• Biscuits

    Chewy White Chocolate & Sultana Cookies

    This unusual combination of white chocolate and sultanas is excellent. Chewy and decadent. Not the sort of recipe you’d hope to bake regularly though. It’s the sort of recipe that makes your taste buds dance to the rhythm of the sugar rush. Preparation Tips: As soon as you get the cookies out of the oven they will have a soft texture to the touch, but once they cool down they will become hard and crunchy. Cookie dough 215 g light brown sugar 90 g caster sugar 2 free range eggs (M) 50 ml golden syrup 1 tsp vanilla paste 50 g unsalted butter, melted 1/2 tsp of salt 230 g…

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    Milk Chocolate Cookies

    Lindt chocolate is the key. Good quality chocolate makes all the difference. These cookies are just to die for, crispy on the outside and chewy on the inside. Cookie dough 75 g caster sugar 50 g light muscovado sugar 100 g unsalted butter, softened 1 tsp vanilla paste 1 free range egg (L) 150 g self-raising flour 100 g Lindt milk chocolate Preparation Preheat the oven to 180 °C. Beat the sugars and butter in a bowl, add the vanilla paste and the egg until combined. Mix in the flour and lastly pour in the chocolate previously chopped in small pieces. Cover a baking tray with parchment paper. Using an…

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    Valentine’s biscuits

    This biscuits are perfect for any occasion but if you’d like to impress your date then try out this heart-shaped biscuits. The recipe is down the bottom of this page, both in English and Portuguese. Preparation 250 g unsalted butter 250 g icing sugar 500 g all-purpose flour 2 free range eggs 100 g strawberry preserve Beat the butter with the icing sugar, add the eggs and mix. Lastly, add to the bowl the flour until combined. Leave in the fridge to rest for 1 hour. After this period, turn the dough into a lightly-floured bench. Roll the dough 1 cm tick. Cut circles of dough using a round cookie…