CHUNKY CHEESE LOAF
Ingredients
- vegetable oil
- for greasing
- 160g/6½oz plain flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 20g/1oz butter
- softened
- 1 medium dessert apple
- peeled
- 60g/2oz mature cheddar cheese
- grated
- plus a bit extra for sprinkling
- 1 egg
- 50ml/1fl oz apple juice
Directions
- Before cooking
- wash your hands and put on an apron. Weigh or measure all the ingredients. Ask a grown-up to preheat the oven at 180C/350F/Gas 4. Brush the inside of a 500g loaf tin with a little oil and place it on a baking tray.
- Place the flour
- baking powder and butter into a bowl. Rub them together using your fingertips (as if you are tickling the mixture) until you get a fine crumbly mixture.
- Ask a grown-up to help you cut up the apple into small bite-sized pieces. Add these to the bowl with the grated cheese.
- Now break the egg in the cup and beat it with the fork. Then add it to the flour mixture. Add a bit of apple juice to moisten the mixture. It should be a thick batter
- so you may not need all the apple juice.
- Spoon the batter into the loaf tin and sprinkle the top with the extra cheese. Ask a grown-up to put it in the oven for about 20-25 minutes
- or until it is golden brown and has risen well. Serve the loaf with fresh apple chunks.

