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After Easter, you might end up with an abundance of chocolate treats (it’s potential, simply not going). Concern not: now we have a collection of recipes that remodel these leftover goodies into mouthwatering delights. From decadent traybakes to irresistible cookies, these simple baking recipes supply a scrumptious method to take advantage of your chocolate surplus.
First up, what’s Easter and not using a Creme Egg? You may assume you’ll be able to’t have sufficient however in case you’ve managed to depart any behind, strive our Creme Egg brookie traybake. A fusion of brownie and cookie, topped with iconic Creme Egg halves, this deal with isn’t solely a feast for the eyes however for the style buds, too. Regardless of its spectacular look, it’s as simple as cracking an egg.
In case your Easter basket runneth over with chocolate, our leftover Easter chocolate cookies are right here to save lots of the day. Designed for even essentially the most novice of baker, these cookies remodel surplus treats into melt-in-your-mouth delights, making certain that no chocolate bunny goes to waste.
And for these craving a no-fuss, no-waste resolution, our no-waste Easter traybake is the reply. A wealthy, chocolatey sponge topped with a decadent layer of melted chocolate and adorned with no matter remnants you might have available, it’s a celebration of simplicity and indulgence in equal measure.
Lastly, no-knead lemon curd doughnuts are a pleasant mixture of fluffy doughnut and tangy lemon filling, the proper method to elevate your Easter leftovers into one thing extraordinary.
Creme Egg brookie traybake
Regardless of how spectacular this seems to be, it’s a genuinely simple peasy bake
(FAB Flour)
A British Easter simply has to characteristic a creme egg! And this traybake is genius approach of utilizing up leftovers and an excellent bake to share with household and pals. And the very best information – regardless of how spectacular it seems to be, it’s genuinely a straightforward peasy bake
Makes: 12 Brookies
Elements:
250g unsalted butter, melted
300g granulated sugar
3 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
300g plain flour, break up into 50g and 250g
¼ tsp bicarbonate of soda
200g darkish chocolate chips or a chopped up bar, break up into 150g and 50g
6 Creme Eggs, halved
Gear:
2 mixing bowls (one must be microwaveable)
Teaspoon
Spatula
20 x 30cm traybake tin, lined with parchment
Microwave
Methodology:
1. Preheat your oven to 160C (fan).
2. Within the microwaveable bowl, soften 150g of the darkish chocolate in 30 second increments, being cautious to not burn it. Set to at least one facet.
3. Within the different mixing bowl, mix the melted butter and sugar with the spatula adopted by the eggs and vanilla. Combine till every little thing is mixed.
4. Pour 350g of this combination into the melted darkish chocolate and blend totally earlier than folding in 50g of flour. That is your brownie base – pour this into your lined tin and unfold evenly utilizing the spatula or the again of the teaspoon. Pop this within the freezer when you make the cookie topping.
5. To make the cookie topping, add the remainder of the plain flour (250g) and bicarbonate to the rest of the butter, sugar and egg combination. Mix with a cleaned spatula till easy, then fold within the leftover 50g of darkish chocolate chips/chunks. Take the brownie base out of the freezer and unfold the cookie dough evenly on high.
6. Bake for 30-35 minutes till risen and golden on high. Enable to chill barely earlier than gently urgent the Creme Egg halves into the baked Brookie.
7. As soon as the Brookie has cooled fully within the tin, take away it and reduce it into parts.
Leftover Easter chocolate cookies
Repurpose your Easter eggs with this foolproof cookie recipe
(FAB Flour)
For those who’ve had sufficient of your Easter eggs and need to repurpose the chocolate we’ve acquired the recipe for you! This cookie recipe has been designed for particularly for amateur bakers so everybody may give it a go.
Makes: 10 cookies
Elements:
120g unsalted butter, softened
180g demerara sugar
1 egg
300g plain flour
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
½ tsp salt
200g chopped Easter chocolate + additional for topping
Gear:
Electrical hand mixer
Mixing bowl
Baking tray, lined with parchment
Teaspoon
Cooling rack
Methodology:
1. Preheat your oven to 180C (fan).
2. Cream collectively the butter and sugar within the mixing bowl earlier than the including the egg and mixing till mixed.
3. Add within the flour, bicarbonate and salt. Combine collectively till a dough begins to type. At this stage, add in your chopped up Easter chocolate and proceed to combine till the chocolate is evenly distributed.
4. Weigh the dough into 80g balls and place on the lined baking tray (gently push some complete mini eggs into the dough balls now when you have them). For those who solely have one tray, bake these 4-5 at a time as they are going to want area to unfold.
5. Bake for 10 minutes, then rotate the tray and bake for an extra 4-5 minutes till simply golden. The cookies will proceed to bake for some time as they cool.
