Baking with Granny

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

March 27, 2020

Easy Bread
Bread is a recipe I’ve wanted to share on Baking with Granny for quite some time, and ...
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March 13, 2020

Pineapple Tarts
There’s many recipes I’ve talked about on Baking with Granny which I never realised ...
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February 21, 2020

Coffee Kisses
Do you know what makes me feel like I’m failing as a mother more than any other ...
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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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Fruit Scones

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The perfect fruit scones. Well risen, rich and full of sultanas. Smother with some butter and top with jam.

I’ve been a not-so-secret mission for a while now. One that has involved some pretty rubbish bakes, and some which are good but not quite good enough. Recipes tweaked and altered to within an inch of their lives… This mission I speak of? The perfect Fruit Scones!Read More

Flapjack

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Flapjack Recipe - Baking with Granny. The perfect chewy flapjack, made with Scottish oats and golden syrup.

Us Scots love some oats. Of course there’s porridge, everyone’s favourite winter warmer to set you up on a dreich day. And oatcakes which our youngest has recently found a fondness for; dry, with no butter, cheese or chutney – we’ll introduce him to that luxury in time. But when it comes to a sweet oat treat, there’s nothing that can top Flapjack.

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Gingerbread

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Gingerbread

I don’t want to mention the ‘C‘ word since we’re still only in September but there’s no denying the nights are drawing in. The temperature & weather in Edinburgh has still been somewhat unpredictable but I know I’m already craving some cosier comforts that come with Autumn. And what’s better than a door-stop sized slice of Gingerbread?
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Real Baking Essentials

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Baking Essentials

I recently shared a photo on Instrgram of a snippet from one of my own Granny’s baking books. It was a step-by-step on how to put together a piping bag from greaseproof paper, something I must have watched Granny do more than a million times as a child! 20 years ago, all these things that are now considered ‘baking essentials’ (like disposable piping bags!) simply didn’t exist. So it got me thinking, what are the real baking essentials?Read More

Mars Bar Slice

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Mars Bar Slice. One of the easiest tray bakes but with delicious results. Mars Bars melted with rice crispies and topped with a generous layer of chocolate.

I’ve two prominent memories from my childhood that involve Mars Bars. Random, I know.But being such a well-known and well-loved chocolate here in the UK, I doubt I’m the only one! And if you have never had a Mars Bar (is that even possible?!) you are missing out – but fear not, this Mars Bar Slice is the perfect introduction to a life-long chocolate bar romance.Read More

Foodies Festival Edinburgh 2017

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Foodies Festival Edinburgh

A week has past and I feel like I’ve finally recovered and come back down to earth for a crazy weekend at the Foodies Festival in Edinburgh! It was the first time I had done anything like this before so I wanted to be sure to document it, as well as share some snap shots here.Read More

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