LITTLE COOKS


RUDOLPH PANCAKES Makes 4


FOR THE PANCAKES 100g plain flour A generous pinch of salt 2 eggs 150ml fresh milk 50g melted butter


FOR THE DECORATION Cooked bacon rashers Blueberries Strawberries Maple syrup to serve


1 Sift the flour, with a big pinch of salt, into a mixing bowl. Make a well in the centre and add the eggs. Use a balloon whisk to incorporate the eggs into the flour and gradually whisk in the milk. Stir the mixture until smooth, but do not over mix.


2 Use a heavy based frying pan and brush with melted butter – you can use a pastry brush for this – and when hot, pour in approximately 2 tbsp of the batter.


3 Quickly tilt the pan from side to side until you get a circular layer of batter covering the base of the frying pan. Cook the pancake for about 1 min, then flip it over – you can use a spatula for this – and cook until the underside is lightly flecked with gold.


4 Continue with the rest of the batter and make pancakes of varying sizes and shapes as in the photograph (for the smaller pancakes you will only need half to 1 tbsp of batter). Brush the pan with melted butter as necessary.


5 Stack the pancakes on top of each other and arrange the bacon rashers as antlers, add blueberries for the eyes and a strawberry for the nose.


REINDEER POPS Makes 8


FOR THE POPS 50g softened butter 80g icing sugar 150g Madeira sponge 2 tsp fresh milk A few drops of vanilla extract


FOR THE DECORATION 75g milk chocolate 8 red M&M’s White and milk chocolate icing pens Chocolate covered pretzels


YOU WILL NEED Cake pop sticks Cake pop stand


1 Measure the butter and icing sugar into a mixing bowl. Add the milk and vanilla extract. Whisk until light and fluffy.


2 Crumble the Madeira cake into the icing. Mix until well coated. Shape into 8 balls, then insert a pop stick into the middle of each ball. Chill for 30 mins.


3 Melt the chocolate into a bowl over a pan of simmering water until runny.


4 Dip each cake pop into the melted chocolate and swirl around until coated. Place on a stand, then put one M&M in the middle to make a nose.


5 Cut a chocolate covered pretzel in half and add to the sides of the cake pop to make the antlers. Make eyes and a mouth using the white and milk chocolate icing pens.


6 Leave to set in a cool place until firm.


These reindeer pops are the perfect sweet treat for the kids while the adults tuck into the mince pies...


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Breakfast... Festive


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