We often get visitors on tour request a recipe from our tours...

So here they are!

John's Family Date Loaf

• 1 cup dates cut in half
• 1 tbspn butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup boiling water

Place all above in pot and boil until sugar is disolved.

Into mixing bowl place:

• 2 cups plain flour
• 2 tspns baking powder
• 1 tspn mixed spice
• pinch of salt
• and drop into the mixture 1 egg.

Mix well and add the boiled mixture after adding a tspn bi carb soda which will cause the mixture to froth up.

Place all ingredients into a loaf tin and bake at 180 deg for 35 mins or until cooked.

Slice and spread with butter - YUM!

Anzac Biscuits

Hot Ingredients

• 125g butter
• 2 Tbsp Golden Syrup
• 1 tsp cold water
• 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda

Dry Ingredients

• 1 cup plain flour
• ¾ cup coconut
• 1 cup rolled oats
• 1 cup castor sugar

Preheat oven to 180’C.

Combine dry ingredients and mix well.

Melt butter and golden syrup in a saucepan.

Mix bicarb and water together and add to golden syrup/butter mix – stir to promote frothing.

Pour into dry ingredients and mix.

Roll into small balls (a bit smaller than golf ball size) and place on lined trays about 5cm apart. Flatten into shape.

Cook for 15min or until golden.

This recipe makes around 24 biscuits.

Banana Muffins

Easy peasy - but so yummy!

Preheat oven to 180'C

• 125g Butter
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 or 2 soggy banana's
• 1 egg
• 1 tspn all spice
• 1/2 tspn bicarb
• 2 cups SR flour

Mix Butter with sugar and banana's

Add egg & Mix

Add all spice and bicarb and flour

Mix - add milk if more liquid required.

Mix and spoon into a muffin tin

Cook for 20min - may need longer - dont let them burn!