Posts Tagged “cookies”

Supermarkets Offer Baked Easter Goodies

Supermarkets Offer Baked Easter Goodies

Cadbury Mini Eggs in Chocolate Cookies. Seems we have just finished St Valentine’s Day and now shops are filled with Easter bunnies, and eggs of every size. But this year supermarkets are presenting something a little different and dangerously delicious – Cadbury Mini Eggs Chocolate Cookies. These chocolatey delights (made by Baker & Baker) offer…

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Twelve-Spice Biscuits with Spiced Mascarpone Cream – recipe

Twelve-Spice Biscuits with Spiced Mascarpone Cream – recipe

These delightful Twelve-Spice Biscuits are an ideal accompaniment to a nice cup of tea on winter afternoons, but they are also key to this rich and decadent dessert that takes only moments to make. This recipe serves four with Spiced Mascarpone Cream, or just enjoy the cookies.   Ingredients: 1 pack East India Co. Twelve-Spice…

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Blondies Kitchen

Blondies Kitchen

Cookies like homemade. Who doesn’t love a good cookie? But how many of us have either the time or the inclination to find the kitchen (it’s that other room that came with the house) and actually make our own? Blondies Kitchen comes to the rescue with sweet cookies that are far from, well, cookie-cutter. Blondies…

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Raisin and Cocoa – Biscuits by Elizabeth Shaw – product review

Raisin and Cocoa – Biscuits by Elizabeth Shaw – product review

The name Elizabeth Shaw immediately brings to mind those wonderful Mint Crisps (review to follow shortly). She started making them in 1937 and they have not fallen out of fashion. These days there is a new range of delicious treats under the Elizabeth Shaw banner, and they still have that high quality one has come…

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Biscotti by Mona Talbott and Mirella Misenti – review

Biscotti by Mona Talbott and Mirella Misenti – review

Biscotti are cookies, cookies are biscuits and biscuits are biscotti unless you are from the US where a biscuit is a scone …if you are from England. This book concerns itself with small crunchy sweet and decadent treats that go well with a cup of tea, an espresso, a glass of wine or to accompany…

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The Golden Book of Cookies – cookbook review

The Golden Book of Cookies – cookbook review

It’s that time of year again when we start to think about heavy-duty cooking and baking for friends and family. We plan the Thanksgiving menu (if you hail from the US) and the Christmas meal and we even consider a nice bit of baking. Somehow the holiday season brings out the Martha Stewart or Delia…

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The Farmer’s Wife Cookie Cookbook by Lela Nargi – review

The Farmer’s Wife Cookie Cookbook by Lela Nargi – review

If you are a regular visitor to Mostly Food and Cocktails (and why wouldn’t you be?) then you will be familiar with the series of Farmer’s Wife cookbooks. They are compiled from original recipes found in the magazine of the same name, published between 1893 and 1939 in Minnesota. Cookie baking is an ideal introduction…

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500 Cookies by Philippa Vanstone – review

500 Cookies by Philippa Vanstone – review

Now, I am not a girl with an overly sweet tooth. I can pass up a slice of most cakes without so much as a backward glance… but cookies, or biscuits if you are British, that’s a different story. The appeal of a cookie is its size. They offer a delicious sweet treat in just…

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