Almost Traditional Lemon Meringue Pie
A bit of a lazy post from me today because rather than write out the whole recipe we used, I’m just going to link you to where it came from […]
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Chocolate Rubble Slab
Today’s recipe is my 14 year old daughter’s handiwork. She adapted the recipe from one for mud pie in a book we own; we renamed it (the recipe, not the […]
Bitter Chocolate Mint Cookies
I’ve called these ‘bitter’ because they are not overly sweet and they are made with whole wheat flour, so along with the cocoa it all combines to give a slight […]
Toffee Cinnamon Whirls
Recipe makes 12. WHAT YOU NEED 12 tablespoons butter (that’s approx 1 1/2 sticks US or 3/4 pack UK butter) 1/3 cup soft brown sugar 1 package frozen, ready rolled, […]
Super-Easy Quick Bread, and a Puzzle
Not strictly a sweet recipe, but you can make it sweet by spreading jam on it as I have (Ha!), or by following my suggested alternatives at the bottom. With […]
Two cake experiments, with variable results!
I shall come to what the picture above is all about in a minute, but first… My son’s homework this week was to choose an event that has happened in […]
Vanessa’s Apple Bran Breakfast Muffins
I have low blood sugar, so if I have something too sweet for breakfast, it sets me up wrong for the whole day. I’m also a bit of a breakfast-skipper […]
Sugar Alternatives, Part 3 – Honey
Of course we’re all very familiar with honey. It has been around for 150 million years, so we should be. But how much do we really know about it? Firstly, I would […]
Peppermint creams in the snow
After the trickiness of last week’s macaroons, we decided to try something much simpler this week; peppermint creams. My son and I made these. WHAT YOU NEED: 1lb icing (powdered) […]
Macaroons, our first attempt…
My daughter and I made some macaroons at the weekend. These certainly aren’t going to win any prizes for the prettiest macaroons, but as macaroons are notoriously tricky, and as […]
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