I decided to bring my cookie press back into action today, with some butter shortbread cookies. My recipe will make 72 cookies, so doubling the amount will make a good 144, which is ideal for a family. Double pressing the cookie press also makes larger cookies, so a smaller number will be achieved. But the […]
I have been watching lots of videos of how to make this wonderfully moist cake. Kladdkaka is a Swedish cake, moist and sticky inside. In fact in some recipes the moistness is slightly runny. I didn’t want a runny centre, so I opted to follow a recipe by Donal Skehan, where everything is mixed in […]
Having bought a cookie/biscuit press I decided I would try to make some Spritz Cookies, a very short, melt in the mouth, type of cookie. I had a recipe supplied with the press so I tried that for this time, making only one change, to add some lemon extract for a little extra flavour. The […]
Who doesn’t love a nice piece of shortbread? Certainly I have never come across anyone who doesn’t like it. So today I thought I would try to make some, in the traditional petticoat tail shape. That is a round of shortbread, with a pattern and some lines for breaking into pieces. Usually after baking you […]
Kouign Amann, pronounced something like Queen Amarn, is a pastry that I had never heard of, until it appeared as a challenge on The Great British Bake-Off. So I had to investigate, and found that it is similar in texture to a croissant. The recipe I followed is from Paul Hollywood, on BBC Food website. […]