Recipes for some lovely biscuits and cookies, which are usually very quick and easy to make.
As I was experimenting on the base for a dessert I wanted to make I came up with these delicious biscuits. They are nice and crisp with a lovely crunch. The texture is light and airy and the crunch is very tender as you bite into the biscuit. The use of soft light brown sugar […]
Quick and easy this recipe for chocolate shortbread works very well indeed. I do love shortbread and enjoy most baked things that include chocolate. So I decided to make some chocolate shortbread, just as an experiment, based on a shortbread recipe I used recently. All I did was to substitute some of the flour and […]
Instead of a Jammy Dodger why not try a caramel version. Perfection in just a couple of bites. Here in the UK we have a biscuit, known as Jammy Dodgers, which are some jam sandwiched between two biscuits, with a hole in the middle of the top one. I thought it might be a nice […]
A lovely crunchy biscuit alternative to Hot Cross Buns. Spiced and fruited like those buns, full of flavour and great with tea. As Easter approaches I was thinking about Hot Cross Buns. I love them and have recipes and videos online for making the traditional ones. Of course these days, in the supermarkets, you can […]
Perfect with coffee or tea. These are a great biscuit to start the day, or as a mid-morning snack. For a very quick sweet treat these Easy Orange Biscuits are just perfect. They are thick and have a similar texture to an English scone, only firmer. So they are ideal for eating with a cup […]
Spoon cookies are a type of cookie, with a cake-like texture, where the batter is simply spooned onto a baking tray before being baked. Hopefully in spooning the batter the shape is fairly symmetrical. This recipe is for a spoon cookie that has some ground almonds and a little almond extract as well as the […]
For something as simple as chocolate chip cookies they need to be quick to make. So this recipe is spot on, taking almost no time at all and delivering a big hit of flavour that goes down so well at almost anytime. For a very quick and simple recipe there is nothing easier than chocolate […]
It is quite a few years since I have eaten gingernuts, a lovely crunchy biscuit that goes so well with a cup of tea. So I decided that it was time to make some, and what a treat they turned out to be. They are very easy to make, and take so little time that […]
Peppermint Patties, soothingly sweet peppermint filling encased in a luxurious dark chocolate are perfect for the Holiday season, around Christmastime. Decadent, these are small and perfectly formed and very easy to eat and deliver an awesome and refreshing taste. I had intended to make some Peppermint Patties in time for Christmas, but I ran out […]
Christmas deserves something extra special. So a shortbread biscuit flavoured with clementines, so readily associated with that time of year, are just perfect. They taste great and have that special shortbread crunch. Although I made shortbread just a few weeks ago I decided that a slight variation, adding the zest from some clementines, would make […]