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Meetings with Mrs Allen: Myrtle Allen of Ballymaloe House 1924 – 2018

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Back in 2001, I was the editor of a website called Tasty. We were part of ACE – Arts, Culture, Entertainment – a new, energetic section of RTÉ Online. The overall ACE (in more ways...
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Published June 20th, 2018

A Thursday night at Ichigo Ichie

Thursday morning. An unexpected babysitting offer for that night. A tweet spotted on Takashi Miyazaki’s account to say that there was space for two at his Ichigo Ichie Chef’s Counter. Frantic pyjama-clad emailing. Booking...

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Published June 15th, 2018 · Comments Off

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#thegreatirishbake – Temple Street Children’s University Hospital

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Bake, sell, raise money and help Temple Street Children’s University Hospital.

This November The Great Irish Bake is back and Kitchen Hero Donal Skehan is helping out with sharing recipes and promoting the event. The Great Irish Bake is in aid of helping sick and seriously ill children get the treatment they need. Head over to The Great Irish Bake to register online and be in the chance of winning a trip to New York when you help raise funds for Temple Street Children’s University Hospital. The site also has hints, tips, recipes and all that goes with an event like this.

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The Great Irish Bake organisers have shared a recipe with us and also a picture of Donal Skehan with his kids from his first marriage. Some of this might be a lie.

Stained Glass Windows Christmas Cookies Recipe

Ingredients (Makes approx 30)
- 300g of plain flour
- 1 teaspoon of baking powder
- A pinch of salt
- 1 tablespoon of mixed spice
- 100g of muscavado sugar
- 150g of butter
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
- 1 pack of foxes fruits or jolly ranchers

The Method
1. Preheat the oven to 180C and line a baking tray with parchment paper.
2. In a standalone mixture beat together the butter and sugar. Add in the egg and
mix through.
3. Using a wooden spoon mix through the flour, baking powder, salt, mixed spice
and vanilla extract until you have a biscuit dough.
4. Turn the dough out on to a floured surface and roll out to about 1cm in thickness.
5. Cut out biscuit shapes, place on the lined baking tray, then using a smaller cutter
or a small knife cut out the center of each cookie.
6. Sprinkle the crushed sweets into the centre of the cookie and place in the oven
7. Cook in the oven for about 15 minutes.
8. Remove from the oven and allow to cool slightly before transferring to a wire
wrack.
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Meetings with Mrs Allen: Myrtle Allen of Ballymaloe House 1924 – 2018

A Thursday night at Ichigo Ichie

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Competition: Bottoms Up for Christmas Crackers

Cooking Up iPad Happiness

#thegreatirishbake – Temple Street Children’s University Hospital

Stained Glass Windows Christmas Cookies Recipe

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