The only reason I wanted to make these cookies is so I could use my star-shaped cookie cutter, honest. But the thing is, crispy chocolate cookies sandwiched with salted caramel taste so divine, I’m going to be making these a lot more, with or without stars, and you should too!
Christmas Baking
Whiskey Raisin Cake with Caramel Glaze
If it’s not wine, I won’t drink it, but I will eat it. Apparently pouring whiskey into everything is my favourite thing to do this Christmas. It began with having no rum at home, and since the flavours of both liquors are very similar in baked goods, it seemed like the most obvious thing to…
Gingerbread Cake with Boozy Apples
Christmas Day is less than a week away so I say bring out all the ginger you have and let’s go to town! We’re making gingerbread, dark and tender and moist and spiced and citrusy. And then we’re topping it all with apples cooked in butter, sugar and whiskey because it’s not a party without…
Ginger Molasses Cookies
Last Christmas I made these crunchy, crispy ginger biscuits that beg for a cup of piping hot tea to be dipped into. So good. But because ginger is the best best best festive season flavour there is, I suddenly had a desperate urge for the opposite kind of cookie. Chewy, soft, super thick. Warmly spiced,…
Fruit Mince Rugelach (Eggless)
Rugelach is a Jewish pastry made with all sorts of wonderfully buttery things and filled with a whole range of deliciousness. There’s cream cheese, sour cream, butter in the dough. And in this version, candied peel, cherries, cranberries and raisins in the filling. And brown sugar and spices. The best kind of Christmas party!