Category Archives: Biscuits and small cakes

Be more Olive and Mabel: chocolate and ginger biscuits

Posted on October 14, 2020 by Louise

I went on a bus yesterday afternoon. London buses have always been a treat for me, especially the top floor but, these days, they’re not much fun. Social-distancing and mask-wearing seem to belong to another world and, when someone was … Continue reading →

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Weekend baking: Pierre Hermé’s chocolate shortbread

Posted on February 25, 2017 by Louise

A little bit of Alsace for you here, via Pierre Hermé and the Guardian. A really simple, really chocolately biscuit that takes minutes to prep and minutes to bake (though you do need to chill the dough for a few … Continue reading →

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Elevenses with Fortnum’s: ginger biscuits

Posted on October 6, 2016 by Louise

Fortnum & Mason is one of those places that, for a long time, I barely glanced at. It seemed to be a beautiful piece of history, in a lovely part of London but, a bit like a palace or a … Continue reading →

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Smitten Kitchen’s lemon bars

Posted on March 15, 2014 by Louise

Do you remember school dinners? Do you remember your favourites? Or, perhaps, like me, your least favourites were more memorable? I, for one, have never been able to eat jam, or most gelatinous things like honey or jelly, after being … Continue reading →

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Peter Gordon’s Double Chocolate Nut Cookies

Posted on October 30, 2012 by Louise

The difference between cookies and biscuits is often missed in the UK. Cookies here tend to be a tad too biscuity (in the UK sense of that word) for my liking: too crunchy, too heavy and too thick. A proper … Continue reading →

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Possibly the best, certainly the easiest, biscuit recipe in the world

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Louise

I first came across a recipe for croquants in Dorie Greenspan’s book and it sounded too good to be true: thrifty, fast, easy. Then in her friend David Lebovitz’s book Ready For Dessert I saw another, but this time in grams … Continue reading →

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