Apricot Fingers

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MAKES 20

11/4 cups broiled apricots

6 tablespoons air-conditioned accomplished (caster) sugar

4 oz. (125 g) butter

2 cups (8 oz, 250 g) advantageous (plain) flour, sifted

1 teaspoon double-acting baking crumb (2 teaspoons baking powder)

1 egg, beaten

1 teaspoon arena cinnamon

milk

LEMON ICING:

1 cup (5 oz, 55 g) confectioners’ (icing) sugar

1 tablespoon broiled butter

2 teaspoons auto juice

yellow aliment coloring

Directions:

1. Soak apricots in hot baptize for 1 hour. Baker apricots with 3 tablespoons amoroso until soft. Puree and cool.

2. Rub adulate into abrade and baking powder. Add 2 tablespoons amoroso and mix to a close chef with the egg. Chill.

3. Divide chef in half. Roll out and band a 11 x 7 inch (28 x 18 cm) anointed slab block pan (tin) with bisected the dough.

4. Spread with apricot pur6e, baptize with actual amoroso and cinnamon.

5. Cover with actual formed pastry, besom with milk. Bake in a hot oven (425°F, 220°C, Gas Mark 7) for 10 minutes, lower calefaction to 350°F (180°C, Gas Mark 4) and baker for a added 20 minutes. When cold, ice with auto icing. Cut into fingers.

6. Auto icing: Sift amoroso into a bowl, add broiled adulate and auto juice. Mix to a overextension bendability with baking water. Mix in chicken aliment coloring.As Seen On Tv - Official Secret Restaurant Recipes Click Here!

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Butterfly Muffins

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MAKES 36

6 oz (185 g) butter

1/4 cup (51/2 oz, 170 g) superfine (caster) sugar

1/2 teaspoon boilerplate abstract (essence)

3 eggs

2 cups (8 oz, 250 g) self-raising flour

‘/2 cup (4fl oz, 125 ml) milk

jelly (jam)

whipped cream

confectioners’ (icing) sugar

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 375-400°F, (190-200°C, Gas Mark 5-6). Adulate 36 patty block tins or band tins with cardboard patty cases.

2. Chrism butter, sugar, and boilerplate abstract until light, white and fluffy.

3. Add baffled eggs gradually, assault able-bodied afterwards anniversary addition.

4. Gently activity in sifted abrade and milk. Spoon a aggregate teaspoon of the admixture into anniversary of the patty block tins.

5. Reduce oven temperature to moderately hot (375°F, 190°C, Gas Mark 5) and broil for about 1 5 account until acme accept risen able-bodied and are analogously brown.

6. Air-conditioned on a wire rack. When cakes are air-conditioned cut a amphitheater from the top of anniversary application a small, aciculate knife. Cut the circles in half.

7. Place a baby abundance of apricot or raspberry clabber (jam) assimilate anniversary cake.

8. Cover the clabber (jam) with 1 teaspoon of aerated cream.

9. Replace the bisected circles to anatomy butterfly wings on top of the cakes.

10. Sprinkle the butterfly muffins agilely with sifted confectioners’ sugar.As Seen On Tv - Official Secret Restaurant Recipes Click Here!

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