cosy comfort puds

An old-fashioned English bread and butter pudding that goes easy on the wallet. Day-old bread works best in this recipe.

Each serving provides 408 kcal, 12.5g protein, 44g carbohydrates (of which 20g sugars), 20g fat (of which 11g saturates), 2g fibre and 0.9g salt.

Bread and butter pudding

grams/1 ounces butter, plus extra for greasing

white bread, (crusts removed if desired)

sultanas

cinnamon powder

350 milliliters/12fl oz full-fat milk

milliliters/2fl oz double cream

free-range eggs

sugar

nutmeg, grated,

(optional)

The Hairy Bikers' Bramley apple pie recipe will help you perfect your pastry. A deep pie dish is essential for fitting in as many hot, fluffy apples as you can. Serve with vanilla ice cream.


Perfect apple pie

golden caster sugar,

cinnamon

tbsp cornflour

400 grams/14 ounces plain flour, plus extra rolling

tbsp caster sugar

lemon, zest only

250 grams/10 ounces cold butter,

free-range egg,

This is the easiest apple crumble recipe and an all-time favourite quick and easy dessert. 

Each serving provides 618 kcal, 6g protein, 83g carbohydrates (of which 43g sugars), 28.5g fat (of which 18g saturates), 3.5g fibre and 0.21g salt.

Easy apple crumble

300 grams/10½oz plain flour, sieved

salt

brown sugar

unsalted butter

450 grams/1lb apples, peeled, cored and cut into 1cm/½in pieces (see recipe tip)

plain flour

Treacle tart is a British classic, and Mary Berry shows you how to make it to perfection. This version has a fancy lattice woven top to show off to all your guests. But Mary makes it very easy. 

Mary Berry’s treacle tart

flour

golden syrup

150 grams/5½oz fine fresh white breadcrumbs

lemons, zest and juice

egg, egg

This makes one of the best Sunday-lunch puddings you will ever eat. If by any chance you have any leftovers, they microwave most satisfactorily.

Lemon and elderflower drizzle pudding

grams/1¾oz full-fat Greek yoghurt

150 grams/5½oz caster sugar

grams/3½oz rice flour (or plain flour

75 grams/2¾oz ground almonds

fine sea salt

1½ tsp baking powder (gluten-free if necessary)

free-range eggs,

tbsp undiluted elderflower cordial

cream,

100 milliliters/3½fl oz undiluted elderflower cordial

lemon juice

My STP is altogether deeper and darker than the original version: it is still sweet, but the muscovado sugar and black treacle give it an almost savage intensity. It seems redolent of ginger, cloves, allspice – and yet none of these spices are used. It’s a miracle. I don’t understand it – but then, miracles are not to be questioned.

Equipment: You will need a 23x23cm/9x9in square baking dish. 

Nigella's sticky toffee pudding

200 milliliters/7fl oz water

tsp bicarbonate of soda

grams/2½oz unsalted butter, softened,

tbsp black treacle

grams/1¾oz dark muscovado sugar

150 grams/5½oz plain flour

tsp baking powder

grams/5½oz unsalted butter, softened

300 grams/10½oz dark muscovado sugar

200 milliliters/7fl oz double cream,

Nigella embraces the cosiness of tradition with a Christmas Classic, Sticky Toffee Pudding. The muscovado sugar and black treacle give her version an almost savage intensity

Nigella's Sticky Toffee Pudding

Try the Hairy Bikers’ recipe for a classic steamed syrup sponge, simple to make and guaranteed to impress.

For this recipe you will need a 1.2 litre/2 pint pudding basin. 

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