I found a recipe for Coconut Macaroons and I wanted to try it. The macaroons were good, but they needed a bit more in the oven. Even on reputable sites (BBC!!) there are basic mistakes like cooking times. Thus, in a way, I am sharing two recipes today. Bake these for 12 minutes if you
Category: Biscuits
Zeera Biscuits
Zeera biscuits are also called Jeera, as jeera/zeera is the name for cumin and these biscuits are made with, obviously, cumin. It is my version of a Pakistani recipe. There are versions with egg and some are without the egg, as I wanted to make my biscuits vegan, I’ve tried a egg-less version. Unlike most
Hamantasch
Hamantasch are Israeli filled biscuits, made with poppy seeds. These biscuits are usually made for Purim, a Jewish religious holiday. I made them because I had the recipe saved up for a while and because I wanted to make some as props for a lovely book I read on Israel. Here is my book review,
Pistachio cookies
The pistachio cookies are a more indulgent version of the peanut butter cookies I’ve shared a few months ago. Those are a more basic recipe because they are made with peanut butter. The pistachio cookies are indulgent because they are made with pistachio butter and that is indulgent in itself. I thought these nutty cookies
Fig Rolls
These are inspired by the fig rolls Paul Hollywood shared on the GBBO’s website. Surprisingly I saw that the difficulty is marked as Challenging?! For me these are quite basic. Because I’ve used muscovado instead of light muscovado, the dough was a bit darker and so were the fig rolls. Keep this in mind if
Chocolate Coconut Biscuits
I thought of these Chocolate Coconut Biscuits after the first time I made Chaclama biscuits this time last year. While I baked them a few times, I haven’t followed on my idea to cover them in chocolate, until now. The second week at Bake Off was biscuit week and the signature was biscuit bar. I’ve
Dairy Free Chocolate Biscuits
I was thinking of using vegan spread instead of butter in the standard biscuit recipe that I’ve made many times, to see how they turn out. There isn’t any difference between the biscuits with butter and these dairy free chocolate biscuits when it comes to taste and texture. I was very pleased and I will