Eggy Muffins

Set your oven to 180 degrees
Grease your muffin pan
Beat together one cup of cream (sour or fresh) with three eggs
Season with salt, pepper and a few drops of Tabasco
Pour into muffin pan, filling each section equally
Add a large pinch of grated cheese to each section
Add your choice of pre-cooked filling - bacon / mushroom / asparagus / feta / butternut / olives / baby tomatoes / fresh basil / onion
Bake in the preheated oven until the muffins have set, and the tops are starting to brown
Allow them to cool slightly before removing from the pan or they break up

Madeleines

Set your oven to 180 degrees
Grease your Madeleine pan
Weigh your egg/s in shell
In a bowl, combine the same weight as the egg of softened butter and castor sugar
Add the egg and beat well
Fold in the same weight as the egg of self-raising flour, and mix thoroughly
If you are using fruit: grated apple / blackberries / raspberries add to the batter now
Divide the batter into the Madeleine pan
Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown

Bread

In a large bowl, combine 2 pounds of flour, three packets of yeast and three teaspoons of salt. Pour in 750 ml of hot tap water and mix well. Cover the bowl loosely and let it stand over night.
When you are ready to bake, place a large baking dish in the bottom of the oven and set it to preheat to 230 degrees. Decant the dough onto a floured surface and shape into loaves. Sprinkle a generous coating of flour onto each loaf and allow them to prove for 30 mins while the oven heats.
Place the loaves onto a silicone net to bake, and slash the tops with a bread knife.
As the loaves go into the oven, pour a cup of hot tap water into the hot baking dish at the bottom of the oven to make steam.
Bake for 30 mins.
Tell your guests that baking bread is really hard, and bask in the glory of serving home baked "artisnal" bread.

Lally Biscuits

Beat together 1 egg, 30g butter and 3/4 cup sugar. Sift and add 1 1/2 cups four, 1 teaspoon cinnamon and 2 teaspoons baking powder. Mix together with 1 tablespoon of milk - if the mixture is too crumbly, add a little more milk.
Roll out on a floured surface, cut with your favourite cookie cutters and bake at 180 degrees until light brown. Serve with a glass of milk before bedtime.