Twelve days of cookies (Daring Bakers Challenge Nov 2012)
Shortbread Holiday season is the time for sharing and Peta of Peta Eats is sharing a dozen cookies, some classics and some of her own, from all over the world […]
Category Archives: Cookies & Biscuits
Sugar Cookies (Daring Bakers Challenge September 2010)
The September 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Mandy of “What the Fruitcake?!” Mandy challenged everyone to make Decorated Sugar Cookies based on recipes from Peggy Porschen and The […]
Gingerbread House (Daring Bakers Challenge Dec 09)
The December 2009 Daring Bakers’ challenge was brought to you by Anna of Very Small Anna and Y of Lemonpi. They chose to challenge Daring Bakers’ everywhere to bake and […]
Cannoli (Daring Bakers Challenge November 2009)
The November 2009 Daring Bakers Challenge was chosen and hosted by Lisa Michele of Parsley, Sage, Desserts and Line Drives. She chose the Italian Pastry, Cannolo (Cannoli is plural), using […]
Macarons (Daring Bakers Challenge Oct 2009)
carob, matcha & lemon, rose, lemongrass & mango flavoured macarons The 2009 October Daring Bakers’ challenge was brought to us by Ami S. She chose macarons from Claudia Fleming’s The […]
Chocolate Covered Marshmallow & Milan Cookies (Daring Bakers July 09 Challenge)
Marshmallow Cookies The July Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Nicole at Sweet Tooth. She chose Chocolate Covered Marshmallow Cookies and Milan Cookies from pastry chef Gale Gand of the […]
Jaffa Cake Analysis
Anti clockwise from the rectangular one: Marks & Spencer, McVities, Sainsbury’s, Tescos, and my attempt 1. Marks & Spencer Very zesty rectangular cake with a thick layer of delicious dark […]
The Art of Manipulation…Tuiles
Tuiles with Avocado Chocolate Mousse This month’s challenge is brought to us by Karen of Baking Soda and Zorra of 1x umruehren bitte aka Kochtopf. They have chosen Tuiles from […]
Happy & Prosperous New Year Baking! (Heston Blumenthal’s Millionaire’s Shortbread)
Heston Blumenthal’s Millionaire’s shortbread My New Year’s Eve menu consisted of: Yeast-free squash & bean buns: I encountered difficulties as I didn’t have a proper steamer (just a sieve over […]
Banana Biscuits (Gluten Free & Low Sugar)
My sugar free baking experiments continue with banana biscuits, well, mine came out more like chewy scones. My extremely ancient oven was put to sleep yesterday; it was leaking gas […]
