Prune & Cardamom Biscuits (Cookies)

This recipe was created to use a bag of diced prunes that were purchased (in error) instead of whole prunes.  The result were biscuits so tasty that I had to make them again – this time using whole prunes that I diced and dusted in a little flour so they didn’t clump together otherwise all …

Anzac Biscuits (Dairy-Free)

Anzac biscuits are a well-known and equally well-loved biscuit (cookie) that we share with our cousins over the ditch in Australia.  There are heaps and heaps of recipes out in cyber-space, most of which have rolled oats, coconut and golden syrup.  Some add spices, nuts, dried fruit or even chocolate: Dean Brettschneider has a delicious …

Bushwalker Cookies with Apple (Dairy-free)

When I originally began this blog it was my intention to take regular recipes and see how I could ramp them up with flavours of apple.  I have done a fair bit of adding apple to recipes but have failed to add them to my blog before the bottomless-pit-teenagers manage to remove all trace of …

Bushwalker Cookies (Dairy-Free)

Homemade cookies or biscuits as we call them here in New Zealand (not to be confused with American biscuits which we call scones) are a welcome sight in our baking “tins”.  I say “tins” as baking containers doesn’t conjure up the same image but, although I have three or four actual tins, I store baking …

Lemon & Currant Biscuits (Cookies)

//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js A classic New Zealand biscuit (or cookie) is the Kiwi Biscuit, also known as a Highlander Biscuit after the brand of sweetened condensed milk that flavours these yummy cookies.  There are many different recipes out in the world for Kiwi Biscuits and each has a little tweak according to each baker’s preferences – a …

Dairy-free Wholemeal Double Chocolate Crinkle Biscuits (Cookies)

Dairy-free Wholemeal Double Chocolate Crinkle Biscuits (Cookies) These chocolate biscuits are inspired by the ginger crinkle biscuit that I make regularly as they are easy to make and delicious (the recipe can be found on the Chelsea Sugar website here). There are also a lot of other super yummy recipes on that website – I …

Mmmmmm …… Chocolate & Raspberry M&M Cookies

It is no secret that I like to bake.  Combining butter, sugar & flour to create delicious treats is satisfying in a way that I can’t really explain.  When the rise and fall of the tide of life seems to threaten the shores of my sanity, a frenzied bout of creaming, mixing, rolling, folding & icing helps the unnecessary …

Caramelicious Cookies: Apple & Caramel Drop Cookies

Similar to chocolate chip cookies, but using delicious caramel bits instead.  I spied these caramel drops in the supermarket a while ago and added a couple of packets to my basket knowing I’d have to play around with different ideas.  They have been added to muffins and cakes, but so far these cookies are the …

Applezac Biscuits (Cookies)

Anzac Biscuits with Apple & Ginger Disaster had arrived in our pantry – the tins were empty! After three weeks of caring for sick kids and husbands (well, one husband but he had man flu so it was as if I had multiple husbands), I was a bit too tired to bake my heart out …