“There’s nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child. “- Erma Bombeck. Yup. A whole week of cookies for Christmas. For these last seven days, I have been sharing my favourite recipes for my favourite cookies for my favourite time of the year. There’s a good mix …
Chocolate fudge cookies #6 A week of Christmas cookies
At Christmas, all roads lead home. ~Marjorie Holmes. 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 , nutty and spiced and sweet , cut outs …
Cranberry and white chocolate cookies #5 A week of christmas cookies
“Christmas gift suggestions: to your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance. To a friend, your heart. To a customer, service. To all, charity. To every child, a good example. To yourself, respect.”- Oren Arnold. Yup. A whole week of cookies for Christmas. For seven days, I will be sharing my favourite recipes for my favourite cookies …
Gingerbread cookies #4 A week of christmas cookies
“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 …
Banana walnut biscotti #3 A week of Christmas cookies
“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 …
Red velvet shortbread #2 A week of christmas cookies
“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 , …
Almond crescents – #1 A week of Christmas cookies !
“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 …
Rum and raisin brownies
“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 …
Quick fruit cake (boiled fruit cake)!
“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 …
Wholewheat tutti frutti cake
“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 …