Lemon Oat Cream Bars

Ingredients

1⅓ Cups plain flour (I haven't tried these gluten free yet)
1tsp baking powder
½cup butter
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup oats
1 can condensed milk (light is fine)
½ cup lemon juice
Zest of 1 lemon

8 x 11 pan
Preheat oven to 180c

Mix butter and sugar, then add the flour, baking powder and oats.

Press half the mix into your greased pan.

In a separate bowl mix the condensed milk with the lemon juice and zest.

Spread this evenly over the oat layer

Top with remaining oat mix

Bake for 20-25mins until the top is golden brown

Let cool

Refrigerate for 30mins until set, then cut into bars and store in the fridge.

Yummy!

Gingerbread Men

I found a recipe for gingerbread men a few months ago, many batches later with lots of experimenting this is what I was left with. Gluten free, dairy free gingerbread men!

Ingredients

70g Vitalite
70g coconut oil
(Or 140g butter)
100g dark muscovado sugar
3tbsp Golden syrup (or molassas syrup or rice syrup)
350g rice flour
1tsp Bicarbe of soda
2 tsp ginger
1 tsp cinnamon
2 balls of stem ginger chopped

Preheat oven to 180c

Melt the butter, sugar and syrup in a non stick saucepan

Mix the flour, soda, spices and ginger.

Add the wet mix to the dry mix and mix well.

If the mix is too sticky then add more flour a little at a time until it is a good texture to roll out and cut. (I have used coconut flour before for this bit)

Roll out to 5mm, cut into desired shapes (hearts go down just as well as ginger men, even made ginger tea bags once!)

Bake for 12mins until golden.

Decorate as desired, or just eat!

Sultana Scones

225g self raising flour (these do not work with gluten free flour)
55g butter
150ml milk
Handful of sultanas

Preheat oven to 220c

Rub the butter into the flour until it resemble breadcrumbs
Stir through the sultanas
Add milk a little at a time until the mixture is a handleable dough.

Pull into 2 balls, splodge them on a lined baking tray.

Push down a little then score a cross with a knife in both, not all the way threw.

Bake in the oven for 15mins.

Eat while still warm - careful not to burn your mouth!

These are lovely just as they are, or if you are feeling naughty are great with jam and cream too!