Taieri Recreational Tramping Club

1 pair boots or strong walking shoes 1 light woollen jersey 1 warm jacket or woollen bush-shirt (or similar) Warm trousers Waterproof jacket and hat and leggings Spare pair of warm socks. Combine with: Adequate food and drink, carried in a comfortable pack, together with a map of the tramping area, warm gloves, warm hat […]

Basic crust for 22cm pie shell 100g butter 225g digestive biscuits, crushed 2 tblspns brown sugar Microwave butter in a pie plate for 45-60 seconds. Stir in biscuit crumbs and sugar and press against bottom and sides of plate. Microwave on High for 1.5 minutes. Cool. Using above basic crust recipe: Cook base in oven […]

Basic crust for 22cm pie shell 100g butter 225g digestive biscuits, crushed 2 tblspns brown sugar Microwave butter in a pie plate for 45-60 seconds. Stir in biscuit crumbs and sugar and press against bottom and sides of plate. Microwave on High for 1.5 minutes. Cool. Put 1L ice-cream in crust. Pour kahlua liquor over […]

Basic crust for 22cm pie shell 100g butter 225g digestive biscuits, crushed 2 tblspns brown sugar Microwave butter in a pie plate for 45-60 seconds. Stir in biscuit crumbs and sugar and press against bottom and sides of plate. Microwave on High for 1.5 minutes. Cool.

3/4 cup brown sugar 1 cup milk 1 cup sultanas 1 tblspn butter 1 tspn mixed spice Place ingredients in a micro-proof mixing bowl. Cook uncovered on High for 3 minutes. Add: 1 cup flour 1 tspn baking soda Pinch salt. Stir well. Loosely cover with pierced glad-wrap and cook on High for 5 minutes.

2 tblespns butter 3/4 cup sugar 1 cup self-raising flour 1 tblspn cocoa Pinch salt 1/2 cup milk 1 tspn vanilla 1/2 cup chopped nuts (optional) 1 tspn vanilla Topping: 3/4 cup brown sugar 1.25 cups hot water 1.5 tblspns cocoa Method: Heat the butter in a small bowl for 1 minute. In a casserole […]

3 egg whites 175g caster sugar 1 tspn vinegar 2 tblspns cold water 3 tspns cornflour 1/2 cup Barker’s Apricot Pulp Beat egg whites till stiff. Add sugar. Beat. Add vinegar and cornflour, then water. Lastly, fold in apricot pulp. Microwave on High for 3 minutes. Cool. Decorate with whipped cream and grated chocolate.

1.75 cups self-raising flour 1 cup warm milk 1/2 tspn soda 125g melted butter 3 tblspns cocoa. (If coffee-cake required, 3 dessetrspoons coffee can be dissolved in the milk.) 1.5 cups sugar 1/4 tspn salt 2 large eggs 1 tblspn oil (sunfield is good) Mix dry ingredients, including sugar, together. Melt the butter in a […]

Use a potato-peeler instead of a grater for chocolate flakes to decorate cakes and desserts.

3/4 cup cream 2 tblspns icing sugar, sifted 3 tblspns preserved ginger, finely chopped. 2 tspns ginger syrup 1-2 tblspns finely-chopped hazelnuts. Place cream in bowl and whip lightly. Fold in icing sugar. Pour into shallow freezer tray and cover and freeze 45 minutes. Turn into chilled bowl and whisk until smooth. Add ginger, syrup […]

Melt 50g butter in an 18-20cm cake tin or oven-proof dish. Top with 50g brown sugar. Arrange a design of pineapple rings and nuts (pecan or 1/2 walnuts). Glace cherries on the butter and sugar. Sponge topping: 150g butter or margarine. 150g sugar 2 eggs Vanilla essence 1.5 level tspns BP 3 tblspns milk. Method: […]

4 egg whites 1 cup sugar 1 tspn vanilla 1 tspn vinegar 1 tblspn cornflour Beat egg whites until tiff. Add sugar and beat well. Fold in other ingredients and spread evenly into well-greased and lined sponge roll tin. (Suggest foil or baking paper). Score lightly across mixture, width-wise. Bake in moderate oven 15 minutes. […]

225g flour 175g butter 120g castor sugar 1 egg yolk Salt Filling: 4 cooked apples 60g sugar 1/2 tspn cinnamon 60g currants Some drops of lemon juice 1/2 cup sugar Filling method: Melt the sugar in 1/2 cup water. Put in the peeled and cut apples, currants. Heat, then take off stove. N.B. The apples […]

1/2 cup coconut 1 cup crushed pineapple 3 bananas 8 marshmallows Juice of 1 lemon Cut marshmallows into quarters. Slice bananas and add to crushed pineapple. Add juice of one lemon. Turn into an ovenware dish and top with coconut. Bake 15-20 minutes at 175C. Serve cold, preferably.

500g flaky pastry 500g sausage meat 1 beaten egg 1/2 cup cooked rice 1 med. onion finely chopped 1 tspn curry powder Salt and pepper 1 grated carrot Roll out pastry into oblong. Mix other ingredients Place mixture down centre of pastry. Fold eggs over, double in centre. Slash wholes in top and brush with […]