Chocolate Chip Melting Moments

Chocolate Chip Melting Moments

Melting moments are as described, small cookies that melt deliciously on your tongue. Light and moreish with a lovely creamy vanilla flavour thanks to the custard powder, these cookies are very popular in Australia. Usually flavoured just with vanilla and the custard powder, or occasionally with lemon zest, I decided to take it one step…

vanilla and rose Mothers Day cookies

Vanilla and Rose Cookies for Mother’s Day

While Mother’s Day in the US started in the early 1900’s and was made popular thanks to greeting card company, Hallmark, here in the UK, it has a much older origin. During the 16th century, people would return to their mother church on the fourth Sunday in Lent. People in domestic service were given the…

Old-fashioned Cherry and Vanilla Pie

I imagine most of you are enjoying this prolonged stretch of hot weather, but I am one of the few that doesn’t particularly enjoy the heat. I have to confess, I am relishing the thought of autumn. There is one thing that summer has that is welcome however, and that is summer fruit! Before the…