Tag Archives: biscuits
Christmas spice sugar cookies
I wanted to make sugar cookies for Christmas this year; with a unique flavour, decorated with Royal Icing. This is the recipe I came up with. My idea of Christmas spice is a blend of vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves. … Continue reading
Pepperberry crackers
These crackers are the pair to the pepperberry leaf crackers I made a friend for her birthday. Those were diamond shape- a bit like the leaves of Tasmania’s native plant, these are round shaped- like the berries themselves. I think … Continue reading
Roasted garlic crackers
So I may have gone on a cracker making craze. The native pepperberry and pepperberry leaf crackers I made for my friend were such a hit she wanted us to make some more. My Grandpa has garlic growing wild … Continue reading
Lemon butter and marshmallow biscuits
This is my biscuit variation on the lemon meringue pie. I developed it as an edible gift hoping for something a little bit memorable to give away at Christmas. I made some for my Dad for Christmas. I was terribly … Continue reading
Chocolate caramel sandwich biscuits
I made an incredibly good batch of dulce de leche the other day. I normally make it from a tube of condensed milk. I’m often too impatient, and open it too soon. But this time I used a tin of … Continue reading
Spice moments
My Grandpa’s been quite ill the past few months so I decided to make some biscuits to post him. I had some homemade crystalised ginger left that I thought he’d like and came up with a biscuit recipe to match. … Continue reading
Grown up cookies (with whiskey and dark chocolate)
These cookies are all grown up. Flavoured with Scotch whiskey and dark chocolate with 70% cocoa solids, oats expand on the Scottish theme and walnuts add some grown up crunch. Makes about 24 cookies 125 grams buttter 3/4 cups brown … Continue reading
Birthday biscotti
My partner’s father turned eighty recently. I wanted to make something for his birthday. He’s Italian, and can appreciate the finer things in life, particular those lovely classic Italian treats. I hoped he might like a selection of homemade biscotti. … Continue reading
ANZACs
This is the only non-original recipe I’ve posted. It belongs to a very dear friend of mine, with whom I’ve had a great many good times, some of which included the baking of these very biscuits, as well as some … Continue reading
Honey and almond biscotti
I love honey and I love almonds and I love them together with a little spice. You can imagine then, how excited I am about these biscotti. The flavours are also well suited to tea and hot chocolate, as well … Continue reading
