Tag Archives: Cookies
Cranberry, White Chocolate & Candied Orange Peel Biscotti
Some biscotti recipes have lemon or orange zest in them. A wonderful flavor of course. I had been playing about with my home made candied orange peel recently. Cover them in chocolate, add them to cakes and muffins, use them as decoration. So why not shred them and add them to my biscotti recipe?
I am quite in love with the result… >>
Rose Tea Shortbread
I love shortbread and I love tea. So why not combine the two? I found the combination of this buttery biscuit with the scent of roses irresistible. My favorite rose tea does not consist of roses alone. Next to rose it also has the perfume of bergamot, lavender and vanilla. It is called… >>
Easy Peasy Cheesy Cookies
This recipe is too easy! But the result is fabulously ‘cheesy’. Just take equal parts of flour, butter (in little cubes) and good quality cheddar cheese… >>
Arnhemse Meisjes: My Favourite Dutch Cookies
‘Arnhemse Meisjes’ (Girls from the city of Arnhem) are my absolute favorite traditional Dutch cookies in the world. They are flaky, caramel crispy light with a sweet crunch.. These cookies look like they are made from some kind of puff pastry but that’s not the case. Some people make them with ready made puff pastry, but believe me… >>
Chewy Coconut Cookies
What’s to be done with a bit of leftover flaked coconut and a lemon? I smell cookies! They are delicate and light but are also blessed with the chewy factor. They remind me of my childhood which for baking is … >>
Goudse Moppen: More Original Cookies from Holland
Are you serious? You’d rather watch reality TV shows than bake your own cookies? Now what is wrong with you? Watching reality TV will make you fat, lazy and depressed! Baking cookies will make you radiantly happy and svelte and loved by your friends! So, what are you waiting for? >>
The Original IJzerkoekjes: Iron Plate Cookies
I love making old Dutch cookies. I got a real iron plate to make ijzerkoekjes (iron cookies) that come from the town of Vlaardingen (near Rotterdam in Holland) as an early Christmas present from my mother-in-law Jos. They are pretty popular over there, all the bakers bake them, but of course it’s also a good tradition to make them at home. >>
My Honey Fig Cookies
At night, in my sleep, I dream up recipes. These cookies came to me like flying angels with little wings. Light and delicate, buttery with a soft and sweet center. And I love the combination of crunchy and chewy. My … >>
Maison Dorré ‘Koekjes’
You will find me singing in the kitchen when baking cookies (‘koekjes’ in Dutch). It is so much fun. And these cookies are so yummy! I know this because people fall silent in the middle of conversation when they bite … >>