I recently saw some Christmas Wreath Biscuits made with the ‘stained glass’ method of crushed boiled sweets in cut outs in the biscuits. I thought they looked lovely but might be better for decorations rather than for eating so came up with a different way of getting the same look by layering two biscuits with […]
Baking
Raspberry and Coconut Snowball Biscuits
These easy, tasty biscuits are the first of my Christmas treats for the year and kids will have fun getting involved making them. The same principle would work with any plain/vanilla biscuit base but I like to use a simple one I found a while ago on the BBC good food website. Biscuits 250g butter […]
Savoury Halloween Cheese Biscuits
Today – Savoury Cheese Biscuits – The perfect quick and easy bake E’s favourite part of baking is when he get to roll something out and use the shape cutters so he was very enthusiastic to help with these pumpkin shaped, flaky cheese biscuits. I’ve been making cheese biscuits for years but to stick with the […]
Witch Finger Pretzels (or soft Halloween pretzel dipping sticks)
Today – Witches Halloween Finger Recipe – Soft pretzel dipping sticks with a spooky Halloween look – witch finger pretzels I am getting just a little excited about Halloween. I have been obsessively ‘Pinteresting‘ all things pumpkiny and today I press ganged E into our first bit of spooky cooking courtesy of the Martha Stewart […]
Goddess (of the domestic variety)
In an effort to inspire some Easter spirit (is there such a thing?) I have been channelling my inner domestic goddess. First I decided to try and make some chocolate cornflake nests with E. Easy right? We decided to push the boat out a bit and add some nuts and dried cranberries because that’s just […]
If I were a biscuit…
If I were a biscuit I would be shortbread. Not even the exciting kind with chocolate or nuts. Nice but plain, a reliable choice. I’d like to think I’d be something fun like a jammy dodger or a bit classy like those little things in an Italian bakery or even a cheeky little custard cream. Shortbread it […]
