Mini Egg Blondies

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These mini egg blondies are a fun and easy recipe to make with children for Easter. They have a delicious fudgy richness. Ingredients 250g/9oz cold unsalted butter, cut into 6–8 pieces 150g/5½oz light soft brown sugar 125g/4½oz caster sugar 2 large free-range eggs 1½ tsp vanilla extract a pinch of sea salt 300g/10½oz plain flour 225g/8oz sugar-coated mini chocolate eggs Method Preheat the oven to 190C/170C Fan/Gas 5. Grease and line your cake tin with baking paper. Melt the butter in a saucepan over a medium–low heat. Stir in both sugars and cook for 1–2 minutes, or until the mixture…

Pink Fizz Mocktail

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This bubbly pink grapefruit fizz is delicious. It’s tangy and fizzy and fresh. A lovely (and easy to make) treat for your Mum on Mother’s Day. Ingredients 1.5 cups of sugar 1.5 cup of ruby red grapefruit juice 1.25 litres of chilled soda water A bunch of fresh, soft, thyme 1 ruby red grapefruit, peeled and sliced Ice cubes to serve Step 1Combine sugar and 1.5 cups cold water in a saucepan. Dissolve the sugar in the water over a medium heat – this should take about 5 minutes. Add the grapefruit juice. Stir it up. Step 2Transfer the beautiful pink mixture to…

Flowers for Mother’s Day

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A bunch of flowers can make a Mum very happy, but it is also lovely to receive something which lasts a little longer, a bunch you can continue to grow. Wrapping her favourite bulbs in newspaper or, better still, your own hand painted wrapping paper is a sweet way to make your bunch feel a bit more homemade.  In these pics we have wrapped white hyacinths in some chopped up squares of the FT newspaper – we like it because it is pink and the bundle is tied it with stripy butchers string or a ribbon. Mother’s Day is 27th…