Christmas Spritz Butter Cookies – recipe
These cookies are good any time of year. They are tender and buttery – and the spritz press is available from many manufacturers, with a...
Almond Galettes
From Sainsbury’s These are crisp almond biscuits. Serves: makes 24 Preparation time: 30 Minutes Cooking time: 20 Minutes Cooling Time: 20 Ingredients 125g butter...
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...
Christmas Lebkuchen – recipe
This is one of the most quintessentially Christmassy cookies. They are rich, spicy and iconic, being so easily cut and decorated. Here is a version...
Carob Chip Cookies
From Sainsbury’s Sweet biscuits with a chocolate topping. Serves: makes 20 Preparation time: 15 Minutes Cooking time: 20 Minutes Ingredients 75g margarine 50g...
Decorated Biscuits – Cookies
From Sainsbury’s Pretty multi-coloured biscuits that children will love. Serves: 15recipe Preparation time: 45 Minutes Cooking time: 15 Minutes Ingredients 50g plain flour 25g...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...