Golden syrup
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A very British favourite, something that should always be available for sauces, puddings, butterscotch, sticky-toffee sauce, treacle puddings or spread thickly on home-made bread with a generous amount of butter.
Makes about 20Gingerbread Men
A real teatime classic, these are great for children to make and decorate with icing clothes, their names and so on. All you need to go with them is a nice cup of tea…
Traditional Oatmeal Parkin
If you can manage to do so, keep this lovely traditional cake for a week in the tin and it will just keep on getting better and better.
Makes 18Chocolate Almond Crunchies
You really don't want these in the house if you're watching your weight as it's impossible to eat just one! Made with chocolate and almonds, they are quite irresistible and can be made with chocolate chips for a child-friendly version.
Makes 16Chocolate Chip Ginger Nuts
Chocolate and ginger is a marriage made in heaven, so combine them in these irresistible little biscuits... impossible to eat just one!
Makes 6Saint Geran Molasses Sugar Dessert
Tastes of Mauritius: an Indian Ocean variation on the brandy snap, filled with ice cream then topped with bananas in rum. A great dessert for any time of year that will elicit plenty of approval from all who eat it!
