The Cottage Loaf, Eccleston

Australian Crunchie Cake
An old family favourite taken from the Be-Ro recipe book and was featured on Lorraine TV show.
A mysterious and decadent chocolate traybake snack bar.
... Ingredients 150g (5oz) SR Flour 225g (8oz) margarine 150g (5oz) caster sugar 75g (3oz) desiccated coconut 75g (3oz) crushed cornflakes 15ml (1 tbsp) cocoa powder, sieve 100g (4oz) chocolate melted (optional)
Method 1. Heat oven to 180C , 350F, Gas mark 4. Grease a Swiss roll tin 31 x 21 cm (12 1/2 x 8 inch). 2. Melt the margarine over low heat. 3. Stir in the sugar, coconut, cornflakes, cocoa and flour. Mix well. 4. Turn into the tin and level with a knife. Bake for 20 minutes. 5. When almost cold cut into squares or triangles. 6. Cover with melted chocolate if wished. We cover with melted chocolate and flaked almonds or sprinkle coconut on top.
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Shortcake Jam Traybake
Ingredients 125g unsalted butter 125g castor sugar ... 1 egg. Lightly beaten 175g plain flour 50g ground almonds 1tsp baking powder 4 tbsp whole strawberry conserve 2 tbsp good raspberry jam Milk, to brush the pastry 1 tbsp demerara sugar 2 tbsp flaked almonds
Method Preheat oven to 160 degrees C. Grease and line a medium size square cake tin.
For the shortcake, beat the butter and castor sugar until thick and creamy. Add the egg and mix well. Add the flour, ground almonds and baking powder, then stir until combined. Turn it onto a lightly floured surface and knead briefly to just bring the mixture together. Divide the dough in half, then wrap in plastic wrap and chill for 30 minutes.
On a lightly floured surface, roll each dough portion into a square about the size of the tin, then press one square into the tin. Spoon the strawberry conserve over the dough, then the raspberry jam leaving a small border round the edge.
Top with the remaining dough square and press the edges together to seal. Brush with milk and sprinkle with demerara sugar and flaked almonds.
Bake for 30 minutes or until golden (cover loosely with foil if browning too quickly). Cool in the tin for 20 minutes before carefully removing from the tin and cutting into slices.
Enjoy with a nice drink.
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Tiger Bread 🍞
This white bloomer has a lovely aromatic flavour. Even greater toasted to bring out the full taste.
Tiger Bread can sometimes be called Giraffe Bread in shops now. The loaf has a mottled crust. ... This bread has a pattern baked onto the top which is made by painting rice paste onto the surface prior to baking. The paste dries and cracks during the baking process. The rice paste crust also gives the bread a distinctive flavour. It has a crusty exterior, but is soft inside.
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Today’s recipe is for raspberry buns. A cross between a scone and a cake, with a little blob of jam in the middle. Kids will love them.
Ingredients: 150g self raising flour 75g butter, softened ... 1 egg, beaten 75g white sugar Raspberry jam (or any other flavour)
Mix the butter and flour together, as though you were making a crumble, until you get fine breadcrumbs. Then add the sugar and mix in. In a separate bowl, beat the egg and add this liquid to the flour, butter, sugar mix until you can bring the mixture together into a dough. You might use all the egg, but you might not. Then divide the dough into 6 equal balls. Arrange the balls on a greased baking tray, about 3cm apart.
Then make a dent in each one with your finger and fill it with a teaspoon of raspberry jam. My husband always says that I don’t put enough jam in, so make the dent as big as you like! Sprinkle with white sugar and bake in the oven for 10 minutes at 200 degrees.
This is the most difficult part - leave the buns to cool before you eat them. They are much nicer when they are cold, because the top goes crunchy.
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Don't forget to put your clocks forward an hour when you go to bed.

