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Because they are back! And they are sooooo good!

Ingredients:

  • 2 cups grated carrots
  • 1½ cups self-raising flour, sifted
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1 cup vegetable oil
  • ½ cup sultanas
  • ½ cup crushed walnuts, plus extra to decorate (or shelled pecan nuts)
  • 3 eggs, lightly beaten

Cream cheese icing…

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Thanks to Suzanna, who picks up from the Homestead for sharing this recipe. The recipe was from The Sweet Melissa Baking Book by Melissa Murphy. The original recipe said to use canned sweet potatoes – I adapted it to use…

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This week’s recipe comes from www.jamieoliver.com. Jamie isn’t a Food Connect subscriber yet,  but we are positive that if he lived in Brisbane he would be! And we are pretty sure he wouldn’t mind us passing on this great calzone…

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Thanks John (our wonderful Taringa City Cousin) for this week’s recipe. John writes: ‘I thought I would share my recipe with you for my what-to-do-on-the-last-night-before-your-next-delivery-veggie-pancakes. These are just like me mum used to make and are delicious!‘

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup of flour
  • 1…

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Last year during persimmon season I found this great recipe for persimmon cookies on the internet. They are moist & light and very popular! From Alison

Ingredients:

  • 2 ripe persimmons, pureed
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 2 cups plain flour
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1 tsp ground…

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Ingredients:

  • 60g butter
  • 2 cups self-raising flour
  • ½ cup raw sugar
  • ½ cup milk
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 ripe bananas, mashed
  • 1 cup chocolate chips

Method:

Preheat oven to 200°C.

Grease a medium muffin pan (12 muffins). Melt butter in a small saucepan and set aside to cool slightly.

Sift flour into…

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