THE GREAT IRISH BAKE for TEMPLE STREET - Day 1

I am taking part in The Great Irish Bake for Temple Street children's hospital for the first time. I got my starter pack of stuff, including spatula, stickers, balloons, recipes and napkins. The plan is to bake on several days and take donations from family, friends or anyone who stops by. For that we have our Great Irish Bake donations jar:

Donations jar

We did our first round of baking today. I made Apple and Oat Rounds, which are sugar free, soft cookies - very tasty (recipe adapted from this one on All Dishes). My mix made 20 small, soft rounds 80 calories per piece.

Juno playing with Great Irish Bake balloons

 Then I helped Juno to make chocolate buns (her favourite) after which she had fun with the cheery yellow balloons.

Apple & Oat Rounds

Apple and Oat Rounds

100g margarine or butter, softened

150g honey

1 egg

1 tsp vanilla extract

90g wholegrain spelt flour

half teaspoon baking soda

1 tsp mixed spice

125g porridge oats

1 apple, cored and chopped very small

Method

Preheat the oven to 190C.

Grease baking trays.

In a bowl, cream together the butter, honey, egg and vanilla until smooth.

Combine the flour, baking soda and spice; stir into the creamed mixture.

Mix in oats and apple.

Blob teaspoonfuls onto the prepared baking trays.

Bake for 10 minutes.

Allow to cool on baking tray for 5 minutes before moving to a wire rack.