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Bakeproof

This month Anneka Manning shares her baked Lebanese classics that impressed her future mother-in-law.

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Classic faves

Bakeproof: Lebanese

How do you impress your future Lebanese mother-in-law? Bake her the recipes, steeped in cultural and family history, closest to her heart.
Lebanese

Lebanese butter cookies

These simple shortbread-like biscuits, subtly scented with orange blossom water, are incredibly more-ish. They are just as good when flavoured with vanilla or...
Lebanese

Sweet pastry fingers with ashta cream

These crisp golden pastries are filled with ashta cream – a clever Lebanese unsweetened faux clotted cream – and then drenched with a fragrant syrup. Znoud el...
Lebanese

Baked kibbeh

There are a number of variations when it comes to kibbeh, Lebanon’s national dish. This traditional baked version is a flavoursome layering of finely minced meat,...
Lebanese

Baked falafel with tomato herb salad & tahini sauce

Traditionally deep-fried, this lighter version of the much-loved Middle Eastern falafel is baked. Teamed with a fresh herb and tomato salad and tasty tahini...
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Brownies, many ways

From rich fudgy squares to a brownie-cookie, Anneka Manning has alll the goods. 

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Choc attack

Bakeproof: Brownies

They are rich, dark and fudgy - or sometimes cakey. Or both. This month, our everyday baker Anneka Manning takes the brownie in delicious new directions, including...
Modern Australian

Gluten-free beetroot, hazelnut and orange brownies

These brownies bring the wonderful combination of orange, chocolate and hazelnuts together in small individual packages. They also benefit from the earthy...
Modern Australian

Salted peanut brookies

These clever cookies are the hybrid of a brownie and a chocolate chip cookie – dark, rich and chewy on one side and crisp, simple and familiar on the other. The...
Modern Australian

Minted raspberry brownie trifles

These trifles are a complete contradiction in terms when it comes to eating them – they are rich yet refreshing, sweet yet tart, indulgent yet light – and that’s...
Modern Australian

Fudgy chocolate and cherry brownies

This brownie one of those wickedly rich, unashamedly fudgy and completely over-the-top ones – the type that never disappoints. But be warned, only a small piece...
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Meet our everyday baker Anneka Manning. She shares baking rituals, modern and ancient, and techniques from around the world.

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Classic faves

Bakeproof: Lebanese

How do you impress your future Lebanese mother-in-law? Bake her the recipes, steeped in cultural and family history, closest to her heart.
Choc attack

Bakeproof: Brownies

They are rich, dark and fudgy - or sometimes cakey. Or both. This month, our everyday baker Anneka Manning takes the brownie in delicious new directions,...
Holiday baking

Bakeproof: Festive cookies

We call it a cookie tin, Germans know it as Weihnachtsplätzchen and it's 7 Sorters Kakor in Swedish. Whatever you call it, know that these biscuits are delicious...
Sweets to share

Bakeproof: DIY dessert bar

The celebratory season is rolling on in, so bring your party A-Game with these shareable, playful desserts from our resident baker Anneka Manning.
Soft, chewy, flaky

Bakeproof: Yeast-leavened flatbreads

Flatbread is a clever multitasker. It's used to dip into, scoop up or sop up, wrap, cover and carry other food, and works well as a blank edible canvas to top as...
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Each month in my online column, Bakeproof, I'll be sharing baking rituals, modern and ancient, from around the world for everyday baking.
Bakeproof – SBS Food Online
Bakeproof – SBS Food Online
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