Orange and Almond Fingers

The other afternoon I found that the kids and I had some time spare before the bath/dinner/bed routine and I've been craving sweets. I was lucky enough to have most of the ingredients (Hubby had to grab some eggs on his way home!) on hand so decided to make these and if they turned out, take them to Playgroup the next day.

For some reason I expected this recipe to have more of a biscuit texture but they're really cake-like. Which isn't a bad thing at all, just from the photos I thought they'd be a biscuit. The orange took quite a bit longer then 20 min boiling to become soft enough for me to put through the processor. I also substituted the flour for gluten free flour, but that doesn't make a difference to the end product.

I really enjoyed these fingers. They were great to cut up small and keep in the fridge for a sweet snack with a cuppa tea in the afternoon. In-fact, I had to quickly photograph them before I gobbled them all up!!

Pear and Almond Tart.

One morning I had a friend coming over so the afternoon before, Noah and I made this easy-peasy tart.

The almond mixture is made in the food processor and it's nearly a matter of pop'ing all the ingredients in and processing until combined. The butter and brown sugar is done first, than everything else. Empty into a fluted tart tin and press some beautiful ripe pears that have been tossed in brown sugar into the top then bake.

Easy. Peasy.

And so yummy that I didn't get the chance to take a photo. It was gobbled up way to quick.

Definitely a nice quick recipe if visitors are coming over. No pastry required and all you have to wash is the food processor.

I love this kind of food.