Being Opportunistic. I love to buy food based on what’s on special at the time. It’s amazing what bargains you can find if you search for it. At a time like now when finding what you want often fraught with stress and anxiety, look for the specials to spark a little joy. By hunting around,…
Category: Baking
Getting into the kitchen with the kids is a lot of fun. Yes, crazy and chaotic but seeing them get joy from measuring and mixing ingredients is precious. Even if you don’t have kids, baking is rewarding, nostalgic and can be quite therapeutic. Besides, baking makes your kitchen smell just so good that you are taken to a different world altogether. Below is a collection of baking recipes I have made and love.
Date Scones
The best date scones… ever! Back in the early 1970’s, my parents owned the cafe at Sublime Point. It still stands today at the top of Bulli Pass on route to Wollongong. For years mum made hundreds of scones each day for Devonshire tea. When they purchased the cafe, the previous owner gave mum her…
Gingernut Cookies
An Arnott’s copycat recipe. I grew up on Arnott’s Gingernut cookies. If you ever lived in Australia or New Zealand, you’d be the same. These are an institution. Have been around for literally forever. Growing up, dad used to call these teeth breakers because they were so hard. That’s what was so wonderful about them….
Italian Biscotti
Biscotti… but not as you know it. Amazing how you discover a new recipe. I credit this recipe to a work colleague who recently brought baking to work. She had made a big batch of biscuits with her mum. They are recreating her grandma’s old handwritten recipes with the aim to make a printed cookbook…
Healthy Seed Crackers
So easy, so healthy! If you had told me a year or two ago that I’d be making my own healthy seed crackers, I wouldn’t believe you! We all make cakes, biscuits, pizza dough and even pasta from scratch. But we buy crackers, not make them. Why is this? I stumbled upon this recipe a…
Gluten-Free Choc Chip Cookies
A treat that’s perfect for coeliacs. One weekend last year my sister-in-law came to visit with her two children. They live in Queanbeyan but came to Sydney to see their favourite AFL team play at Olympic Stadium. So we had four kids in the house who at the time were aged 7, 5, 4 and…
Banana Coconut Bread
A twist on an Aussie favourite. I’ve got a tried and true banana bread recipe however I wanted to try something new. That’s how I roll – I’m constantly seeing whether the basic version can be improved upon. That’s how I stumbled onto this recipe that has a bit of a twist – Banana Coconut…
Mirror Glazed Cake
Making a mirror glazed cake is not as difficult as one might think! It just takes a little knowledge and a couple of easy skills. The end result will leave your guests questioning whether you actually bought it rather than made it yourself.