Special Plants Favourite recipes

(measurements are by volume. 1 cup = 8oz volume (not weight), approximately 1 coffee mug full.
Sorry I am too old for metric measurements.

Derry's Flapjack

8oz butter (weight and volume the same)
2/3 cup brown sugar
3 tbsp golden syrup
5 cups oats
1 cup nuts and seeds

(actually I use 3 cups oats, 2 1/2 cups cheap meusli and 1/2 cup nuts chopped)

Warm 1st 3 ingredients, stir in the rest. Pat into big roasting pan (about 3/4" deep).

Bake in slow oven (330oF), till golden and firm in middle (25-35 minutes?). Cool 10 minutes, cut in pan. Leave in pan till nearly cold

Cornbread

Heat oven hot (400F) and put heavy pan (best is cast iron) with 2 tbsp oil in oven to heat up

11oz (volume) cornmeal or polenta, medium grade

3oz (volume) plain flour and 1tsp bicarbonate of soda sifted together and added to cornmeal

16 oz buttermilk or yogurt

2eggs

1tbsp sugar

1tsp salt

Mix wet ingedients and add to dry when pan is sizzling hot. Barely mix, pour into pan and return to oven for 20-30 minutes till golden tinged with brown. Eat immediately

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