Cookies

Marzipan hearts with pistachios — more of an idea than a recipe. They look absolutely delightful and taste just as good. Perfect as a homemade gift, and if you love marzipan as much as I do, you’re bound to fall for them!

These outrageously delicious chocolate cookies truly live up to their name — they’re simply irresistible. They’re everything you could want in a chocolate cookie: crisp on the outside, soft in the centre and almost brownie-like inside. They stay wonderfully

Buckwheat chocolate cookies are delicious gluten-free treats made with nutritious buckwheat flour. Baking with buckwheat flour isn’t always straightforward. It has a distinctive, slightly bitter flavour that not everyone enjoys, absorbs more moisture

A bold combination of chocolate and chilli. I must admit, these cookies definitely called for a glass of milk… and they’re probably not the best choice for a children’s party ;). That said, aside from the spicy kick, these chocolate chilli cookies have a true American-style character

Delicious festive shortbread-style cookies with dried cranberries, pecans and coconut. The dough is simple to make, chilled in the fridge and doesn’t require any cookie cutters — making it perfect for easy holiday baking. Highly recommended!

These are bound to become one of my favourite cookies. They’re best made with lemon curd, though a thick jam works beautifully as a filling too. These shortbread-style cookies with lemon curd are wonderfully zesty — simply divine! Once baked

When it gets a bit cooler, I like to spend time in the kitchen baking cookies ;). Today’s recipe is a lighter version of oat cookies – wholemeal oat cookies with prunes. They’re made without butter, using just two (!) tablespoons of oil, with wholemeal flour

Bran cookies with granola and apricots are packed with wholesome ingredients. They’re rich, filling and wonderfully satisfying. Soft and hearty, they have a texture more like dense muffins or wholemeal cake. If you prefer, you can bake them a little longer until

Speckled Easter eggs are easy Easter cookies– colourful and dotted with chocolate. There’s nothing complicated about them, and you can easily involve children in the fun of icing or creating the speckled effect.

It couldn’t really be simpler – peanut butter, an egg and sugar. One, two, three and you’ll have delicious, easy peanut butter cookies ready to enjoy! They’re also flourless and made without baking powder or bicarbonate of soda. Despite that, they rise nicely

A recipe for Linzer cookies served at the New York restaurant Craft. These are a mini version of the famous Austrian dessert – two buttery, nutty biscuits sandwiched with raspberry jam, dusted with icing sugar and featuring the characteristic

Danish honey gingerbread hearts coated in chocolate. These cookies contain no added sugar – all their sweetness comes from good-quality honey. The best honey to use is simply your favourite one, remembering that as the main ingredient it will strongly determine

It’s hard to resist them! Nutella-stuffed chocolate cookies taste even better than they look. Delicious and slightly crumbly, they’re simple to make and require only easy-to-find ingredients. Kids – and not only kids – will love them.

Chocolate-coated gingerbread cookies that are always soft, baked in adorable silicone gingerbread moulds. Do they remind you of the gingerbread from a well-known German discount supermarket? Quite possibly – and they’re just as soft! This is a wonderful recipe

Vaniljekranse are very popular Danish butter cookies made with plenty of vanilla. They are simple buttery ring-shaped biscuits with a hole in the centre, piped directly onto a baking tray from a piping bag, chilled and then baked.

These coconut truffles are wonderful – intensely coconutty, made with very little butter but plenty of melt-in-the-mouth white chocolate. My husband has been making frequent trips to the fridge today! Luckily (for me) the weather cooled down a bit, so shaping them

I’ve never quite understood this about myself – I don’t like coffee and usually avoid it completely, yet when it comes to coffee-flavoured sweets, I’m absolutely in! Especially truffles, which simply must appear during the festive season. I made these using leftover

Chocolate truffles coated in fruit powder are simply the best chocolate truffles. Truly. The best in terms of texture, flavour and that wonderfully tangy fruit coating. I first noticed hibiscus flower powder on the blog Kucharnia. A few minutes later I was rummaging through my