Baking Treacle Bars + Books from the Week
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- čas přidán 25. 02. 2021
- It's Friday, so it's time for this week's 'Tea Reads' episode! In this video, I'm joined by my Mum (Donna), and we share our regular Friday routine of a teatime chat about books over a cuppa and a sweet treat we've baked together. In today's episode, I'm excited to share a fabulous recipe for Treacle Bars, from the Towpath Cookbook, which the publishers have kindly allowed me to reproduce for you (see below). Mum and I also chat about books we've been enjoying this week. Have a lovely weekend, everyone!
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Old Herbaceous by Reginald Arkell: www.bookdepository.com/Old-He...
Reflections from a Garden by Susan Hill and Rory Stuart (out of print)
English Climate - Wartime Stories by Sylvia Townsend Warner: persephonebooks.co.uk/product...
Millions Like Us by Virginia Nicholson: uk.bookshop.org/a/4369/978014... - Zábava
I am sitting here in the sunporch at the end, hopefully, of a very cold central Pennsylvania winter. Your reads about early spring give me hope for warmer weather. I love your channel. Drinking tea with a good friend or mother and eating treacle bars and drinking tea is my idea of heaven.
Love you two together, especially when you laugh at something, I really can tell you're having a great time!
Thank you! We do have a lot of fun together 😊💕
Thank you both for another fun teatime. I really enjoy your baking and book sharing. It makes my heart glad.
Thanks so much to you for your very kind support. I really appreciate it! So happy you enjoyed the video❤️
These videos are such a lovely, comforting Friday treat. Today is also my baking day and I love tea with cake and a good book. Ladies you are both adorable xx
Thank you so much for your kind words! Hope you have a wonderful weekend 😊📚🍰
I am new to this channel and I am absolutely loving it! thank you both so much for this wonderful content! looking forward to all your upcoming videos! :) best wishes, k
Thank you so much! 😊
Again what a week!🥵 Hopefully everything gets resolved soon, it is still very chilly. Wonderful to see you both on Fridays, I would not miss it for the world! I have never tried your tarts but they look scrumptious, I don’t know if we have an equivalent in France. Anyhow, as always a big merci for your lovely videos.☺️🙏🏻✨🌟💗
Lovely to spend some time with you and your mum 😊. Tasty looking treats and such interesting reads. I'm looking forward to watching the Lucy Worsley documentary on the blitz. You must be having a chilly week! I hope you have hot water and heating again soon!
Thanks so much, Emma! Hope you enjoy 'Blitz Spirit' too and have a wonderful weekend xxx 😊
Hope you are both well and the boiler is repaired soon. The treacle bars look delicious and great book choices. Thank you both.
Enjoyed very much. I'm loving Fridays these days. I'm reading Miss Marples short stories. I have loved everyone of them. Listening to you two, I have more books to list in my now called "Miranda's recommendations notebook. ". I'm not even kidding. 😂 My best wishes to you both. 💕
Haha that’s lovely! Thanks very much. Enjoy your weekend! 📚💕💫
Can't wait to watch this! I'm sure I speak for everyone when I say I missed you Wednesday but totally understandable. Hope your boiler is or will be fixed very soon and I hope you and your mum have a cozy weekend with time to read! 📚❤️😊
Thank you very much! Hope you have a cozy weekend ahead too 😊📚💕
Dear Miranda and Donna, thank you for this lovely video. I am always looking forward to the next one. Your video’s are so cosy and interesting. Have a nice and I hope you will get the new boiler soon.
Thank you so much! That's so kind of your to say xxx
After the week you’ve had it was lovely to see you both smiling and taking everything in your stride as always 💫
The treacle bites looked amazing, it’s been nice enough here Buckinghamshire to sit out with a cup of tea, I suspect I’ll be up early in the morning to have some ready for mid afternoonses 🤣
I really enjoyed Blitz Spirit the other night, together with Chelsea Concerto, it’s stayed with me all week, which made your book choices today feel very apt and enjoyable. I’m definitely going to be buying English Climate, loved the story you read out!
Have a lovely weekend ladies, keep warm, one week down bringing you ever closer to Boiler Day!
Thank you so much, Karen! Hope you enjoy making the treacle bars if you give them a go - we're quite addicted 😂 I've finished all the stories in English Climate now; such an interesting collection! I do think Sylvia Townsend Warner was such a gifted writer. Have a lovely weekend and enjoy the sunshine! ☀️ xxx
Just spent a very nice time with you and Donna. Delicious recipe, ladies. I finished reading The Searcher by Tana French. This is a character study as much as a mystery. Well written. But, I am now looking to select a comfy read. Have a wonderful weekend, Miranda.
