Cake, kids & exercise
Mini egg and Chocolate chip cookies, to be precise! This is a great recipe to have, it can be easily adapted to use whatever treats, you have at hand. The cookies are delicious straight out of the oven, but also keep well. The recipe has been tried and tested by my teenage daughter. It’s from… Continue reading Easter Cookies
This one is good! Basically, it’s a giant cookie in a traybake tin. The ideal treat for a party or bake sale. It’s a handy recipe for your collection, as the dough does not require chilling, so it’s a quick one to prepare. The recipe is from a book called ‘Bake it, Slice it, Eat… Continue reading Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake
Shortbread, I've eaten it many times but I don't recall ever baking it before lockdown. This recipe has cornflour on it - I don't think that's the norm, it adds a lovely texture to the biscuit. It's light and kind of melts in your mouth. I made them in the warm weather and will admit… Continue reading Shortbread
This recipe caught my eye when I was flicking through a cook book. It sounds like such a yummy combo. I'm a big Rachel Allen recipe fan and have a number of her books. This is from 'Bake', which is one of her older books. She does a basic cookie recipe and then suggests a… Continue reading White Chocolate and Orange Cookies
I have temporarily given up the quest for flapjacks that aren't full of sugar and moved on to a hunt for a nice simple biscuit that is a handy snack for the kids. These biscuits have oats in them, so I figure they will get some slow release energy, it's a winner. There are only… Continue reading Oat Rounds
The recipe is one from the archives - IÂ blogged it for Valentine's Day but used the recipe for a very different kind of cookie this time. We decorated cookies with fondant for the first time this week. It's often done at baking camps, so I was keen to see how it worked with my kids.… Continue reading Decorated Halloween Cookies
These biscuits are a bit different to what we usually bake, as they have a filling, but are a nice change when baking with kids. My daughter loved pressing the fork down on the cookie dough before we baked them - she really got into it. The recipe does say to use peppermint essence in… Continue reading Chocolate Kisses Biscuits
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