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SPICED GINGER • 200g of the apple sauce the dry ingredients, including the
SPONGE PUDDING • 50ml plant-based milk crystallised ginger and dates.
• Juice of 1 lemon Add the apple sauce, plant-based
SERVES: 4 • 1 tsp vanilla extract milk, lemon juice and vanilla extract
For the apple sauce: and give it a good stir.
• To serve: 4 Pour into the prepared tin and
225g cooking apples, peeled,
cored and chopped • 1 tbsp peanut butter bake for about 50 minutes. Test it's
• • 1 tbsp maple syrup cooked by inserting a toothpick into
Juice and zest of 1 lemon
• the middle.
1 tsp brown sugar
• 1 To make the apple sauce, put the 5 In a small pan, warm the peanut
Pinch of sea salt
chopped apples in a large saucepan. butter and maple syrup on a low

For the pudding: Add 2 tablespoons water, the lemon heat, stirring to combine well. Drizzle
• zest and juice, the sugar, cinnamon over the hot pudding to serve.
1 cinnamon stick
• and a pinch of salt. Stir well. Cook for
300g wholemeal flour
• 15 minutes on a medium heat, stirring
125g brown sugar
• occasionally, until the apples are
2 tsp baking powder
• mushy, then remove from the heat, BOOKshelf
2 tsp ground ginger
• discarding the cinnamon stick. Extracted from
1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 2 Preheat the oven to 170C/Gas 3. The Self-Care Cookbook by
¼ tsp ground cloves
• Line a 1lb loaf tin with baking paper. Gemma Ogston (Published
2 tbsp crystallised ginger, chopped
• 3 In a large bowl, mix together all by Penguin £14.99)
150g pitted and chopped dates
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