Thanks so much, Elizabeth! I know my Mum is a big fan of Tana French and is looking forward to reading the latest xxx
Hello Miranda and Donna, Thank you for another lovely video, I think I will be giving the treacle bars a try very soon! This week I have been reading The Salt Path by Raynor Winn, its very good and has a beautiful cover. Hope your boiler gets fixed very soon and you don't get too cold. xx
Thank you very much! Hope you enjoy giving the Treacle Bars a go! Have a lovely weekend xxx
Thank you for a wonderful video as always. I do hope you get your home comforts, well, essentials back soon. 🌺
Thank you very much! We’re hoping so too!!
Love your Friday vlogs I have just been binge watching you last few vlogs as I haven't been able to watch you for a little while. So I am now full of the cosy vibes. I have been able to book a holiday for later in the year to Yorkshire which I am very excited about x
Really enjoyed this, particularly the extract from Old Herbaceous. As a keen gardener myself, this is a wonderful time of year as the garden starts to come to life again. I too loved the Blitz Spirit programme, so interesting to hear about the experiences of the people who lived through it and I thought it was a nice touch to see their actual relatives at the end. Sorry to hear about your boiler woes! I feel your pain as the same thing happened to me the other year. We take hot water and heating for granted until we haven’t got it! Hope it’s fixed soon! Have a lovely weekend both.
Thanks so much, Lucy! The start of spring is indeed such a wonderful time in the garden. So glad you enjoyed Blitz Spirit too; I thought it was really touching to see the real relatives at the end as well xxx
Hope your boiler is fixed very soon. Coincidentally, I have just finished reading The Secret Garden for the first time since childhood and it was fascinating as a period piece as well as a character study.
Having been introduced to Rosamunde Pilcher by the two of you before christmas, I am also listening to Coming Home on audiobook. Thoroughly enjoying it and have The Shell Seekers paperback ready to start when I finish the audiobook. Thank you for all your thoughtful recommendations, they are always appreciated x
That is a lovely coincidence! I’m so glad you’re enjoying Rosamunde Pilcher, Penny. Have a lovely weekend 💕
Hello! Thank you for another wonderful tea reads. I enjoyed all the reads, but went looking for a copy of "English Climate" immediately. I watched your video while in the process of making my first Victoria Sponge. The cakes are in the oven right now. And now I'm also watching again the video where you and your mom made one. I'm hoping it will bring me luck. I also got the ingredients to make the chocolate tahini banana cake from last week and look forward to making that soon. Thanks again!
How exciting! Hope it turned out well. Enjoy your weekend! xxx
Hello Miranda and Donna, apologies I'm late to tea this week but what a lovely treat now that I have been able to catch up. The Treacle Bars are definitely going to be made in this household! Thank you so much to you both and the Towpath Cookbook editors for sharing the recipe. I was so glad not only to see you had been able to get a copy of Reflections from a Garden but that you enjoyed it too. I also was very glad of your recommendation this week to read A Chelsea Concerto by Frances Faviell ahead of Lucy Worsley's excellent Blitz documentary. Both excellent and so moving. My own Mother was living in the East End before moving to Maple Durham with her Mother to get away from the bombing. My Mother hardly ever recalled the grim sights and experiences she was exposed to as a child but loved to recall anecdotes and I do miss her wonderful ability to hold us captive with her incredibly detailed memory and characterisation of people and events, how I wish I'd recorded them or written them down. We too have had a bit of a week and and so I really hope your week ahead is going to be full of Spring wonder and warmth! Thank you both, Teresa ❤️📚👩🏻🍳🔥❤️
I saw that Lucy Worsley was doing Blitz Spirit and I cannot wait to be able to access it here in Canada!
Hello Miranda and Donna: Another enjoyable Tea Reads. I'm intrigued by this Golden Syrup, I'm in the US, and will also have to see where I can find Double Cream. Looks delicious.
I've been re-reading some of Beverley Nichols books; they always remind me of spring and getting back into the garden. His books would have also fit well with your previous vlog on humorous British books. Kind regards, Lynn
Thank you Lynn! I think my mum would generally just substitute whipping cream in this type of recipe, if you have trouble finding double cream. Beverley Nichols books are very fun reads! xxx
Oh! I also wanted to mention that I just saw the other day that T.E. Kinsey who wrote the Lady Hardcastle mysteries has a new book coming out on March 1 called, "The Deadly Mystery of the Missing Diamonds". It seems to be part of a new series and a spin off? I've only read the first Lady Hardcastle book since being introduced to it on your channel but look forward to reading more.
Oh, great to know, thanks!
Happy Reading and Eating Weekend 💕 You both are such a breath of fresh air !!!!
Thank you so much! Happy weekend!
The treacle bars sound so good! I will be trying them soon. This weekend I've made serinakaker (Norwegian vanilla and almond festive biscuits) and vanilla and almond cupcakes with white chocolate frosting. Lots of almonds because I have a kilo bag of ground almonds in the cupboard which needs using up. I loved Donna's reading about the Secret Garden, and yours Miranda about the lady going off for the day when she thought her house might be bombed. Brilliant!
