When I was little we made Easter Biscuits every year but it is a tradition I had almost forgotten about. Traditional British Easter biscuits are crunchy, sugary, shortbread-type biscuits with currants in. They are quite different from the iced bunny… Read More ›
Biscuits and Cookies
Chocolate Topped Oaties – when a flapjack is not a flapjack
When is a flapjack not a flapjack? When it’s a biscuit or cookie, of course. These are distinctly flapjack-tasting but the additional flour and a thin bake makes them more like a biscuit or cookie. They somehow manage to be… Read More ›
Easy Easter Treats – Chocolate Cornflake Crispies kids will love to make and eat
These chocolate cornflake cakes are really easy to make (and eat!). Kids love them and they can make these with minimal help. And they are easily customised for Easter. My friend Sara gave me these brilliant cake cases a while ago… Read More ›
Triple Chocolate Cookies – if you gave up chocolate for Lent, look away until Easter!
Sometimes chocolate is the only thing that will do. And sometimes only cookies will do. This recipe manages to get a triple helping of chocolate into these cookies: melted chocolate, cocoa powder and chocolate chips. If you gave up chocolate for Lent,… Read More ›
Old Fashioned Oatmeal and Raisin Cookies
For the recent school Coffee Morning I hosted I wanted a mix of sponge, chocolate and cookies as I thought that would cover most tastes. So along with the Red Velvet Cake and Chocolate and Walnut Brownies, I made Old Fashioned… Read More ›
Chocolate and Walnut Brownies
In my previous post I mentioned a school Coffee Morning that we held for Comic Relief. Along with the Red Velvet Cake I also made Chocolate and Walnut Brownies and Old-Fashioned Oatmeal Cookies. This brownie recipe is an easy one… Read More ›
Chocolate Melting Moments – take a break from Christmas shopping
The Christmas season is already in full swing: shops are full of decorations, Christmas music and present ideas, and most people have already received their first Christmas card but not bought theirs yet. Or that might just be me… These little… Read More ›
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Yummy chocolate chip cookies – the chewy kind. Perfect for a lazy Sunday afternoon in front of the fire. Recipe Ingredients 110g butter, room temperature 175g soft brown sugar 1 egg 200g plain flour 1 and a quarter teaspoons bicarbonate… Read More ›