When I catered for ANZAC Day at the Australian Embassy here in Rome, I made over 200 Anzac biscuits, and they disappeared very quickly. A traditional biscuit that is a definite favourite and well known if you grew up in Australia or New Zealand. Anzac …
These traditional Sicilian almond biscuits (cookies) are delicious, gluten free and easy to make. This recipe also yields many so be prepared to fill your cookie jar! I flattened mine a bit using a fork, but traditionally they are pinched using three fingers. You may …
This is a recipe taken from The Australian Women’s Weekly cookbooks, and I do believe it’s the recipe my mother would use every Christmas. I have added pistachio nuts to it too. Almond Bread 3 egg whites 120g caster sugar 135g all-purpose flour, sifted 150g …
This is one of the easiest recipes I will probably ever write here, and it’s been a party crowd pleaser for many years – in Australia anyway. The original recipe provides a milk chocolate and coconut flavour, and excluding the Rum, these are great for …
Christmas isn’t just fun for all the traditional baking, it’s also fun for decorating cookies and especially so if you want to involve your children. If you do get your children to help, prepare yourself for a bit of mess and you can’t be obsessed …
Valentine’s Day isn’t really a day I take much notice of, but it is a nice excuse to decorate some chocolate cookies. I was actually asked to do these for a little public interest story for the morning news, and once I started – well, …
When looking for a good Gingerbread recipe, two things are important to me, and the first thing is the flavour. I want gingerbread to have a strong spice aroma and taste – otherwise it’s just not gingerbread! The second important thing when making cut-out cookies, …
These cookies are so delicious, it’s difficult to stop at just a couple and impossible to eat just one. It is a variation of a shortbread recipe. I had every intention to bake the recipe my mother and Aunts would use every Christmas (they made …
This recipe ties to the last recipe I posted, Buccellato Siciliano . You may not want to make a large wreath and maybe prefer to make some biscuits instead. These are called Buccellatini and they are made using the exact same ingredients. I’m adding a separate …
My English grandmother would make shortbread and she comes to mind whenever I eat it. I think it was one of the first things she taught my sister and I to bake. Last week I spotted a beautiful Nordic Ware snowflake baking pan, and …