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Recipe for Fiona’s scrummy bread and butter pudding
“Why this is wonderful!” My mother quickly took another mouthful. “I wasn’t sure that it would be OK. I couldn’t be bothered to look up Delia’s recipe.” “Well never look it up again, Darling. Just note down how you made this.” I was thrilled. Some of my best recipes have been created out of laziness or by mistake. This recipe is one of those. I usually follow Delia’s recipe for luxury bread and butter pudding – replacing the currants and crystallised fruit with sultans and raisins. It always goes down well and is a...
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