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Biscuits

Home Made Christmas- Festive biscuit lollies and Christmas Tree Biscuits

December 20, 2011

The children love a home made biscuit, other than that we are not really huge biscuit eaters. Last year I brought you some lovely Christmas tree cookies but this year I have a new recipe thanks to Schwartz and decided to make them fun by putting the biscuits on lolly sticks which then got sent [...]

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Halloween Sweet Treats

October 30, 2011

Spider Cornflake cakes Ingredients 50g butter 4 tbsp golden syrup 100g chocolate dark or milk 80g cornflakes red or licorice shoe laces giant chocolate buttons Smarties Icing or writing icing tube Melt the butter, chocolate and golden syrup over a gentle heat in a large saucepan Add the cornflakes and carefully mix ensuring all the [...]

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Shortbread Hearts-Comfort food

August 7, 2010

Why on earth would I possibly think that I can avoid edible goodies in the summer holidays? The weather has been pretty rubbish this week so we have been stuck indoors a bit more than the last couple……maybe that’s why my mind is constantly thinking of food and what I can make next. Forget that [...]

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Whoopie Pies (the new cake on the block!)

May 10, 2010

My children were delighted when I told them that these are called ‘Whoopie Pie’s’ because apparently Amish women would bake these and put them in their husband’s lunchboxes, who would then shout, “Whoopie!” with delight when they found them there. Apparently cupcakes are so last season and Whoopie Pies are the new ‘it’ cake. So….after [...]

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Welsh Cakes

May 1, 2010

My eleven year old daughter’s class is fund-raising at the moment for a summer trip to Wales. This is to enable them to have treats everyday such as sweets and ice-creams. A few weeks ago they had a cake sale and the latest venture was a Welsh cafe. They made many loaves of Bara Brith [...]

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Marshmallow Krispies

April 18, 2010

We all know how to make these but sometimes we forget to take the very short time out to do it. My children love these. Ingredients 80g butter or margarine 200g marshmallows 6 tbsp golden syrup 200g rice krispies 70g chocolate Melt the butter, marshmallows and golden syrup very slowly over a low heat. Mix [...]

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Butter Cut-Out Biscuits

March 11, 2010

If you have a childrens party planned then these biscuits are a must. My fifteen year old son asks me to make these all the time birthdays or not and they disappear quickly even though the recipe makes lots. Little I wanted to take these biscuits into school on her birthday to share with her [...]

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