Children and the challenge (plus crackers recipe)

Todays cooking efforts - blackberry bread, a plain loaf and cheese straws

As I have discovered its not so easy when you are out and about to stick to the challenge - especially if you have children. I have decided that I am not going to enforce it on Amelie (who is 4) if she wants a drink/snack when we are out and especially at friends houses. At home its easy, we made crackers, bread and quiche and the fridge is full of fruit and juice and yogurt and cheese.

Today we are going to bake blackberry bread together after going blackberry picking and also some more crackers.

Crackers: To make crackers is basically the same as making pastry. You need to use white flour, one cup would be  good amount of crackers. Then add butter until the mixture looks a little like fine breadcrumbs. You need to use less than you would do for pastry though. Then add milk until the dough is soft but not sticky. Roll out on something flat with no oil/butter (I used the top of a metal oven dish) until it is paper thin. Really try to make sure it is thin as the thicker ones arent so good, then bake in the oven at gas mark 6 until they are browned - about 20 mins but longer if they are too thick.
Eat with local cheeses - yum!