Nov 25
As a young girl growing up in New Zealand I used to enjoy these simple biscuits/cookies as a treat after school. In some ways Melting Moments biscuits are like a lighter version of shortbread, and because of the icing sugar and cornflour, they literally melt in the mouth, and the amount of butter, makes them very …
Nov 07
From the huge amount of left over pumpkin I had the other day, I had been looking for some ideas and came across soft pretzels made with pumpkin purée. Since I had turn half the pumpkin into purée, this looked like a good idea. I’m sure canned pumpkin purée would be just as good, if …
Nov 01
Last week I made some brioche, a type of French sweetish bread somewhere between a cake, pastry and bread, and I mentioned it was really good for making French toast. Well I cut a couple of slices and allowed them to go slightly stale and then made some of the most decadent French toast you …
Oct 28
I go through phases of making sourdough, and yes I admit it here, that sometimes, I have allowed my sourdough pet to die. I am a bad sourdough parent. Keeping a sourdough pet isn’t difficult and it is far easier than looking after a dog or a cat, since you only have to feed it …
Oct 26
Brioche is a strange bread. It is somewhere between a cake, pastry and bread. In France it is often eaten for breakfast with just butter and/or jam, but it is also very good lightly toasted with butter as afternoon tea, as a basis for desserts, savoury dishes such as Cervelas Lyonnais en Brioche or coulibiac, …
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