Category Archives: Cookies

Coffee Pecan Biscuits

November 19, 2011

Several years ago I went to a morning tea hosted by a mum from school where I was served lovely little biscuits topped with icing and a pecan.  I thought someone had baked them but it turns out my local … Continue reading →

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Chocolate Oat Cookies

November 2, 2011

There is something about cookies jam packed with rolled oats and chocolate chunks that really appeal to me.  I seem to try a different recipe every time I make them and one thing I did differently this time was add … Continue reading →

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Triple Ginger Biscuits With Espresso Cream

August 25, 2011

I have spoken before about my new found love for crystallised ginger.  I can’t seem to get enough of it and these biscuits have nice chunks of crystallised ginger plus ground ginger and fresh ginger.  They are incredibly moreish and … Continue reading →

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Oat Choc Chunk Cookies

July 20, 2011

This is a good cookie for lunch boxes or afternoon tea snacks.  I love putting rolled oats in as many things as I can for the kids as it is such a great source of energy and a good filler.  … Continue reading →

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You Can’t Catch Me I’m A Gingerbread Man

May 11, 2011

I was standing in line for a coffee on Saturday holding Essie’s hand.  A lovely, soft spoken, elderly lady came up to me and was commenting on Essie’s beautiful blonde curls and how beautiful children are.  She told me not … Continue reading →

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Chocolate Macaroons

April 19, 2011

One of my favourite sweet food combinations are macadamia nuts, coconut and chocolate.  I’ll try and work it into any bit of baking I can – brownies, cookies, rocky road, fudge, cakes etc.  So there was no doubt that this … Continue reading →

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Hazelnut Chocolate Biscuits

March 30, 2011

Elliott and I had a day at home today as it has been raining all day.  So we did a bit of baking together and made these yummy hazelnut and chocolate biscuits.  Not that Elliott was really helpful but he … Continue reading →

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Wholemeal Shortbread Biscuits

February 22, 2011

These are a lovely simple biscuit that I found in a Rachel Allen cookbook.  A light, crisp biscuit but still quite buttery like shortbread.  Not too sweet and the wholemeal flour makes this treat a bit more substantial.  Which makes … Continue reading →

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Chocolate And Pistachio Biscotti

February 16, 2011

Biscotti is perfect to dunk into a good strong coffee.  My kids like to dunk it into a glass of milk and in fact they insist on having a glass of milk everytime they get biscotti.  Biscotti is for dunking … Continue reading →

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One Big Batch Of Cookies

January 16, 2011

The last couple of weeks I have been given alot of brilliant recipes that I’m so keen to share but I want to first share some quick baking recipes that we are making for Baked Relief.  Some very straight forward … Continue reading →

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