World Peace Cookies
A few posts ago, I may have mentioned some cookies which made one act as though one were a certain Sesame Street monster. Here we have an altogether more grown up sort of cookie. Indeed, in my head I have…
Semolina Syrup Cake with Nuts & Honey
There is something about recipe that has things like semolina, and pistachio nuts and honey in it. I feel inexorably drawn to ingredients like these, which have rich histories and are steeped in symbolism. At the best of times I…
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies!!!
COOKIES!! If you are imagining me saying that in Cookie Monster-esque tones, then you are bang-on my friend! There is little else in the world that offers such a simple pleasure as a chocolate chip cookie. It speaks of the…
Scones…or something
When is a scone not a scone? I don’t know. I get the feeling that if ever a scone was not a scone, it was these scones. Am I making sense? They were really delicious when I made them…
Chocolate Hazelnut Biscotti (and an apology…Apoloscotti?)
Hello again, oh readers o’ mine. I feel that I have to start this entry with an apology, I never did wish you a Merry Christmas! So Merry Christmas to you and yours and here’s hoping that between now and…
Bakewell Tart
Let’s all learn a lesson, shall we? Here is why it is a terrible idea to bake a tart in the middle of the Australian summer… It’s too hot! Now, I know that that seems a defeatist attitude, but it…
Lemon Snowball Cupcakes
FOR THE RECORD…I made these the day before that episode of Junior Masterchef aired. Yes I am aware that few of you reading will have any idea what it is that I am referring to, so let me wind back…
Cinnamon Buns
I may have mentioned it before, but am too lazy to go back and check for real, that I have an abiding penchant for all things American. And that’s United States of American, to be precise. So for me, although…
Cocoa Brownies
I have mucho love for the brownie. According to Classic Home Desserts by Richard Sax, a fantastic book which manages to be informative and comforting at the same time, the brownie came into popular being aroung the beginning of the…
Peanut Butter Perfection
I made these little babies in response to the unforseen backlash of the Tim Cake incident which occurred a few weeks ago, but was only posted on Sunday. Here in Oz we would probably call them a slice, but…