…….because life is sweet !
“I wish we could put up some of the Christmas spirit in jars and open a jar of it every month.” – Harlan Miller. Yup. A whole week of cookies for Christmas. For seven days, I will be sharing my favourite recipes for my favourite cookies for my favourite time of the year. There’s a good …
“The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other.”- Burton Hillis. Yup. A whole week of cookies for Christmas. For seven days, I will be sharing my favourite recipes for my favourite cookies for my favourite time of the year. There’s a good mix …
“Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.”- Hamilton Wright Mabie. Yup. A whole week of cookies for Christmas. For seven days, I will be sharing my favourite recipes for my favourite cookies for my favourite time of the year. There’s a good mix -traditional and not so traditional , …
“He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree. “- Roy L. Smith. Yup. A whole week of cookies for Christmas. For the next seven days, I will be sharing my favourite recipes for my favourite cookies for my favourite time of the year. There’s a good mix -traditional …
“Fifteen men on the Dead Man’s Chest ……Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum! Drink and the devil had done for the rest …..Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!”- Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island. Trying and testing christmas fruit cakes means that there is plenty of rum lying around! I know that excess of liquor is never a …
“Oh, these people’s minds work in strange ways, Petunia, they’re not like you and me,” said Uncle Vernon, trying to knock in a nail with the piece of fruitcake Aunt Petunia had just brought him.” – Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. I haven’t really made fruit cakes until now. And not because I was worried my …
“You are in pretty good shape for the shape you are in.” – Dr Suess. An ongoing project which requires some wholegrain baking has me experimenting with healthier bakes. While sometimes these experiments have steadfastedly found their way into the trashcan , there are times when I have tasted sweet success( I use this pun …
Easy Home made marzipan – with and without egg !
Wonderful snickerdoodles with crisp edges , chewy centres and crinkly tops!
A moist and tender Orange cake with dried cranberries!