Ricciarelli are delicious almond biscuits traditionally associated with the city of Siena in Tuscany. These Italian treats have the characteristic shape of a grain of rice, with a lightly crisp, cracked exterior and a wonderfully soft, chewy centre, much like macarons.
Blackcurrant-coloured macarons filled with a silky blackcurrant curd enriched with Crème de Cassis liqueur. The vibrant and sweet purple shells contrast beautifully with the lightly tangy filling, creating a perfect balance of sweetness and fruitiness.
Fresh green American-style whoopie pies made especially for St Patrick’s Day, which is just around the corner. If you’re celebrating—or even lucky enough to have the day off—be sure to bake these little “frog cookies”, as my children called them. 🙂
These are the best coconut macaroons in the world! Crisp on the outside, wonderfully soft in the middle, and incredibly quick to make. I can’t recommend this recipe highly enough.
These chocolate coconut macaroons are quick and easy to make, and taste just like chocolate coconut macaroons should. They’re not crisp—instead, they’re slightly firm on the outside, wonderfully chewy and sticky in the middle, and delightfully moreish ;).
Delicious banana cookies studded with chocolate chips. Soft, fluffy and loved by everyone :). They are easy to make, use simple ingredients and are a great way to use up ripe bananas. Instead of chocolate chips, you can use good-quality milk chocolate and
Sweet, buttery and crisp cookies decorated with edible pansies. The pansies are blooming so beautifully in the garden that it would be a shame not to use them ;). The flowers are not baked, as they would lose their colour. Instead, they are attached to the cookies after baking.
Looking for something nutty and light to nibble on? Of course – biscotti, the famous twice-baked Italian cookies. This version combines toasted hazelnuts and ground coffee for a wonderfully autumnal treat that’s delicious and quick to make.
On 8 March, we celebrate International Women’s Day. To mark the occasion, I baked these beautiful butter rose cookies using my favourite shortcrust cookie dough. The dough is wonderful to work with. The key to success lies in understanding your oven: if it’s not hot
Festive little bites inspired by traditional German stollen, so popular during the Christmas season. This simplified version uses baking powder and bicarbonate of soda instead of yeast, making the cookies quick and easy to prepare. Delicious hardly begins
Red Velvet Whoopie Pies are soft, melt-in-your-mouth sandwich cookies that taste like little pieces of cake. Moist, lightly cocoa-flavoured and beautifully deep red in colour, they are filled with a creamy Philadelphia-style cream cheese frosting
Festive American-style cookies based on my favourite chocolate chip cookie recipe, enriched with walnuts and dried cranberries. Crisp around the edges and soft in the centre, they’re easy to make and require only basic pantry
These Valentine’s shortbread cookies are wonderfully traditional in flavour – crisp, buttery, delicious and irresistibly cute. To make them, you’ll need cookie stamps and cookie cutters in your favourite shapes. Happy Valentine’s Day!
These almond cookies taste just like almond croissants in cookie form. They’re intensely buttery and almondy, with crisp edges and a soft, chewy centre. The recipe is inspired by frangipane – the rich almond cream traditionally used to fill almond
Today is definitely not the day to count calories ;). These brownie sandwich cookies with peanut butter cream can brighten even the gloomiest autumn day. Chocolate and peanut butter are one of my ultimate guilty pleasures. Soft, intensely chocolatey brownie
Delicious, soft chocolate cookies filled with Nutella… Sometimes you don’t need much to know, even before baking, that a recipe is going to be a winner. That was certainly the case here. Quick and easy to make, yet the result completely won us over. Absolutely
These Swedish crispy oat cookies are incredibly easy to make and contain very little flour – they’re made almost entirely from oats. Once baked, they develop their characteristic lace-like texture. After cooling, they can be coated on one side with chocolate
These French-style rhubarb pastries are quick, easy and absolutely delicious. Better still, if you already have a sheet of frozen puff pastry or Danish pastry in the freezer, they can be prepared in no time at all :).