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Banana Date Pancakes

Preparation 10 Minutes

Cook 10 Minutes

Serves 8

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Method

Combine flour, baking powder and sugar in a large mixing bowl.
In a separate bowl, whisk together the milk, eggs and mashed banana. Add to flour mixture with dates and mix until smooth.
Pre-heat a frying pan over medium heat, lightly spray with olive oil or brush with butter. Spoon ¼ cup measures of batter into pan and cook for several minutes until bubbles appear and base is golden. Turn over a cook a further 1-2 minutes.
Serve pancakes with sliced bananas, blueberries and a drizzle of honey.

Ingredients

1½ cups flour

2 tsp baking powder

2 tsp caster sugar

1 cup milk

2 extra large eggs

2 ripe bananas, mashed

8 ANGUS PARK Pitted Dates, finely sliced

Additional banana, blueberries and honey for serving

Recipe Collection

Christmas Cake Gift Jar

As a gift idea

Place flour in bottom of jar and add spices and bicarbonate of soda
Pour in fruit and push down lightly
Next place brown sugar and finish with slivered almonds.
Attach a gift card with the following instructions:

YOU WILL NEED
250g butter, melted
3 eggs, lightly beaten
¼ cup brandy

METHOD

Preheat oven 150°C. Double line a 20cm round tin with baking paper
Combine gift jar contents, butter, eggs and brandy and stir until combined
Spoon into prepared tin and bake for 1 hour or until skewer inserted comes out clean.

Fruit & Nut Biscotti

Heat oven to 180 degrees C. Generously butter or spray bottom and sides of loaf pan with cooking spray.

In large bowl, stir flour, nuts, sultanas, flax seeds, brown sugar, salt and baking soda. Stir in milk. Pour batter evenly into prepared pan.

Bake 50 minutes until golden brown. Cool completely in pan on cooling rack. Transfer to freezer and freeze at least 1 hour, but no more than 3 hours.

Heat oven to 200 degrees c. Remove loaf from pan. Use sharp serrated knife to cut loaf into 1/8-inch thick slices. Arrange slices in single layer on rimmed baking sheets. Bake 15 minutes until golden brown, flipping halfway through baking. Transfer to cooling rack to cool completely.

Store at room temperature in airtight container up to 1 week.

Classic Christmas Pudding

Combine fruit, brandy, rinds and apple. Cover and set aside overnight or for at least 2 hours.
Cream butter and sugar until pale and fluffy, beat in golden syrup. Beat in eggs one at a time, beating well between each addition.
Combine breadcrumbs, flour, spices and almonds. Add creamed butter mixture and soaked fruit, mixing well to combine.
Grease a 2 litre capacity pudding basin, line the base with a double layer of baking paper.
Spoon mixture into the basin and smooth top. Double line the top with baking paper rounds.
Take a 60cm long piece of baking paper and 60cm piece of foil, layer and fold in half, make a 3cm pleat in the middle (this allows for any expansionof the pudding). Place sheets over pudding and secure tightly with string. Place a wire rack onto the base of a large saucepan, fill one third with water and bring to boil. Carefully place pudding onto wire rack making sure the water level comes about halfway up pudding basin. Cover and simmer for 6 hours, replenish water when needed.
Remove from water, stand for 10 minutes before turning out. Serve cut into slices with cream and maple syrup.

Macadamia Biscuits

Preheat oven to 170⁰C. Line baking tray with grease proof paper.

Cream butter and sugar. Add vanilla essence and egg, beating until well combined.
Stir in flour, macadamia nuts and choc chips.
Roll tablespoons of mixture into balls and place on tray 5cm apart. Bake for 12mins or until golden brown. Cool on wire rack.