Plain, Fruit or Cheese Scones
Why not try a cheese scone with some soup for lunch or just as a savoury snack. Delicious warm with butter or cheese and a chutney.
Fruit Pies Large and Small... Apple, Blackcurrant or Cherry
Vanilla Slices
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Egg Custards - made daily
These are a regular favourite in the bakery. Made daily small and large custard tarts. In Britain, the custard tart is regarded as a classic British dish.
They are often called egg custard tarts or simply egg custards to distinguish the egg-based filling from the commonly served cornflour-based custards. They are sold in supermarkets and bakeries throughout the UK. ... Modern custard tarts are usually made from shortcrust pastry, eggs, sugar, milk or cream, and vanilla, sprinkled with nutmeg and baked. Unlike egg tarts, custard tarts are normally served at room temperature. They are available either as individual tarts, generally around 8 cm (3.1 in) across, or as larger tarts intended to be divided into slices.
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Potato and Meat Pie Butter Pie Steak Pie New Chicken Curry Pie Pork Pie
... Cheese and Onion Slice Traditional Pasty Corned Beef Pasty Sausage Roll
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The bakers are making bread every morning.
You can order and collect your bread at Mawdesley Post Office. Also pies and sandwiches available.
... Thank you for your support
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The bakers are making bread every morning.
You can order and collect your bread at Toogood Farm when you order and collect your fresh produce.
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The bakers are making bread every morning.
You can order and collect your bread at Pauls Farm when you order and collect your fresh produce.
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The bakers are making bread every morning.
You can order and collect direct from bakery as long as its collected before 9am.
Orders taken for bread and pies on answering machine (01257 451765) or on fb messages.
... Other collection points are: Bargain Booze, Eccleston Pauls Farm Shop, Leyland Toogood Farm Shop, Wrightington Mawdesley Post Office Central Garage, Rufford
Orders taken for this bread.
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Thank you for the Hot Cross Bun recommendation from a very satisfied customer. 😊😁

Remember to put your order in..
The Hot Cross Bun Family
Regular Hot Cross Buns... Mammoth Hot Cross Bun Small Hot Cross Loaf Large Hot Cross Loaf
To Christians, the cross symbolizes the crucifixion and traditionally eaten warm with butter on Good Friday.
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You can order bread to be directly collected from the Bakery before 9am.You can order bread to be directly collected from the Bakery before 9am.

Update.
Right, we have stock and only certain members of the team are still working as this lockdown is very serious. I must say everyone will be allowed out within reason to buy food and essential shopping, so don’t worry.
... Our products will be available at the following locations:
Bargain Booze, Eccleston Paul's Farm Shop, Leyland Mawdesley Post Office TooGood Farm Shop, Wrightington Central Garage, Rufford
You can order your specific products with the above retailers and they will order it with us for the 2 bakers to make it.
You can order: bread and pies.
Sandwiches available at Oakdene, (Gilson's) Petrol Station Mawdesley Post Office Central Garage
If you want an order direct from the bakery, we can arrange a collection point and time. Be advised any collection must be before 9am on the day. Please message the fb page. If you leave a message on the answering machine please leave your contact details also... Remember there will be no one in the shop to answer your queries. Tel: 01257 451765
Thanks again everyone who has visited us over the two weeks who have kept to our strict 2 person rule.
We will review the reopening of shop to serve the local community in 3 weeks.
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🍞 🍞 Milk Roll Loaf 🍞🍞
This soft white bread loaf, about 7ins diameter and 1lb weight, made with milk and baked in a two-part, enclosed cylindrical mould with circumferential ridges to indicate slice-cutting positions. Because steam is retained in the mould and no surface is directly exposed the crust is unusually soft. There is some evidence that this bread was formerly occasionally made in extraordinarily long moulds, each over 1 yard, to be cut into separate loaves by th...e baker.
Makes a lovely sandwich or toast, brings back childhood memories..
Remember you can order any of your loaves in the bakery, call or message.
#Bread #MilkRoll #Loaf #Slices #BreadnButter #Sandwich #Traditional #Handmade #RealBread #Favourite #Fresh #OldFashioned #Delicious #April #Lancashire #Bakery #Masterbaker #Baked #Village #Eccleston #SmallBusiness #ShopLocal
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