Iced Gems
Wednesday, 13 December 2023
* Reposted from a previous 2015 post
Taken at their basic form, the Iced Gem biscuits are simply butter biscuits with coloured royal icing. They are so easy to make! I loved making them cau…
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Royal Icing
There are lots of different types of icing, but if you want to decorate biscuits, then this is the recipe for you. Royal icing is perfect for making beautiful designs and you can add food c…
Plain Flour Bread
Sunday, 20 September 2020
If lockdown has taught me anything, its that there is always a way to adapt. And that covered how we dealt with food too. Round here it was hard to get things like rolls and bread, and when …
Celebration Brownies
Sunday, 16 August 2020
The Summer holiday is over and the schools are opened full time as of tomorrow. So in order to keep my mind calm and send M in with some sweet treats in his packed lunch, I've been baki…
Chunky Cookies
Saturday, 8 August 2020
M loves his cookies, but there is a habit forming that “you can’t just have one” so rather than just making normal cookies, I decided to make mega ones. These are chunky cookies that are ki…
Salted Caramel Brownies
Saturday, 12 May 2018
Salted caramel is everywhere just now and lets be honest, its one of the best combos ever. The sweetness of the caramel and the slight bitter tang of sea salt ... Mmmm its so good.
So imag…
Grinch Hot Chocolate
Saturday, 9 December 2017
"The Grinch hated Christmas! The whole Christmas season! Now, please don't ask why. No one quite knows the reason. It could be his head wasn't screwed on just right. It could b…
Malteser Fudge
Tuesday, 5 December 2017
Christmas time. It seems like its all go go and when you finally get a chance to chill out, you get some unexpected guests. Personally for me, I hate when I have a surprise visitor and I h…
Spaghetti Spiders
Saturday, 29 October 2016
Since last Halloween, M has an obsession for this meal we call "Spaghetti spiders". Its a simple meal in that it has 3 ingredients but its not cheap to make so we keep it for a Ha…
Hot Dog Mummies
Friday, 7 October 2016
I'm sure its obvious by now that I love October ... More specifically Halloween. I tend to drag it out like Christmas ... All month long.
One way I like to get spooky is by making some…
Nutella Croissants
Saturday, 17 September 2016
The kids have only just went back after the Summer and they are now on holiday this weekend for the September break ... Why is beyond me!
But they are and we have a tradition in this house …
Mars Tray Slices
Friday, 2 September 2016
Its been a while since I had a really good cake with a cuppa tea. In fact the last time was when I was killing time before a doctors appointment and I went into a wee coffee shop. They had …
Easy Apple Crumble
Tuesday, 21 June 2016
While I was getting my new heating put in, I decided to take M and Shabba up to my grandparents’ house. It was so busy and noisy that we couldn't get anything done and poor Shabba was l…
Easy Tomato Soup
Tuesday, 26 April 2016
I love Tomato soup but for some reason the cans of soup have started to give me really bad heart burn so I decided to give making my own a try. There are many ways to make Tomato Soup but …
Creme Egg Croissants
Tuesday, 8 March 2016
Every time we go shopping, M begs me to get croissants again. We bought the Jus Rol tube before and since then he's been nipping my head.
Last week I caved, But I decided since it was …
Butter Biscuits
Thursday, 3 March 2016
Butter biscuits are fantastically simple to make and are a great base to use when you're feeling creative. You'll need 375g Plain Flour (plus a little extra for dusting) 250g Butter, a…
Vanilla Sponge
Wednesday, 17 February 2016
For most of my recipes I use the same basic sponge recipe and the add as needed i.e cocoa powder or chocolate chips. This recipe is one my Granny gave me years ago and its never let me dow…
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