Oreos. Great with milk. Great in ice cream. Great by themselves. And now you can have homemade oreos. And you can put as much vanilla “creme” in the centres as you like! These actually taste like oreos. That’s the first thing everyone said when they tried them. The biscuits could be a little thicker. And a little denser maybe? But they do taste like oreos. These cookies are chocolatey and … Continue reading →
Monthly Archives: August 2011
Peanut Butter Cups
A few years ago, I happened to be in the States for Halloween. I was visiting family in Connecticut, it was beautiful Fall time, there was a party to go to and I had a 1920′s flapper costume. I was so excited! And that’s when I discovered Reece’s Peanut Butter Cups. I didn’t even like peanut butter up until then. But there were all these individually wrapped ‘candy’ that come … Continue reading →
Chocolate Croissants (Pain au Chocolat)
My boyfriend likes chocolate croissants. He went through a phase where he was buying them all the time. Every day. He couldn’t get through without them. So when his birthday came around, what better to bake him than chocolate croissants? This recipe is the same as for croissants, with the addition of chocolate and a different way of forming their shape. Like my croissant recipe, there are lots of photos … Continue reading →
Croissants
The dreaded croissant. Making croissants can be scary. It can seem to be ridiculously hard. The first time I looked at a recipe and saw how long it was I FREAKED OUT. Said no way, I’m not making croissants, they take forever! Well they do take forever, but then one week when I knew I would have some time, I just relaxed and made them step by step. Croissants aren’t … Continue reading →
Chocolate Mousse
Today I made chocolate mousse. Because my dad asked me to. I may have mentioned before that my dad doesn’t really eat anything I bake. Instead he has blocks of Cadbury milk chocolate or gross packet biscuits, the plain ones covered in dark chocolate. It breaks my heart a little when I have spent the day baking a chocolate cake and instead of trying some he wolfs down chocolate biscuits. … Continue reading →
