Baking with Granny

A family baking blog. Classic Scottish and UK recipes for the whole family.

Perkins

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Perkins Biscuits Recipe - Baking with Granny. Traditional Scottish biscuits. Sweet, crunchy, oaty and loving topped with an almond.

One of my most favourite things to have happened since starting Baking with Granny is people sharing what they used to bake with their own Granny. It was never the initial expectation behind sharing Granny’s recipes here but it came naturally with the concept. Some of the recipes people mention are already here (Shortbread and Fly Cemetery), some are in the works and others I’m not always familiar with. Perkins biscuits was one that was requested on Facebook – one I hadn’t heard of before but of course, Granny had a recipe stashed away.Read More

Chocolate Peppermint Creams

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Chocolate Peppermint Creams - The perfect after dinner treat. Peppermint creams dipped in dark chocolate.

I don’t know about you but alongside spending time with family, my favourite part of Christmas is the food! From something sweet for breakfast (lets be honest, it’s usually a selection box!) to turkey with all the trimming for dinner, as well as all the Roses, Celebrations & Heroes in between. But by the end of the day when bellies are full, there’s always room for one more thing; after dinner mints! And these Chocolate Peppermint Creams are the perfect home made festive treat that anyone can make.Read More

Nadiya’s Bake Me a Festive Story – GIVEAWAY

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Nadiya's Bake Me a Festive Story review and giveaway.

When it comes to Great British Bake-Off winners, I’ve always had one favourite over all others. Perhaps because like me, she’s a Mum and her baking always has a real family feel to it. Or maybe it’s because she’s just really lovely! Whatever the reason, Nadiya is undoubtedly my favourite Bake-Off winner. And just in time for Christmas, she’s got another beautiful book, Nadiya’s Bake Me a Festive Story.Read More

We’ve Opened a Shop!

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Baking gift jars by Baking with Granny. Chocolate fudge brownies, rainbow cookies and oat & raisin cookies.

It’s December which means we can finally get excited about Christmas. And something particularly exciting is happening here at Baking with Granny… We’ve only gone and opened a shop! That’s right, Baking with Granny is here for Christmas 2017 and selling some lovely little limited addition gifts for the baking-enthusiasts in your life.Read More

Banana Nutella Loaf

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Banana Nutella Loaf - The classic banana bread with a chocolate spread twist.

Confession time… I’m not a big fan of Nutella. I know, shock-horror – a major chocoholic like myself, it doesn’t make sense. Don’t get me wrong, I will eat it when it’s part of recipe but I’m not a eating-it-from-the-jar kind of girl. That being said, I can appreciate the combo of Nutella and bananas, especially since my youngest, David, has recently taken a loving to “Butella”. Granny had mentioned this combo of Nutella in Banana Loaf and it seemed like the perfect treat for David.Read More

Cheese Bread Sticks

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Cheese Bread Sticks recipe from Baking with Granny. The perfect snack for kids and adults alike.

It used to be a running joke it my family that I could eat my parents out of house & home, something I am now experiencing with my own two kids. At only 3ft tall, the amount of food they can pack away is terrifying. How am I going to afford to keep them as teenagers?! As such we always need a good supply of snacks – preferably things that won’t send our dentist into cardiac arrest. Cheesy Bread Sticks have always been a winner with my two and with the schools in Edinburgh being off this week for half term, we decided to get baking and make some of our own.Read More

Angel Cake

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Angel Cake. The classic layer sponge loaf. Pink, yellow and plain, sandwiched together with buttercream.

Growing up with Granny baking at home, people are always shocked to find out that as kids, myself and my sisters weren’t big cake fans. We’d always have beautiful birthday cakes created by Granny but we would never have much interest in actually eating them. However there’s one person who has always been loyal to eating Granny’s cakes – that is Papa. Perhaps that is why the tale of his 40th Birthday Angel Cake is all the more facetious.

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