Having made my speculaas last week I was so enamoured of the flavour of the spices that I wanted to make something else with them too. I decided to make some cupcakes and was all set to go when I discovered a recipe on Bakingmad for ginger and cinnamon cupcakes. Although I wanted to use the […]
Getting ready for Christmas and the holiday season I thought I would try out another cookie, from the low countries, Belgium and The Netherlands(and elsewhere too I suspect). Speculaas are a crunchy cookie that are usually made with the dough being pressed into moulds to create a shape. They are eaten on St Nicholas Eve […]
My sister in Canada mentioned that she had bought some Pfeffernüsse, which are a German cookie that is iced(some recipes just roll the cookies in icing sugar). They are also very popular, with different names in Denmark and The Netherlands. I thought they looked very good and with all the spices they are quite unlike […]
Searching through a few websites for some Easter fare I started to watch some videos of Paul Hollywood, one of which was for flatbreads, with pulled lamb, from the Waitrose website. That set me thinking that I could try it, since I had bought a leg of lamb a day or so earlier, when it […]