Ingredients

• 10g agar agar
• 250mL water
• 250g sugar
• colouring and flavouring as desired
• glass container (eg. 8" x 8" or 8" by 4")

Tea flavoured

Green tea: 3g sencha steeped for 10 minutes

• Note: this flavour is pretty subtle, it is worth increasing the steep time or the amount of...

A 9x9" pan of sticky fudge

Ingredients

• 1.5tsp baking soda
• 2 cups brown sugar
• 1 tbsp flour
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1.5 cups milk
• 2 tbsp (maple or corn) syrup
• 2 tbsp butter

Mixins (optional):

• ~1/2 cup crushed nuts
• spices (vanilla, salt crystals, etc.)
• ~4 oz melted chocolate
  • with 1 tsp espresso powder...

Note: prepare the batter a day before baking

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 1 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
• 1/2 cup (295g) fancy molasses
• 2 eggs
• 4+ cups ((540g) flour
• 2 tbsp ground ginger
• 1/4 tsp ground allspice
• 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
• 1/4 tsp ground clove
• 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 2 tsp...

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cup (10oz) softened butter
• 1/4 cup (1 oz) powdered sugar, sifted
• 1/4 cup (1.75 oz) white sugar
• 2 1/4 cup (12.5 oz) flour

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 275F
2. Whisk the sugars together
3. In a large bowl, cream the butter then add sugar
4. Mix in the flour
5. Let dough rest for 10 minutes...

Makes ~4 dozen. Preheat the over to 350F.

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup sugar
  • Extra sugar for coating
• 3/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup fancy molasses
• 2.25 cups flour, sifted
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 tbsp ground allspice
• 1 tsp black pepper, finely ground
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon...

Makes one 10" torte

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup butter
• 1 1/2 cup flour
• 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 3 eggs
• 16 prune plums, or 6 large plums
• 2 tbsp lemon juice
• 3 tbsp sugar
• 1 tsp cinnamon

For a vegan variation substitute the eggs for 2 mashed bananas (or flax egg), and the butter with 1/2...

Makes a 9"x13" pan

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup white sguar
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 2/3 cup cocoa
• 3 eggs (can be subbed with ~2 overriped bananas)
• 1 cup flour
• 1.5 tsp baking powder
• 1.5 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions

1. Melt butter in a large pot
2. In a separate bowl mix together sugars and...

Ingredients

• 1 cup azuki beans
• 1 1/2 cup sugar
• water

Instructions

• Rinse beans in water
• Place beans in a pot with 4-5 of water and bring to a boil
• Simmer for 1.5 - 2 hours (add more water as needed) until the beans are cooked through
• Discard water and returns beans to pot, adding sugar. Stir on...

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
• 4 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 cup white sugar
• 2/3 - 3/4 cup water
• 3/4 lb anko (about a half batch from this recipe)

Instructions

• In a large bowl, mix flour & baking powder, and sugar
• Slowly pour the water into the flour, stirring constantly
• Knead the dough...