Happy Saturday everyone!! It is such a beautiful day in Johannesburg. We plan on spending some time outside today, I’m thinking maybe having a lovely picnic, we’ll see. A few weeks ago I laid down on the grass in our garden, just looking up at the sky, it felt so incredible and peaceful. It still […]
Bluberry Custard Bars
Paid partnership with First Choice South Africa These blueberry custard bars are super addictive, they remind me of my blueberry pie without the hassle of making an actual pie – BONUS! The centre of these bars consists of creamy First Choice Vanilla Flavoured Custard and blueberry pie filling – an untraditional pairing and I love […]
Chocolate Melting Moments
Woke up bright and early today to make a few batches of these divine chocolate melting moment biscuits. Their rich and buttery and like the name suggests, melt in the mouth!! The only difficult part is to dip in chocolate or not? Who am I kidding!!! I’m smothering each of these in chocolate 😂. Here’s […]
Crunchies
Crunchies Ingredients 250g salted butter 2 tablespoons golden syrup 120g brown sugar 135g cake flour 90g desiccated coconut 50g mixed seeds (or seeds of your choice) 200g cups oats pinch of salt 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda 2 tablespoons milk Method Preheat oven to 180C. Line a tray with baking paper. Melt the butter along […]
Peanut Butter Cookies
I love peanut butter, I mean what’s not to love? But forget about just spreading it on toast I’m baking the most delicous cookies with peanut butter as the star ingredient. These cookies are so buttery, crunchy with sift centers and packs great peanut butter flavour that’s addictive! I mean just look at those gorgeous […]
Cookie Truffles
I remember making a single batch of these during the holidays and I tasted just one and ended up eating the entire batch! I hurried to make two more batches because they were meant to be gifts to friends and family. They were such a huge hit with everyone and they look absolutely gorgeous when […]
The Best Holiday Cookie Recipes
Would it even feel like the holidays without baking a batch or three of your favorite cookies? I’m sharing my most favourite cookie recipes, from the versatile sugar cookie to Italian biscotti these recipes will have you swooning. 1. Bakery Style Chocolate Chip Cookies Like the name suggests these cookies are amazing! Crunchy on the […]
Watermelon Cookies
Oh happy days! These are the most adorable cookies I have ever made. I can’t stop staring at them, and now everyone thinks I’m crazy for not wanting to eat them…. but they’re so cute! These gorgeous little guys remind me of summer, and summer isn’t complete unless you’ve consumed your body weight in watermelon. […]
Homemade Romany Creams
1 cup of sugar 250g soft butter, I used stork bake 1 tablespoon baking powder 3 cups dedicated coconut 2 cups of sifted flour 1 level teaspoon salt 8 tablespoons of unsweetened cocoa powder dissolved in 125ml hot water Cream butter and sugar, add the baking powder and cocoa mixture till combined, add coconut and […]
Bakery style cookies
Crunchy on the outside, soft and chewy on the inside. For me that describes the perfect cookie. These are chocolate cookies with chunks of almonds and orange zest. So chocolate, orange and almond cookies? 🤔. I added 350g of chocolate to the dough making sure you get a nice chunk of ooey gooey chocolate with […]
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