Making Whoopie (Pies)
I am absolutely sure I am not the first and will not be the last one to think of that little joke! Nor am I the first and will not be the last one to discover the delight that is... Continue reading →
Cookies
Yo-yo Cupcakes
I’ve already told you how I feel about Yo-yos. The custardy flavour in the cookie and frosting is so comforting and they are a lovely sunny yellow. So I suppose it was only a matter of time until I would... Continue reading →
Dutch Speculaas
On the Ninth day of Christmas, my True Love baked for me… These. These, these, these. Speculaas are like the Foie Gras of Cookies. Like the Inception of Cookies. Like Umberto Eco’s as yet unpublished masterwork: Cookies in Hyperreality. Like: if... Continue reading →
Gingerbread Snowflake Cookies
On the Fifth day of Christmas, my True Love baked for me…. Glorious filigree snowflake cookies, made of crispy, warmly spiced, melt in your mouth gingerbread. Those who have met me know that snowflakes are a major obsession. It’s not just because... Continue reading →
Saffron Almond Shortbread
On the Third day of Christmas, my True Love baked for me… Saffron Almond Shortbread and a big cup of lovely hot tea. At least for me, shortbread is a integral part of Christmas. If I go round to an Auntie’s... Continue reading →
Chocolate Toffee Crack
What is the easiest but most amazing sweet or candy you know how to make? Mine was probably fudge or coconut ice before I first made this stuff I found on the interwebs called “Christmas Crack”. It’s basically salted crackers embedded in... Continue reading →
Spitzbuebe – Swiss Raspberry Sandwich Cookies
Here’s a totally authentic Swiss recipe. It’s for Spitzbuebe, or in English “little rascals”, delectably crisp vanilla cookies sandwiched together with raspberry jam. Whenever I visit Switzerland I make a point of having as many of these from as many... Continue reading →
Chocolate Muscovado Shortbread
Why do we always make shortbread with white sugar? Because Traditional, I suppose, but a week or so ago I got to wondering whether a brown sugar shortbread might be awesome. Spoiler alert: it is. Muscovado sugar adds a gorgeous... Continue reading →
YoYos
I promised a while ago to get on to making Yoyos, a classic Kiwi treat with meltingly short cookies enriched with custard powder sandwiched together with a custard powder buttercream. For these cookies its best to use the yellowest custard... Continue reading →
Mocha Melting Moments
A colleague brought these dinky little yoyo sandwich cookies into work the other day. They came in a tub and were literally the size of a large grape, all golden yellow and filled with their custard buttercream. I’ll be making my version... Continue reading →
Berry Chocolate Cookie Bars
I was innocently browsing Facebook the other day when a post from Smitten Kitchen caught my eye. This is nothing new, posts from this New York based cooking goddess often tempt me. This time it was a post about raspberry breakfast... Continue reading →
Cookie Monster Cupcakes – A Cupcake a Day in May
COOK ——– IE (reads the Cookie Monster on an episode of Sesame Street from the dim memory of my childhood. COOK—IE. COOOOKIEEEE. COOKIE!!!! OM NOM NOM NOMNOMNOMNOMNOM! This is how people react when they see my Cookie Monster Cupcakes. Making... Continue reading →
S’more s’more s’more
S’mores cookie bars… Being an antipodean, I first learned about s’mores watching American television. To confess, it was an episode of The Bachelor. I thought the name “s’mores” was excruciatingly awful and could only guess at the spelling as I... Continue reading →