scottish shortbread

Scottish Shortbread

I am off to see family tomorrow, and I don’t like to go empty handed. As it was Valentine’s Day recently, I felt something heart-shaped would be an appropriate theme. I could have gone for regular heart-shaped cookies, but wanted something a little more special. Something like shortbread. Shortbread’s origins are much like my husbands…

Spider-man cookie

Spider-man Cookies

I have a nephew with a birthday coming up shortly, and like all good nephews, he likes superheroes … and robots.  Robots I will come to later, but for now, let’s cover the superheroes. I will be doing a cake, but I wanted to accompany this with some cookies, something that he will be able…

Kruidnoten

Kruidnoten

You may have not heard of Kruidnoten before, but they are a traditional Dutch biscuit eaten at Sinterklaas (5th December). They are spiced very similarly to Speculaas, another Dutch biscuit. Kruidnoten (spice nuts) are not to be mistaken for Pepernoten (pepper nuts). Pepernoten are square and chewy, where as Kruidnoten are round and crunchy. In…

Cute Christmas Penguin Cookies

Cute Christmas Penguin Cookies

There are dozens and dozens of websites out there showcasing the best in sugar cookie decoration. I confess I have been trawling through them a lot recently with envious eyes. I wish I had a fraction of their skill, but to be fair, they have been doing it a lot longer than me. Icing sugar…

Eyeball Cookies

Eyeball Cookies

These iced sugar cookies are given a spooky touch by adding a eyeball rice paper topper. I used a cookie cutter shaped as a rugby ball/American football on the basic sugar cookie recipe below. After the royal icing set, I popped the rice paper topper on top. If are artistic and have the time, you…

Candy Corn Cookies

Candy Corn Cookies

I am gearing up for Halloween, and my Halloween themed baking starts off with some Candy Corn Cookies. For these, I have used my basic Sugar Cookie recipe. I also added a squirt of honey to try and replicate the flavour of candy corn. Ensure that you use gel or paste food colouring, and not…