6. Let the cookies relaxation on the cooling rack till heat to the contact earlier than topping with every other leftover chocolate you need to hand. The chocolate will soften from the heat and solidify once more by the point the cookies are cool sufficient to eat.
No-waste Easter traybake
(FAB Flour)
Take advantage of your leftover Easter goodies, pulling them collectively for this scrumptious traybake. They could have began as leftovers, however as soon as that is prepared, you’ll be left wanting extra.
Makes: one 20x30cm traybake
Serves: 12
Elements:
175g self-raising flour
150g sugar (caster, gentle brown or granulated)
50g cocoa powder
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
150ml vegetable oil
300ml double cream
2 eggs
Leftover easter chocolate/sweet, damaged into items – you will want 300g of plain chocolate (hole eggs and so forth) for the topping plus no matter else you might have for adornment
Gear:
Massive mixing bowl
Whisk
20x30cm traybake tray, lined with baking paper
Saucepan
Methodology:
1. Preheat your oven to 160C (fan).
2. Within the giant mixing bowl, mix the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, and bicarbonate of soda with the whisk, making certain that there aren’t any lumps.
3. Add within the vegetable oil, 150ml of the double cream and eggs. Whisk every little thing collectively till you might have a easy batter.
4. Pour the batter into the lined traybake tray and unfold evenly earlier than inserting within the oven to bake for 25-Half-hour. It must be springy to the touch within the centre.
5. Enable the sponge to chill fully. Within the meantime, put together the topping by heating the remaining double cream in a saucepan, being cautious to not boil it.
6. Place the 300g of damaged up plain chocolate into the washed mixing bowl and pour the recent cream excessive. Go away to take a seat for a couple of minutes earlier than mixing to include totally. Set to at least one facet to thicken whereas the sponge cools.
7. As soon as the sponge has cooled, take away it from the tin, unfold the chocolate topping evenly excessive and enhance with no matter leftover easter sweet you might have.
No-knead lemon curd doughnuts
Selfmade doughnuts in Half-hour… say no extra
(FAB Flour)
Selfmade doughnuts in 30-minutes… we aren’t kidding. These are completely simple peasy and tremendous achievable wherever you might be in your baking journey.
Makes: 8 doughnuts
Prep time: 20 minutes | Cook dinner time: 10 minutes
Elements:
375g plain flour
150ml heat water
70ml heat milk
1 sachet fast-action yeast
20g caster sugar + additional for dusting
30ml vegetable oil + additional for shallow frying
2 tsp baking powder
Pinch of salt
Jar of lemon curd
Gear:
Massive mixing bowl
Deep fats fryer or giant saucepan
Wood spoon
Rolling pin or wine bottle
Spherical cutter or glass (8-9cm)
Teaspoon/piping bag/sandwich bag for filling
Methodology:
1. Within the giant mixing bowl, mix the nice and cozy water, heat milk, yeast, sugar and a 3rd of the flour. Cowl with a tea towel and depart to show for 10 minutes – use this time to warmth your oil for frying within the pan/deep fats fryer to 185C.
2. After the ten minutes, combine the 30ml oil, baking powder and salt into the yeast combination earlier than including the remaining flour and bringing it collectively by hand to type a sticky dough.
3. Tip the dough out onto a calmly floured floor and sprinkle some flour on high of the dough, then roll out to a thickness of 2cm.
4. Lower out the doughnuts utilizing a glass, or a cutter then fastidiously switch to the recent oil 2-3 at a time, dipping away from you as you place them in.
5. Let the doughnuts cook dinner for 2-3 minutes on one facet till golden brown then use the picket spoon to flip them over and cook dinner for an extra 2-3 minutes.
6. Take away the doughnuts from the oil and drain them on some paper towels earlier than rolling them within the caster sugar to generously coat the skin of the doughnuts,
7. When the entire doughnuts have been cooked, sugar-dusted and cooled barely, use the top of the picket spoon to poke a gap on the high of every doughnut earlier than filling with lemon curd utilizing a piping bag, nook of a sandwich bag or fastidiously teasing in with a teaspoon.
Frying tip: To verify if the frying oil is scorching sufficient, fastidiously put the stick finish of your picket spoon into the oil. If there are many little bubbles across the wooden, the oil is prepared for frying. Whether it is effervescent vigorously, and there are many bubbles taking up the pan, this means that the oil is simply too scorching, take away the pan from the warmth to chill down then strive once more.
Recipes from the Simple Peasy Baking marketing campaign, launched by UK Flour Millers, making baking easy. You could find extra Simple Peasy Baking recipes and knowledge on the marketing campaign over on the FAB Flour web site
