School holiday baking
School holiday in the area? Whether it’s summer, Easter or a half term, there are worse ways to spend a school-free day than in the kitchen, teaching your child new skills (we hope), with a tasty treat to eat at the end of the day. All of these recipes and ideas have been chosen because they’re quick, easy or have an element of fun in the shape or decoration.
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Cookies
Banoffee pan-bang cookies
Banoffee pie fans, meet your new favourite cookie. These pan-bang cookies are laced with milk chocolate, banana chips and gooey toffees.
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Peanut butter
Peanut butter and jam thumbprint cookies
If you need a sweet snack fast, these moreish peanut butter and jam cookies offer a creamy texture with added crunch from the chunks of nut. A dollop of glistening jam is the perfect finish and cuts through the rich cookie base.
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Patisserie
Vanilla slice
The hero of many a high street bakery, the vanilla slice is a glorious thing. Like a cross between a custard tart and a mille feuille, it takes you through a whole range of textures and embraces the retro aesthetic better than any other bake.
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Afternoon tea
Ginger toffee dodgers
Classic dodger biscuits get a welcome update with the warming flavours of ginger and caramel in this easy toffee dodgers recipe.
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Afternoon tea
Peanut butter muffins
In just over half an hour you can have a tray of still-warm, fluffy and delicious peanut butter muffins packed with goodness. Great for feeding a crowd or filling lunchboxes.
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Scones
Fruit scones
If you’re in need of a classic fruit scone recipe, look no further than this foolproof option made with buttermilk. These fluffy scones can be ready in 30 minutes, and you can use sultanas or raisins - whichever you have to hand.
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Brownies
Tunnock’s caramel wafer blondies
If you're partial to a Tunnocks wafer, you'll love these moreish caramel blondies. The classic snack is baked right into the squidgy squares.
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Easy baking recipes to make with kids
Chocolate Mini Egg cookies
These seriously chocolately Mini Egg cookies are loaded with strawberry pieces and marshmallows. An easy bake to make with kids.
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Brownies
Tea and biscuit brownies
Is there a more comforting combination than tea and biscuits? Martha Collison's tea and biscuit brownies are the ultimate afternoon treat...
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Biscuits
Easy jammy biscuits
Ever so easy and great fun to make with kids, these easy jammy biscuits make a quick-fix treat and require only six ingredients.
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Biscuits
Chocolate hobnob-style biscuits (vegan)
We've created our very own vegan chocolate hobnobs biscuit recipe, with a thick chocolate topping and a wholemeal, oaty base.
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Biscuits
Vanilla and chocolate shortbread pinwheels
These gorgeous vanilla and chocolate shortbread pinwheels have that extra bit of wow-factor and aren't as tricky to make as you think.
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Christmas baking
Vanilla fudge
Give our easy vanilla fudge recipe a go! It takes less than an hour to make 20 squares – perfect for a homemade Christmas gift.
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Celebration cakes
Sugarplum fairy cakes
Fluffy fairy cakes are dotted with nuggets of marzipan and topped with buttercream and caramel shards. A cake truly fit for a fairy queen.
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Scones
Easy scones
Make our easy recipe for classic freshly-baked scones next time you want to treat yourself or someone special to afternoon tea.
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Teatime traybakes
Quick rocky road
This rocky road recipe is easy: stir marshmallows, nuts, raisins and biscuits into melted chocolate. The hard bit is waiting for it to set...
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