The Bus Stop : Craft Time : Homemade Baking Presents

Gingerbread gift jars found here

• 100g soft light brown sugar
• 1 tsp ginger
• ¼ tsp allspice
• ¼ tsp cinnamon
• 50g chopped crystallised ginger
• 125g plain flour
• ½ tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda

Mango & apple chutney found here

• 3 1⁄4 large ripe mangoes , about 1kg/21⁄4lb
• 2 tbsp sunflower oil
• 2 onions , halved and thinly sliced
• thumb-sized piece fresh rootginger , peeled and cut into thin shreds
• 10 green cardamom pods
• 1 cinnamon stick
• ½ tsp cumin seeds
• ½ tsp coriander seeds , lightly crushed
• ¼ tsp black onion seeds (Nigella or Kalonji are good)
• ½ tsp ground turmeric
• 2 Bramley apples , about 500g/1lb 2oz, peeled, cored and chopped
• 1 large red chilli , deseeded and finely sliced
• 375ml white wine vinegar
• 400g golden caster sugar
• 1 tsp salt

Muffin mix (with a Christmas twist) found here

• 300g self-raising flour
• 2 tsp baking powder