Lazy Digestive Biscuits

Lazy Digestive Biscuits

I had a craving for cookies but was also feeling lazy so I made the dough, rolled it into a rectangle and used a bench scraper to cut it into rectangles. Recipe from Moorlands Eater’s Homemade Digestive Biscuits. Minor substitution of light buckwheat flour for 

Breakfast Cookies #2

Breakfast Cookies #2

This breakfast cookie recipe is easy, quick and makes 18 breakfast cookies. I was going to use honey or agave instead of sugar but discovered I was out so I ended up using brown sugar. You could substitute any kind of nut butter for the 

Almond Thumbprint Cookies with Blueberry and Raspberry Jam

Almond Thumbprint Cookies with Blueberry and Raspberry Jam

Almond thumbprint cookies are easy and can be made with any kind of jam that you like. This recipe is based on Martha Stewart’s Iced Thumbprint Cookies recipe, but instead of the icing sugar mixture I used a half-and-half mixture of blueberry and raspberry jam 

Vegan Gluten-free Peanut Butter Cookies

Vegan Gluten-free Peanut Butter Cookies

This recipe is adapted from Sweet as Honey’s Low Carb Peanut Butter Cookies (Merci Carine!). I used coconut sugar instead of eryhritol (I have no idea what that is but the name is super unappealing) and I added 1/2 tsp of almond extract because I 

Coconut Flour Raspberry Bars

Coconut Flour Raspberry Bars

Somehow I ended up with two packages of coconut flour, two large jars of raspberry jam, and two packages of best brown sugar. No, this was not because of pandemic shopping. When this kind of thing happens it’s the universe (and my Scottish heritage) telling 

Gluten-free Chocolate Chip Cookies – Third Time’s a Charm

Gluten-free Chocolate Chip Cookies – Third Time’s a Charm

This is the third experiment with baking gluten-free chocolate chip cookies. This time I used a new flour (Bob’s Red Mill 1 to 1 Gluten-free flour which already has xanthan gum built in) and Bob’s Red Mill Gluten-free egg replacer. I didn’t bother letting the 

Gluten-free Browned Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies (Experiment #2)

Gluten-free Browned Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies (Experiment #2)

Ok, so the vegan gluten-free chocolate chip cookies I made were a tasty experiment but the coconut oil made them quite hard if you over cooked them even a smidgen. This time I tried a variation of Meaningful Kitchen’s The Best Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Cookie 

Gluten-free (Vegan) Chocolate Chip Cookies (the Big Experiment)

Gluten-free (Vegan) Chocolate Chip Cookies (the Big Experiment)

Gluten-free (vegan) chocolate chip cookies started out as a challenge. I have done zero (intentional) gluten-free baking up until now. I’m a good (half) Finnish girl and we like our baked goods with loads of gluten in them. However, I have a friend who is 

Peanut Butter, Nutella, Chocolate Chip Cookies

Peanut Butter, Nutella, Chocolate Chip Cookies

My sweet tooth was bugging me today. I had a massive jar of Nutella and one of Peanut butter that I’m sure I will not get through on my own, so I thought I’d have a go at inventing a new cookie. It’s a mash 

London Fog Sugar Cookies….’Cause winter is coming…and with winter…comes Christmas!

London Fog Sugar Cookies….’Cause winter is coming…and with winter…comes Christmas!

Ice box cookies are a good thing, as Martha would say. See this recipe for London Fog Shortbread Cookies. If you are looking for a great cookie to use in a cookie exchange, this is it. Mind you…I liked them so much I’d have a