Spelt and Goji Berry Loaf

 HELLO!
 Sunday's always a relaxing day. Calm and relaxed. Why not have a go baking this loaf? Its so easy , possibly the easiest loaf you will ever make! Its vegan , and a great source or fibre. Great served with homemade jam, marmalade or just butter. Hope you like it!


Spelt and Goji Berry Loaf
 Makes 10 slices

480g wholegrain spelt flour
1tsp baking powder
1tsp bicarbonate of soda
1tsp sea salt

80g pumpkin seeds
40g dried apricots, finely chopped, or raisins
40g Goji berries
1tbsp honey
520ml tepid water





Preheat the oven to 200C/180C fan/Gas mark 6. Lightly grease 1kg loaf tin and line it with baking parchment.

Combine all the dry ingredients, including the seeds and fruit, in a bowl,then the honey and water mix again until just combined.

Pour the mixture into the prepared loaf tin and bake in the oven for 50 minutes, then carefully remove the loaf from its tin and continue to bake the loaf upside down directly on the oven rack for a further 10 minutes.
Remove the loaf from the oven and leave it to cool completely before cutting. Once cool,cut into slices and spread with your favourite topping. This will keep in an airtight container for up to 3 days or in the freezer for up to 2 months. 





Hope you like this loaf. Its fun, easy and takes about an hour to cook.


Taken from Fearne Cotten book here
 Fearnes website : http://www.officialfearnecotton.com/

 Thank you for reading my blog today. I'm off to cut the grass and try and beat the rain. Its going to be a busy week , you will finally get a tour of my house, my favourite things of June and much more.

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Thanks for Blog Love, and have a good Sunday!

CL x

SPICED OATMEAL BISCUTS Blog

HELLO,
Welcome to m Blog. Today my freind Jade will be helping me bake something sweet and healthy.
Heres the recipe for :
                                                     SPICED OATMEAL BISCUITS

60g coconut palm sugar
60g coconut oil 
50g rolled porridge oats or coarse oatmeal 
2 tsp mixed spice
60g white of brown spelt flour, sifted 
half a tsp baking pwder 
Pinch of sea salt
half a tsp vanilla extract

Preheat the oven to 180C/160C fan/350F/Gas mark 4 and line 2 baking trays with baking parchment.

Place the coconut sugar and oil into a bowl and beat with a wooden spoon ntill very well incorporated and creamy.

If using porridge oats, place them in a bowl or an food processor and blitz for a few scounds untill the yhave coarce oatmeal texture. Add the ground oats or oatmeal to a bowl and combine with mixed spice, flour, baking powder and salt.

Add the four mixture to the sugar and coconut oil mixture and combine. Once everything is incorporated , drizzle over the vanilla extract and use your hands to form an ball. It may seem dry at first, but leep compressing the dough with your hands until it all comes together, add 1 or 2 drops of water and continue kneading.

TIP Dont be tempted to add water too early. 

Take a heaped teaspoon of dough and roll into a ball. Place in baking tray and flatten out gently into neat round biscuit shape.

TIP Leave a 2-3 cm gap between each biscuit.

Place both trays into the oven for 8-9 minutes untill there a shade darker and rough textured on top.

TIP Keep an eye on them as they burn easy. 
 
Leave to cool down for 10 minutes and transfer to a wire rack, but they will become crunchy as they cool.

TIP They will be soft at first - dont panic.


Thanks For reading my Blog today. Hope you will try this recipe.
Talk to you soon.

Taken from Fearn Cotten's new book you can buy from here :
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cook-Happy-Healthy-Fearne-Cotton/dp/140916375X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1466684240&sr=1-1

Where I am in 2016 ..... 1st ever Blog.

Hello,

 Im Chicken Little not my real name , my real name is Ryan. I wanted to make something that would be fun and intresting.

So For my First Blog I Thought i would do something so you would know about me a little bit more.

Im from Dumfries in sunny Scotland (as you well know its never sunny here but it is today!)
I live with Someone who is dear to me and who i have been with for 4 years now. We share a house together with one of his best freinds. I'm pretty sure you will get some snazzy pictures of all of us in due corce (lucky you). 

I live in a 4 Bed house with a HUGE Garden. So im pretty sure in my Daily Blog i will rave and talk about some amazing plants and things we have done to our garden. Im also sure that you will hear all about the renovation we done to our house aswell and all the updates going on.. Theres ALWAYS something. 

I love going places, Already this year i have been to Spain 3 times , Seen Foxes & Hurts Live aswell as going to Blackpool for a dirty weekend ;) haha

I love Theame Parks! and i want to go to them all! Not going to happend Sadly as my Partner in crime is kinda funny about that subject .... 
 But i might be lucky to go to Drayton Maner OR Alton Towers at some point. 
 
After a few months of talking to you i might have the confindence to do some sort of vlog. But right now... this will have to do!

As of 20/06/2016  I am going to do a Daily Blog. Today Probably wasn't that intresting but I hope you will stick with me and I hope I can make you Smile :) 

CL x