Ultimate Brownies

• 1/3 cup flour
• 1/2 cup cocoa
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup chopped nuts
• 250 grams dark chocolate
• 250 grams butter
• 2 t vanilla essence
• 4 eggs - lightly beaten

1. Sift flour and cocoa.
2. Add nuts. 
3. Chop chocolate finely and stir in. Make well in centre.
4. Melt butter. 
5. Pour butter, vanilla and beaten eggs into well. Stir till all moist. 
6. Bake 45 minutes in moderate oven. 
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Ultimate Choc-Chip cookies

• 1 1/2 cup flour
• 3/4 cup cocoa powder
• 1 1/2 ups brown sugar
• 180 grams butter
• 150 grams dark choc chips
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup dark choc chips
• 1/3 cup white choc chips
• 150 gram nuts (brazil or macadamias)

1. Mix flour, cocoa and sugar. Make well in centre.
2. Melt butter and first measure of chocolate.
3. Stir into dry ingredients.
4. Stir in choc chips and nuts.
5. Put spoonfuls on prepared trays. 
6. Bake 15 minutes in moderate oven.

Gingerbread People

• 125 grams butter
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/3 cup golden syrup
• 1 egg
• 2 cups flour
• 1/3 cup self-raising flour
• 1 T ginger
• 1 t baking soda

• 1 egg white
• 1/2 t lemon juice
• 1 cup icing sugar
• food colouring

1. Cream butter, sugar and syrup. 
2. Add egg
3. Add flours and spices.
4. Roll dough and cut. 
5. Bake 180oC for 15 minutes. 
6. For icing beat egg white till soft peaks and add icing sugar and lemon juice. Beat till creamy. 

Vegetable Pie

• 200 grams chopped pumpkin
• 1 potato chopped 
• 150 grams broccoli chopped
• 1 carrot chopped
• 1/2 red pepper chopped
• 1/2 cup frozen peas
• 1 chopped onion
• 80 grams grated cheese
• 1 crushed garlic clove
• 1/2 cup cream
• 2 eggs
• 2 sheets ready-rolled flakey pastry

1. Lightly fry vegetables (or roast).
2. Mix vegetables and cheese.
3. Add salt and pepper to 1/2 cream and mix. 
4. Lay one sheet of pastry down. 
5. Mix remaining cream with eggs. 
6. Brush pastry with a little egg mixture.
7. Spoon vegetables on pastry leaving a border around the edge. 
8. Put remaining sheet on the top and press together edges. Fold the border of the bottom pastry over the top and crimp with a fork. 
9. Brush pie with egg mixture. Cut an x about 2cm long each way in the top and fold the points back to make a square. 
10. Bake in a hot oven for 35-40 minutes. Pour remaining egg mixture in the hole. 
11. Bake a further 10 minutes - stand for 5 minutes before serving. 

Vegetarian Chilli

• 3/4 cup burghal wheat
• 2 T olive oil
• 2 onions finely chopped
• 2 cloves garlic crushed
• 2 tsp ground cumin
• 1 tsp chili powder
• 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 2 cans crushed tomatoes
• 2 tsp sugar
• 1 can kidney beans drained
• 2 T tomato paste

1. Pour cup of boiling water over burghal wheat and leave. 
2. Heat oil and cook onion.
3. Add garlic and spice. 
4. Add remainder of ingredients and simmer for 30 minutes - 1 hour. Add extra water if necessary.