Danish Vanilla Wreaths (Vanille Kranse) are traditional Danish butter cookies made with chopped almonds. Every tin of Danish Butter Cookies has Danish Vanilla Wreaths (Vanille Kranse) in it but homemade ones taste so much better. My mother used to make these cookies every Christmas using a special star shaped disc on her meat mincer. She’d…
Biscuits
Win 5 Sweetpea Pantry Bake-at-Home Mixes rrp £29.75 (Closed)
Super Foods for Super Kids! Baking with your children is a great activity for many reasons – learning, development, positive food association, and fun – to name a few. However time is limited, attention spans are short, and recipes can be long. To make the process easier, Sweetpea Pantry has launched five super food bake-at-home…
Finsk Brød (Finnish Shortbread)
Despite their name, Finsk Brød (Finnish Shortbread) is a traditional Danish shortbread cookie topped with a chopped almond and sugar glaze. This classic cookie is usually made at Christmas. As a child, not a Christmas went by without my Danish mother baking a whole array of traditional biscuits and cookies. Finsk Brød (Finnish Shortbread) is…
How to make Fondant Rose Biscuits
Today I’m sharing how to make Fondant Rose Biscuits! I was recently asked by Sainsbury’s if I’d like some ready to roll icing in various colours. I’ve always felt a little bit of envy when I’ve come across a beautifully decorated cake or biscuit but somehow this area of creativity has passed me by. So…
Red Nose Day Cookies
Red Nose Day Cookies with dark chocolate. Short buttery red cookies flavoured with vanilla and finished off with a glace cherry and dark chocolate. Great cookies for raising money for Comic Relief! So it’s that time again, Red Nose Day is nearly upon us (15 March) and we are all supposed to do something funny…
Hallon Cookies from Scandinavian Christmas by Trine Hahnemann
Scandinavian Hallon Cookies from Trine Hahnemann. Vanilla infused, buttery cookies which are filled with raspberry jam – simply delicious! My daughter and I recently had a lovely afternoon making Hallon Cookies from Danish food writer, Trine Hahnemann’s new book Scandinavian Christmas. This particular recipe was given to Trine by a Swedish friend called Alice Brax…
No Bake Cookies
No Bake Cookies I have never baked or cooked with peanut butter as I was quite late in my liking of the substance. So perusing the internet I noticed that there were a lot of peanut butter cookies out there and decided that the Zero Baking Required challenge being hosted by Sarah Trivuncic at Maison…