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    Liebster Award #5

    Good morning bookworms! I am so sorry that I have been away most of this last week. Between travel for work, getting a terrible chest infection (which I still have) and basically falling asleep every time I pick up a book, as well as continuing to make a DnD character for our new game that starts in a week AND…

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    Cranberry and Pistachio Biscotti

    Wow. I didn’t realise it had been so long since I’d posted a recipe… but, I was playing around with some recipes the other day, so I have a new one for you! Biscotti is delicious Italian style biscuits. The thing about biscotti that sets it apart from normal biscuits is that it’s baked twice. But don’t let that put…

  • Peanut butter chocolate chip cookies

    So, I am a terribly unorganised blogger.  I usually forget to take photos of baked goods for recipes, and when I do remember I’ve usually missed the natural goodness of daylight so they look terrible.  Anyway, I’m pretty impressed with myself today as I absolutely remembered to take (lots) of pics while I was baking!  So now you get to…

  • Butter cookies

    Yum!  Butter cookies!  These are absolutely one of my favourites at Christmas time, and are perfect with either a tall glass of milk (because it is summer in Australia at Christmas time), or a delicious mug of hot chocolate… or spiked egg-nog! They are equally delicious the rest of the year as well, and a good recipe for kids too. Ingredients…

  • Vegan shortbread

    Christmas is a mere 21 days away (cue panic)!  I make shortbread and gift it around to colleagues, friends and family as a) it’s super simple, and b) everyone seems to like it! But alas, traditional shortbread is not vegan friendly, and I have vegan friends and colleagues.  So, this is the recipe that I amended for them! Ingredients 2…

  • Nan’s Rock Cakes

    My grandmother taught me to bake when I was a child.  I remember going to her house after school and on weekends (she was a substitute babysitter) and we would bake all kinds biscuits, cakes and slices.  Mostly these were sold at the local church fête, or for the Country Women’s Association (CWA). One of her most famous baked items…