Who doesn’t love a good cookie with a delicious cup of java??? I love cookies by themselves and with java. In our household there always has to be a tin of cookies in the pantry to go with our evening tea. My family likes to nibble on cookies throughout the day so whatever cookies that … Continue reading Coconut scraps

In our household there must always be a cookie to go with the last hot drink of the evening and there has to be some cookies in the cookie jar for those midnight cravings of the cookie monster. I came across this recipe in Lisa Clark’s “The cookie Jar” recipe book. All it required was … Continue reading Snowball cookies

In our household, the only time you can bet your last dollar on, that there will be naankati biscuits in our house is Diwali time. My mother says it isn’t real naankati biscuits until there is a crack on the top. No crack means that these little biscuits are fake and not Indian at all. … Continue reading Pistachio, orange zest and date naankati biscuits

I have seen these biscuits made over and over again on Instagram and facebook. Whenever I watch these videos, I am  in awe of them and wonder where on earth I am supposed to get these crushed sweets to make these biscuits. Someone told me to use boiled sweets… never heard of those, another told … Continue reading Stained glass biscuits

I never use custard powder to make anything. If I need to use custard, I buy the ready made cartons from the store. With that being said, I still managed to find a tub of custard powder in the pantry. Not sure who put it there or how it even got there, but it was … Continue reading Custard biscuits

I love biscuits, I love everything about them, making them to eating them and even eating the left over raw cookie dough. I very seldom make biscuits, simple because they take up a great part of my day and when they look so pretty in their container, my mother gets the urge to dish them … Continue reading Rose Viennese swirls

I recently painstakingly watched Star Wars the Last Jedi. What should have been a 3 hour movie turned into the entire day. I watched a little got bored, had a nap, woke up, watched a little and repeated the process that by the end of the movie, I was lost with what day and time … Continue reading Wookiee cookies

Every now and then my father hints that he wants a cookie to dip into his evening tea. My mother always replies when she hears my dad say this by telling me to make a batch of butter biscuits, but I know what she means, she means I must bake 5 dozen of biscuits that … Continue reading Anzac biscuits

Cookies are a girl’s best friend. I have been force feeding my parents pokoras all week till my mother stepped in this morning and gave the rest out. She said that if she sees another broccoli or pea in front of her she is going to scream. My dad said the pakoras gave him gas … Continue reading Double chocolate chip cookies

Every other day there has to be a cookie in our cookie jar. Trust me when I say if there is no cookie in the cookie jar, everyone and I mean everyone in the household is moody. We all need our sugar high’s. Way way back, last year some time, I bought a Vegan baking … Continue reading Hot cocoa snickerdoodles