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Bread

Who doesn't love fresh bread, mmmm.
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Pies & Pastries

From golden, flaky pies and rustic pasties to classic sausage rolls, t...
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Cookies & Biscuits

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Cakes

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Latest Recipes

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Easy Wholemeal Bread

3h 25m Serves 1 loaf
A simple homemade wholemeal loaf with a hearty wheat flavour, a soft crumb and a lovely crust. Made with a mix of wholemeal and strong white bread flo...
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Steak & Stilton Bakes

1h 45m Serves 4
Rich, slow-cooked beef and onion gravy with plenty of punchy blue cheese, all wrapped in crisp, flaky puff pastry. These are proper hearty individual ...
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Super-Soft Wholemeal Sandwich Buns

3h 3m Serves 8 large sandwich buns
Soft, fluffy wholemeal buns made with tangzhong. Ideal for packed lunches, ham and cheese sandwiches, or bacon and sausage rolls.
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Basic White Bloomer

3h 10m Serves 1 loaf
This Basic White Bloomer is a great place to start if you're new to baking bread. There's nothing fancy going on here – just flour, water, yeast, sa...
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Katsu Chicken Curry Bake

1h 20m Serves 4
I'm not sure I understand the Katsu curry thing. Katsu is a breaded fried meat cutlet, no curry sauce involved there, put some curry sauce on and it g...
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Pork & Fennel Sausage Rolls

1h 25m Serves 8 - 12
If you're looking for a sausage roll that's a little different from the usual, these pork and fennel sausage rolls are well worth trying. Toasted fen...
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Easy Key Lime Pie

6h 43m Serves 8-12
Creamy, smooth and packed with fresh lime flavour, this Key Lime Pie is the perfect make-ahead dessert. A crisp buttery digestive biscuit base is fill...
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Classic Baked Cheesecake

25h 35m Serves 12-14
There's something special about a proper baked cheesecake. Rich, creamy and packed with real vanilla flavour, this classic vanilla cheesecake has a sm...
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