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Posting this again as it is so popular & easy! Preparation: about 20 minutes Cooking: about 1 hour Serves: 4 INGREDIENTS 1 1⁄2 cups self-raising flour 1 tsp ground cinnamon 150g butter, chopped and softened 1/2 cup caster sugar 1/2 cup unrefined 2 eggs, lightly beaten 500g medium Granny Smith apples peeled, cored and cut into thin wedges   METHOD 1. Preheat oven to 170oC. Grease a deep 20cm cake pan and line the base with non-stick baking paper. 2. Sift flour, cinnamon, cloves or nutmeg and salt into the bowl of a food processor. Process until combined. Add butter. Process until combined. Add sugar and eggs. Process until well combined. 3. Spoon half of the mixture into base of prepared pan (use wet fingers to spread mixture over pan base). Arrange apples over mixture. Top with remaining mixture and smooth top. Bake for 55 minutes – 1 hour until a skewer inserted comes out clean. Cool in pan for 10 minutes then transfer to a wire rack to cool. 

My kitchen assistant always want to eat everything!  If he had his way there would be no food left to cook.

Image from wikipedia   "Borrowed" from my friends Blog: A man in his kitchen: Speculaas He gave me some of the spices needed to make these so I am blogging it so I can make them finally!  INGREDIENTS 225g self raising flour 100g light brown sugar caster pinch salt 75g flaked almonds 150g butter or margarine 2 tablespoons milk 15g spice 1 tablespoon rice flour METHOD Sift the flour and mix with sugar and salt. Chop half the almonds very finely. Chop the butter with two knives into the flour mixture and add milk, spices and almond flakes. Shape the dough into a crumbly mixture ball (this is meant to be fast as far as I can gather). Let the dough rest at least one night. Dust a counter/board with rice flour biscuit and press the dough firmly (I'm guessing this means knead).  Cut away excess dough with a sharp knife. (This has me baffled! - I suspect this is a cookie cutter!)  Transfer the biscuits from the board on a lightly ...

Made lemon chicken for dinner. So delicious! Recipe:  INGREDIENTS   3 chicken breasts, cut into bite-size pieces or strips * 1 egg (beaten) 1 tablespoon cornstarch 2 tablespoons soy sauce 1/4 teaspoon white pepper Sauce 1/2 cup sugar 1 tablespoon lemon cordial (optional) 2 teaspoons chicken stock granules 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder / I used dehydrated granules as that's all I had 2 tablespoons cornstarch 1 cup water 1/2 cup lemon juice (I used more) 2 tablespoons tomato sauce / ketchup cornstarch, for dipping vegetable oil (for frying) lemon zest (optional)  METHOD Mix together the egg, 1T cornstarch, white pepper and soy sauce. Place in a large size zip lock with the chicken and allow to marinade 10 minutes or more. I marinated mine all afternoon. (4 hrs or so)  Heat oil in pan -- while it is heating dip each piece in additional cornstarch and place in frypan cooking till done and golden brown. Sauce: Mix first 4 sauce ingredients in a sauce pan. Add water, juice, a...

Our friends at  IdPet  are now stocking  Elle's Kitchen  nose balm for dogs.  Featuring Miguel the pug on the labelling.  Check it out here:  http://idpet.com.au/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=55&products_id=338 Some fantastic Aussie made products too.  So spoil your pooch and get them something Aussie made!

 Store closed for maintenance while I load up all the Xmas stock & jewellery. Will all be available next Sunday 3rd November. Thanks for your patience everybody. There will be more styles available than pictured. (they're just samples)