COOKIES
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Fresh Ginger Cake and Fresh Ginger Chocolate Chip Cookies
“Nose, nose, jolly red nose, Who gave thee this jolly red nose?† Nutmegs and ginger, cinnamon and cloves, And they gave me this jolly red nose” Anonymous I’m on a GINGER high, or call it a roll, but my days are full of ginger. It’s a flavour, with sharpness, that I’ve come to love, and am surprised that the kids have taken to it so willingly too. Fresh ginger is far more pronounced in its gingery taste, and since it’s the season for fresh, wonderful young ginger root here, I’m taking full advantage of it! Ginger has proven medicinal value, and I have been using it as a base for…
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Delicious Orange & Oat Scones … gorgeous little crumbs
Delicious Orange & Oat Scones, there's something about scones. Quintessential, charming & endlessly enjoyable. A classic holiday platter 'cookie' of sorts...
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Pink Peppercorn & Chocolate Chip Shortbread … Off to the FBC with the kick of peppah!
“The more you have to do, the less time there’s to get it done in” Aparna’s Law Barely a few hours to leave for the Food Bloggers Connect in London and I am still hopelessly distracted. So much to do, so little time. And then the hair brained idea to use pink pepper in cookies. It keeps taking over my insane imagination, even though I knew I had so much more to do. Loose ends to tie, brownies to bake for the kids snack box, a pound cake to make for them too, apples that are lying on the kitchen counter crying themselves hoarse to be baked into dessert. I…
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Dresden Stollen … Stolen my heart, it has!!
Made the Dresden Stollen and it was absolutely delicious. The Stollen had flooded the house with delicious warm smells, and I just couldn't resist hacking some off, that good!
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DARING BAKERS MAKE FRENCH MACARONS…YES, TIME FOR FEET AGAIN!
“Continuous effort—not strength or intelligence—is the key to unlocking our potential.” Winston Churchill It’s the 27th again, time to post the Daring Bakers challenge, a wonderful & fun group brought together by Lisa of La Mia Cucina and Ivonne of Cream Puffs in Venice. This month we were led into a merry dance; the challenge was to find ‘FEET’. Hail the great French macaron/macaroon, an elegant French cookie that I find entirely temperamental and fiddly. One that has reduced me to tears in the past, brought me to my knees in the quest for ‘feet’…yet one that gave me untold joy when I finally found them. The 2009 October Daring…
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COOKIES FOR A FRIEND…Neiman Marcus Chocolate Chip Cookies
“The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart.”Elisabeth Foley I saw these cookies at Brown Eyed Baker a few days ago, & my first thought was how lovely and comforting they looked. Said to be the famed Neiman Marcus cookies, off a recipe that has been making the rounds via e-mail for ages, they have rave reviews. The difference in these cookies is the way the oats are added. They are ground into an oat flour and give the cookie a lovely texture, more wholesome than the plain flour chocolate chips cookies, yet lighter than regular oat cookies. I think these cookies…
