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How To Bake Meat Pie

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  How to Bake meat pie Meat pie is one very interesting and cool snack, i never joke with a cup of cold juice and meat pie for lunch, though there are several ways to bake meat pie, but i try to make of find a less complex way of baking meat pie so this post will help and guild you on the step by step directions to make a very delicious and cool meat pie. Meat Pie Ingredients The number of meat pies you will get depends on the diameter of the meat pie cutter you use. A cutter that is 8 inches (20cm) in diameter will give you about 10 meat pies with the following ingredients. For the normal Meat Pie dough 1kg (8 cups) plain flour (All Purpose Flour) 2 teaspoons baking powder 500g (1.1 lbs) Margarine 2 pinches salt ½ cup / 125 ml / 4.2 oz cold water For the Nigerian Meat Pie filling 2 medium Irish potatoes 2 medium carrots 500g (1.1 lbs) minced meat 1 medium onion 2 cooking spoons vegetable oil 2 Knorr cubes 1 teaspoon thyme 2 tablespoons plain flour 1 cup / 250 ml / 8.4 oz cold wate...

Steps For making Beautiful Butter Icing on Cake

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  Steps for making butter icing for one (1) step cake These are the steps for making beautiful butter icing, Butter icing makes cakes very beautiful, the texture and taste is very good, I like butter icing for small one step cakes, cakes for birthdays, graduations, anniversaries and more. Butter Icing is also very easy to make and it is cost efficient, try these steps and you will be glad you did. Ingredients Butter (not melted butter) 1kg Icing Sugar Colour A bowl (to mix) Spatula Spoon Icing tube (for decoration) Step 1 Place a clean bowl on the table Step 2 Open the butter and put it inside the bowl Step 3 Pour the icing sugar inside the bowl Step 4 Mix with the Spatula until its creaming Step 5 Add desire colour mix properly Step 6 Apply to cake if you made this Icing leave a comment and also share this post

How to Make Cupcakes

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  Cupcakes are one awesome cakes that I really enjoy making, I get so excited when I make them, and whenever my friends are around I’d love them to have a taste of my work. Funny right? But I believe sharing is a blessing, read, learn and share with friends… Ingredients 110g softened butter 110g golden caster sugar 2 large eggs ½ tsp vanilla extract 110g self-raising flour Cupcake Trays For the buttercream 150g softened butter 300g icing sugar 1 tsp vanilla extract 3 tbsp milk food coloring paste of your choice (optional) Method and Directions Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4 and fill a 12 cupcake tray with cases. Using an electric whisk beat 110g softened butter and 110g golden caster sugar together until pale and fluffy then whisk in 2 large eggs, one at a time, scraping down the sides of the bowl after each addition. Add ½ tsp vanilla extract, 110g self-raising flour and a pinch of salt, whisk until just combined then spoon the mixture into the cupcake case...

Step by Step Guide on Royal Icing

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  These are the simple procedures of making a royal icing, Actually these are my steps, it may differ from others v   First of all heat treats the egg whites if you choose to do so. Warm the eggs in a bain-marie over low heat for 2-3 minutes, whisking constantly. Do this just until the egg whites have become warm but are not cooking. This will help to kill any bacteria in the eggs and it will make them even safer to use when raw. v   On a stand mixer fitted with whisk attachment, (you can use what you have if you don’t have the stand mixer) beat egg whites in a clean, large bowl with the mixer at high speed until foamy, around 2 minutes. v   Gradually add sifted sugar (this is the sugar that you have sifted or filtered) spoonful by spoonful followed by the lemon juice. v   Beat at a very fast rate until thickened. v   The icing at this stage will be at a good consistency. If you want it stiffer for frosting a cake, or writing on cakes, add more ic...

How To Make Royal Icing on Cakes

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  Ingredients for making Royal Icing Two Large egg whites (depending on the size of your cake though, this is for a normal sized cake) 450 Gram Icing sugar One Tsp Glycerin Check next post for methods......... 

How To Make Shortbread

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Shortbread is a very sweet and perfect snack for a quick lunch and also for entertainment of guests, I like to relax with a plateful of shortbread and a cold juice when I’m not working. Traditionally, you need three Ingredients to make shortbread but I like to add milk to make more creamy and tasty. Here are the ingredients and the step by step process of making sweet shortbread.   INGREDIENTS FOR HOMEMADE SHORTBREAD COOKIES You only need 4 ingredients for homemade shortbread cookies: 1. Butter 2. Sugar 3. Flour. 4. Milk For 1kg flour you'll need 250g of Butter and 200g sugar. If you choose to use salted butter instead, omit the salt and that will be 3 ingredients! Directions Step 1: Put room temperature butter and sugar in a bowl. Step 2: Cream together until well incorporated. Creaming butter and sugar for shortbread cookies. Step 3: Sieve in your flour. Then add a pinch of salt. Step 4: Mix together. The mixture will be slightly tough. Just try to get eve...

Learn How To Cook Jollof Rice

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 Ingredients ·          Rice ·          Tomato ·          Bay Leaf ·          Chicken ·          Vegetable ·          Oil ·          Onion ·          Chili Pepper ·          Tomato Paste ·          Bell Pepper ·          Salt ·          Curry Powder ·          Meat Stock ·          Garlic ·          Ginger ·          Dry Thyme

How to Make Chin Chin

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  Ingredients/Recipes for sweet and Crunchy Chin Chin 8 cups (1kg) plain flour (all purpose flour) 1 tin liquid Milk (Can use powdered Milk) 250g margarine ½ cup granulated sugar ½ (Half) tea spoon baking powder 2 teaspoons grounded nutmeg 2 eggs (optional) Some water (only if necessary) Vegetable oil (for frying) Notes about the ingredients For best results, use only plain flour (all purpose flour) A good and quality liquid Milk gives your Chin Chin that rich, creamy yet crunchy texture. For the classic taste of Chin Chin, nutmeg is a must   because it gives a sweet satisfy and inviting aroma and also adds to it’s taste Use only tasteless and odorless vegetable oils. The eggs are optional, only add them if you want your Chin Chin softer.   Directions Sift the flour into a big enough bowl. Add the granulated sugar and ground nutmeg and mix. Add the margarine in small scoops. Then rub it into the flour till you get a good mix that fe...