• Biscuits/cookies

    Mint Chocolate Melting Moments

    Chocolate and mint. A classic pairing found in two of the most popular recipes on the blog (No-bake Chocolate Mint Slice and Mint Aero Traybake). And now also featuring in these Mint Chocolate Melting Moments. I decided to make a mint…

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    Brown Sugar Meringues

    Meringues were a regular feature at my birthday parties when I was growing up (along with Toffee Rice Krispie Squares), although typically made with white sugar instead of these Brown Sugar Meringues. And Mummy Traybakes usually sandwiched them together with…

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    Flakemeal Biscuits

    Flakemeal Biscuits are classic, traditional biscuits from Northern Ireland. The biscuit is crunchy, full of oats with a little bit of coconut. And very straightforward to make. While their traditional name in Northern Ireland is Flakemeal Biscuits, I ended up…

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    German Biscuits

    German Biscuits, also known as Empire Biscuits, Belgian Biscuits and, originally (according to Wikipedia) Linzer Biscuits or Deutsch Biscuits. In the brief history of the German Biscuit that I gleaned from my research, it turns out that around the time of…

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    Canadian Cookies

    These are possibly the nicest, most polite cookies you’ve ever met.  And they love ice hockey.  And maple syrup.  Or perhaps they’re called Canadian Cookies for some other reason… Probably, someone’s Aunt/Granny/neighbour got this recipe from a relative in Canada and…

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    Gipsy Creams

    After a brief internet search, I discovered that McVities’ Gipsy Creams were discontinued at least 10 years ago. So I can’t do a side by side comparison to see if this recipe is supposed to be a copy or if it’s just…

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    Coconut Biscuits

    Coconut features heavily in traybake recipes. Glacé cherries feature heavily in traybake recipes. And this recipe for Coconut Biscuits has both of those. If you’re looking for more recipes that contain lots of coconut and cherries, then I’d also recommend…

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    Ginger Snaps

    Yet another bake that goes by different names – ginger nuts, ginger snaps, even ginger cookies, if you prefer.  One thing the recipe does not contain is nuts, and even after consulting the oracle that is “the internet”, I don’t have…