. This is our friend Izzy (http://izzyadams.tumblr.com/) trying to think of a more appetising name for them. She failed.

We made toblerone chunklet muffins again! Very slightly edited with the inclusion of oats. This is our friend Izzy (http://izzyadams.tumblr.com/) trying to think of a more appetising name for them. She failed.