The title of my blog seems rather grand but it seems to be the best place to start. Like many people I try to balance work with family life and in particular I like to make sure that my family has good home cooked food as often as possible. I'm a family cook; I will happily admit to not making meals from scratch every night and will delve into the freezer when time is short.
My aim with this blog is to show what I manage to do and to show that it can be possible to put home cooked food on the table without making it complicated and without needing lots of ingredients. We moved into our rented farmhouse nearly 2 years ago, and along with a wonderful garden we gained a 2 door aga which I have been learning to cook on since then. I am lucky that I can work part-time and Monday is my day off. Most weeks after a trip to the supermarket to stock up on supplies, I can often be found in the kitchen with my son cooking and baking. This week we got stuck into making flapjacks, very sticky but very yummy.
Flapjacks (makes 16 squares)
225g unsalted butter
225g demerara sugar
75g golden syrup
275g oats
50g mixed cranberries and sultanas
25g mixed seed (I used sunflower, pumpkin and linseed)
Instructions
1. Grease and line a 23cm square tin. Preheat oven to 160°C
2. Melt butter, sugar and syrup in a saucepan. Once melted together, add all of the dry ingredients. Mix thoroughly so that everything is well coated.
3. Pour mix into tin and squash it down with the back of a spoon to make it level
4. Bake in the oven for 25 minutes or until golden brown. Check it as it can burn very quickly
5. Once cooked, take out of oven, allow to cool for 5 minutes and then whilst it flapjacks are still in the tin cut into equal pieces.
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