It's quite stalwart of you both to persist in baking whilst making do without hot water. Although I must say, those gooey treats look worth the extra washing-up commitment. I just adored all of the reading snippets, too. Thank you!
Thanks so much, Pamela! They were definitely worth it in the end, and they also went down very well with the men installing our boiler so that was good 😉
@@MirandaMills That's one way to guarantee speedy service in the future! :)
I loved your videos. I recently purchased another book you recommended and look forward to reading it this weekend. I would love for you and your mom to create a video about tea. Your tea ware, teas, routines around tea preparation and service...
Thank you! I've got that idea noted down. Enjoy your weekend and your new book!
@@MirandaMills Dinner with Edward was a precious read. A wonderful recommendation.
I picked up Old Herbert's upon your recommendation and I absolutely love it! Such a page turner. Very amusing 😊
I loved Old Herbaceous also. For those who can't locate a physical copy, it is available as a free download from Internet Archive: archive.org/details/oldherbaceou00arke/page/n11/mode/2up Millions like Us was also a great read, and another (which you've probably already read!) is The Diaries of Nella Last. Thanks for sharing your tea and favorite reads!
Thank you! Yes, we're both fans of Nella Last too. Enjoy your weekend! xxx
Here in the US, Golden Syrup is fairly easy to find (although the recipe uses A LOT of it), but double cream is virtually impossible in my grocery stores. I guess you can use heavy cream and add butter. I think that I’ll just enjoy watching you enjoy them!
My mum suggests whipping cream which would be fine!
Hello Donna and Miranda! Thank you for a great episode again! I hope your boiler will be repared soon. Have a nice weekend!
Thanks so much, Julia! Hope you have a lovely weekend too xxx
@@MirandaMills thanks!
Yum, these treacle bars look delicious - a perfect teatime indulgence or hearty picnic treat. Thanks to you and Towpath for sharing the recipe! A lovely selection of books, too. I'm slowly reading my way through the English Climate stories, my favourite so far is also 'From Above'. I must say I'm enjoying Sylvia Townsend Warner's short stories more than her novels, which I've found a bit difficult to get into. I know many other people who love them, though, and perhaps I should give them another go. A Chelsea Concerto sounds great and have added it to my list of Dean Street Press books that I'll be treating myself to, in the near future. In the meantime, I'm enjoying Slightly Foxed's To War with Whitaker, by the Countess of Ranfurly. A great wartime diary, some of it on the Home Front but most of it much further afield. Hope you're having a lovely weekend and enjoying some sunshine to make up for your lack of a boiler! 🧡
Old Herbaceous sounds wonderful! I hope your heating gets sorted soon, have a good weekend!
It’s a fabulous read! 📚❤️
Alabama has a company called Golden Eagle that makes golden syrup. It’s available in my area and I am looking forward to getting some and trying this recipe!
Also, our boiler (got water heater) is out right now as well, and yes, it is very annoying to be washing dishes in cold water! Hoping yours is fixed soon!
*hot water heater
Wonderful! Enjoy your baking 😊
Thank you!
So happy to see you both again! Really wish I could share my hot water with you. Come to New Hampshire and use my big, lovely tub! :D Just finished 'Wintering' and at the end of 'Mrs. Tim and the Regiment' (how I love it!). On the March chapter of 'Stillmeadow and Sugarbridge' by Gladys Taber and also listening to 'Mary Poppins'. I'd only seen the movie, but never read the book. I think I like it!
I've always wondered what treacle tasted like. Can you describe it? Is it like caramel? The bars looked delicious!
It's funny, I used to have the Old Herbaceous book, but never read it, so I donated it last year. Ugh! I'll have to go and buy it again because the passage you shared sounded lovely. Hope you get your new boiler soon and sending warm hugs to you and your mom until then! xoxo :)
I'm reading a Gladys Taber and Mary Poppins, as well! Must be a Miranda and Mum coincidence!
It's hard to describe to be honest, I hope you can try some yourself sometime! It's very sweet and yes, perhaps, a little like caramel. All your reading sounds lovely! I love the original Mary Poppins. What a shame you donated 'Old Herbaceous' - it's such a charming read; I think you'd really enjoy it. Hope you can get another copy! Have a lovely weekend 😊
@@karenhaire5451 That's so cool!
Where were you in the USA?
These look lovely but why do so many "treacle" recipes have golden syrup ............. and no treacle? I love golden syrup but I really love black treacle and poorly-named desserts/sweets like this always leave me feeling kind of cheated. Why are they not "syrup bars"?😁
Golden syrup is a type of treacle - it's light treacle.
@@MirandaMills Agreed, but it's seldom described that way. Treacle toffee uses proper, black treacle, treacle scones too; treacle tart etc should follow the same rules.😁
... from the United States, she googles *golden syrup*
I get mine from Amazon. It’s delicious! Double cream is tougher, Amazon does have it. Quite expensive.
@@laurac56 Thank you, Laura!