Breakfast Oats

For the ingredients to soak in, make this cereal the night before and keep for up to 5 days covered and refrigerated. It's a great recipe for busy people who don't have a lot of time to prepare a healthy breakfast every morning. Delicious too, so enjoy!

Up to 10 serves.

In a large bowl combine -

▶3 cups plain oats (old fashioned)
▶1 cup shredded or dessicated coconut
▶2 1/2 cups almond milk
▶3 heaped tablespoons clear honey or maple syrup
▶1tsp vanilla extract or vanilla bean paste
▶sprinkling of nutmeg
▶sprinkling cinnamon

To serve, top with -
▶a scoop of plain Greek yoghurt
▶sprinkling of dried cranberries (or other preferred dried fruit)
▶sprinkling of almond flakes (or other preferred unsalted nuts)

Best Ever Cupcakes with Vanilla Butter Icing

Preheat oven to 180'.

Place 12 pretty, paper patty-pan liners into muffin-tin holes.

Sift together and set aside -

▶1 1/2 cups plain (all purpose) flour
▶2 tsp baking powder

With an electric mixer, beat together -

▶125gm softened butter
▶1 cup white sugar
▶1 cup milk
▶1 tsp vanilla extract
▶1 tsp salt

Using only a spatula or spoon, fold the sifted flour mix into the wet mix to form a soft batter.

Ladle evenly into the patty cases.

Bake for 15-20 minutes or until a test with a skewer comes out clean.

Cool.

Decorate with Vanilla Butter Icing.



Vanilla Butter Icing

Mix using a fork, then decorate cakes -

▶1 1/2 tbsp very soft butter
▶1 1/2 cups pure icing sugar (sifted)
▶1/2 tsp vanilla extract or vanilla bean paste
drops of cold water (to get mixture to just spreadable consistency)