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Perfect Christmas snacks

Taking a break from wrapping gifts and enjoy these scrumptious festive treats

 

Goat’s Cheese, Honey & Walnut Toastie

Goat’s Cheese, Honey & Walnut Toastie

This may be just a toastie but it tastes SO good – warm creamy goat’s cheese, sweet honey and crunchy walnuts. What’s not to like?

It’s just one of many delicious triple-tested recipes in the 2019 Dairy Diary.

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Christmas Flapjacks

Christmas Flapjack

With pecan nuts, ginger and cherries, these flapjacks are really special. Pop in a tin, wrap in ribbon and give as a gift.

This recipe is taken from Dairy Diary Favouritescookbook.

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5 Ideas for Festive Fun

Christmas markets

Forget shopping for a while – try some of this festive fun instead!

We’re all so busy trying to find the perfect gifts for Christmas it’s hard to stand back, take a breather, and think about what really matters.

For me, that’s spending quality time with loved ones, enjoying the festive period. And there are SO many lovely things that you can do together at this time of year.

Here are a few suggestions that I think make the Christmas period really special.

  1. Light Fantastic: visit somewhere nearby with fabulous Christmas Lights (we go to Dunham Massey, our local National Trust, which is incredible). Or, if you have young children, bundle them into the car in their pjs with popcorn and drive around your neighbourhood enjoying the lights people decorate their houses with – they do seem to become more flamboyant every year.
  2. Most towns hold their own Christmas craft market. Sip mulled wine or hot chocolate and wander the stalls, marvelling at local talent.
  3. Attend a carol concert – it may be at a stately home or your local church – both equally lovely.
  4. Light candles at the dinner table every evening until Christmas. Magic.
  5. Take a morning wintry walk in your favourite woodland. Wrap up warm and enjoy the frosty foliage. Take a flask and a slice of Christmas Flapjack (recipe below).

 

Christmas flapjacks

 

Christmas Flapjack

 RECIPE

This recipe is taken from Dairy Diary Favouritescookbook.

 

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National Cookie Day | Top 3 Cookie Recipes

Top 3 Cookie Recipes

To celebrate National Cookie Day (and why not?) I have chosen three recipes perfect for the festive period.

The iced biscuits are ideal for a cosy afternoon baking with children.

Happy cooking everyone!

 

Dainty Iced Gingerbread

This fabulous recipe is taken from the Dairy Diary Favourites cookbook.

It features 100 of the top Dairy Diary recipes from the past 35 years.

 

Cranberry & White Chocolate Cookies

This is taken from Take a Box of Eggs cookbook, which celebrates to true versatility of the humble egg.

Discover the delight of cooking with eggs.

 

Rocky Road Cookies

A twist on a classic – these are taken from one of my all-time favourite cookbooks; Fantastic Food for Less.

There are SO many scrumptious recipes in it!

 

Cookbooks make fabulous Christmas gifts

There are loads of fabulous books on our website – take a look.

And as delivery is free over £20 you can stock up for Christmas – there’s something for everyone.

 

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Cheese & Pecan Palmiers

Cheese and Pecan Palmiers

 

Try these irresistible Cheese & Pecan Palmiers

 

Your family and friends will love these little savouries taken from the Dairy Diary 2019.

Simple and easy-to-prepare, they can be ready in just 30 minutes.

 

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3 Delicious Bonfire Recipes

It’s Bonfire Night again

A time when we meet to watch bonfires burn and fireworks light up the sky, while we are warmly wrapped in snuggly hats and gloves.

But the celebratory atmosphere is a far cry from the origins of 5 November.

Guy (Guido) Fawkes, from York, and fellow conspirators, rented out a house close to the Houses of Parliament and smuggled 36 barrels of gunpowder into a cellar of the House of Lords. That was enough to completely destroy the building!

The plot began to unravel when an anonymous letter was sent to William Parker, the 4th Baron Monteagle, warning him to avoid the House of Lords. The letter was made public and this led to a search of Westminster Palace in the early hours of 5 November.

Fawkes was the explosive expert, and it was he who had been left in the cellars to set off the fuse. He was caught when a group of guards discovered him at the last moment.

Parliament declared 5 November a national day of thanksgiving, and the first celebration of it took place in 1606.

Make your Bonfire Night a success with our 3 favourite recipes

Stay warm and stay safe!

Smoky Carrot Soup

Smoky Carrot Soup with Quinoa & Feta

Cheddar Muffins

Cheddar Muffins

Noisetté Coffee

Noisette Coffee

A delicious festive drink that is quick and easy to make. This Café Noisette recipe is a must-try for coffee lovers. A Dairy Diary recipe. For more delicious recipes visit the Dairy Diary Recipe Collection.

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All recipes taken from the Dairy Diary.

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50 years of  the Dairy Book of Home Cookery!

Dairy Book of Home Cookery fans

We’re celebrating 50 years of making memories

 

Dairy Book of Home CookeryOur best-selling cookbook – the Dairy Book of Home Cookery – is one of the most-loved cookbooks of all time. Many people have grown up with it, raising their families cooking from it, and passing it on to children and grandchildren.

Great British Bake Off winner John Whaite and Celebrity Masterchef winner Lisa Faulkner are both big fans of The Dairy Book of Home Cookery.

Since it’s publication, we have been sent a huge number of stories associated with this cherished book.

 

Here are just a few:

‘I still use my Nana’s cookbook (which is considerably older than me!) for all my staple recipes – not only did she teach me to cook, she was my best friend, and this treasured book was left to me when she passed away.’

‘I first started making the Family Fruit Cake with my grandmother as a child. It’s an easy recipe and uses my favourite ingredient – lemon curd – which she made from scratch.’

‘It has the best tasting Victoria Sponge ever!’

‘I remember making Coconut Ice for my Dad, with my Mum, in the 1970s. I still make it for him. Happy Days.’

‘I learned how to make perfect meringues using my first dairy cookbook nearly 40 years ago.’

‘My copy of the book dates to 1983 when our first child was born and it remains one of my go to recipe books.I still use lots of the recipes. The cherry and coconut cake recipe is simple to follow, but always makes a wonderfully moreish moist cake, a favourite with the family and friends, it is also a great reliable cake to bake for charity sales.’

The Dairy Book of Home CookeryHave you seen the Dairy Book of Home Cookery 50th anniversary edition? We think many readers will want to replace their old copies with this lovely new edition.

It has 50 new recipes too! Click here to find out more

 

 

And for me – I have many fond memories, but my favourite is a little more recent.

Eight years ago I created a Cheese Soufflé for a vllog whilst heavily pregnant with twins – I could barely reach the mixing bowl!

Click here for the recipe – it is completely delicious!

 

Cheese Soufflé

 

Cheese Souffle from the Dairy Book of Home Cookery

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