Recipe | Walnut + spelt choc chip cookies

My obsession with cookies started with Sarah Kieffer’s first book The Vanilla Bean Baking Blog – her pan-banging becoming a regular occurrence in my household – and Thalio Ho’s beautiful pictures of glossy chocolate oozing from golden baked dough. I’d make them in times of weariness, for grab and…

Roasted rhubarb financier

This roasted rhubarb financier has become a favourite in our household. My boyfriend likes to remind me that there are three things his “dream girl” needs to be able to bake – apple and rhubarb crumble, carrot cake and sticky toffee pudding. Luckily for me, I’m a dab hand…

Peanut Butter Jelly Cookies

Peanut butter jelly cookies are as nostalgic as you can get. I remember as a child being given Warburton’s white slice bread slathered with crunchy peanut butter and oozing with raspberry jam on the reg. The crusts were *always* cut off and the entire sandwich was quartered into tiny…

Poached Pear Frangipane Tart

If you’re looking for a bake that’s perfect for a pretty dessert, this vanilla poached pear and frangipane tart is a winner. Recently I’ve been walking a lot. I can’t say the weather has been *all* good here in the UK – lots of wind, torrential rain {caught without…

Snix Bars

I had to marry ultimate combo of all-time favourites Snickers and Twix to make these snix bars. I recently debated my favourite corner shop chocolate with my colleagues. And for me, it would have to be a snickers. The layers of chewy nougat, delicate caramel and crunchy peanuts were always…

Soft and Chewy Oatmeal Cookies

This recipe for soft and chewy oatmeal cookies is a good one for a few reasons. There’s something nostalgic and cosy about cookies. They’re the bake we turn to when we offer our thanks to someone, when we want to cheer someone up or give them a cookie “hug”….

Recipe | Vanilla Bean Marshmallows

Christmas at my parents is one of my favourite times of the year. The house is filled with delicious food – my Dad loves to cook and has every meal covered, with menus for the entire Christmas period. The tree is bushy, sat twinkling in the corner of our living…

Banana walnut muffins

Banana walnut muffins had to come out of the rise of banana bread in lockdown 1.0. I imagine you’re thinking “no, not another banana bread recipe”. Bear with me. This isn’t just any banana bread muffin. It’s the kind of muffin you’d want to eat first thing in the…

Recipe | Banoffee Pie Blondies

I’m pretty sure my first proper “showstopper” of a dessert was a Banoffee Pie. My mumma taught me a few tricks of the trade – drizzle a little lemon juice over the bananas to avoid browning; don’t over-whip the cream; keep your eyes on your toasted almonds like a…