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Rosemary chocolate chip cookies / biscuits
I have written before about my wonderful rosemary bush, which thrives despite the neglect we show it. It is vibrant, green, and always happy to provide a sprig or two whenever we deign to visit it....
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Donna Hay Christmas cinnamon sugar cookies / biscuits
Ho ho ho – it is getting very close to all that is festive… the ‘where has the year gone?’ conversations, the ‘what am I going to buy Aunty Carol?’ questions, the musings on when to bake to avoid the...
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Donna Hay rum & raisin Christmas cookies
These are the cookies Santa is waiting for each Christmas Eve as he frantically makes his journey across the planet on his sleigh. Rich, chunky, chocolatey and with a hint of rum they will give Mr...
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Red velvet cookies with cream cheese filling
I was looking for red velvet-themed baking recipes to make. I found enough to keep me baking every day for the rest of my life but there was something about this one that caught me eye. Red velvet is...
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Tequila cookies
When I was a teenager, many millennium ago, tequila was the go to drink for party people. Never me, of course – I drank nothing but water on nights out with friends #Ummmm Anyway, the image of tequila...
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Donna Hay chocolate cookies with peppermint filling
I think I am in the minority when I say it should be a case of ‘never the twain shall meet’ with chocolate and peppermint. Followers of my blog will know that I don’t have a sweet tooth but that’s not...
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Nigella Lawson love heart cut-out cookies for Valentine’s Day
In Australia Valentine’s Day is just a minor blip on the calendar, not the huger than huge occasion it is in the US. Nonetheless it gives me a perfect excuse to dust off my heart-shaped cutters and to...
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Paul Hollywood’s chocolate chip shortbread petticoat tails
Have you seen the Great British Bake Off? I love it! An Australian version was short-lived but to be honest the British version really appealed to me. I love learning about the history of cakes and...
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Chocolate chunk cookies
As far as I am concerned a cookie, or bickie to put in the local vernacular, must be chunky and full of chunks of flavour. None of these delicate little wafers for me – I want a biscuit with bite....
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The best brown sugar cookie recipe to bake
So, exciting news sports fans: Miss9’s soccer team will be playing at half-time of tonight’s Matilda’s game! For those that aren’t into soccer, the Matildas are the Australian national soccer team and...
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Fudgy chocolate dessert cookies – an easy baking recipe
I was looking for an important note on the fridge the other day and was confronted with a rainforest worth of paper. Photos. Drawings. Receipts. Notices from school / Brownie Guides/ dancing. And a...
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Chocolate peanut butter cookies (no chill, no roll dough)
I am the whitest girl you will ever meet but I feel that the addition of the brackets to this blog post sound like something Snoop Dog would rap. Or not – see previous comments RE white girl. The...
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Choc chip chai cookies
Up until a year ago I could take or leave chai. As a coffee lover I often don’t have time for tea. But after discovering some amazing chai tea leaves, rather than the awful powdery stuff favoured by...
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Cheat’s salted caramel pecan pie cookies
These salted caramel pecan pie cookies are so easy and so delicious! I made them on the weekend for a dear family member’s birthday party. Tom, the birthday boy, thought they were one of the yummiest...
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Cinnamon star Christmas cookies (Zimtsterne)
If, like me, you associate Christmas with baking, stars and cinnamon, you are going to love his recipe. Cinnamon star Christmas cookies (Zimtsterne) are so delicious and pretty. They make perfect...
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Donna Hay easy shortbread
I can’t believe I haven’t blogged this recipe yet! I have made this shortbread for every Christmas for years and years and have always had perfect results. It is buttery, melt-in-the-mouth and a cinch...
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Simple chocolate cornflake biscuits / cookies (Afghan biscuits)
Baking and reading are two of my favourite hobbies so you can imagine how happy I am when perusing the cookbook section of my local library. I love meandering through, taking my time to flick through...
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Quick and easy dog treat biscuits
My mini schnauzer Popcorn is a sucker for treats. She should really be on the Schmackos ad – she recognises the sights, smell and even sound of a pack of these dog treats through closed doors, out of...
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Red velvet cookies for Valentines Day
It isn’t too late to make something delicious and heart-felt for your love for Valentine’s Day. Forget spending the big bucks on over-priced blooms or shelling out for mediocre chocolates: these red...
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Mexican chocolate cookies
I don’t have a sweet tooth, despite being a complete chocolate-lover as a kid. I really think I ate so much of the stuff back in the day that it doesn’t really do it for me any more. What I do love...
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