Almond, Orange and Pine Nut Biscuits

Despite this awful weather we are having I'm determined to bring you some easter/spring inspired recipes. My recipe today is a lovely biscuit with wonderful fresh flavours (inspired by Spain)
Almond, Orange and Pine Nut Biscuits...easy to make and easy to eat haha :))

Almond, Orange and Pine Nut Biscuits

240g plain flour
125g ground almonds
Zest of 1 orange
200g salted butter
125g caster sugar
2 egg yolks
25g toasted pine nuts (more if you wanted)

Put the flour, ground almonds, orange zest and butter in a food processor and whizz until the mixture looks like breadcrumbs. Add the sugar, egg yolks and whizz to a dough. Tip onto a lightly floured work surface and knead in the toasted pine nuts very gently or you can keep the dough in the food processor and whizz so the pine nuts are finely chopped. Shape into a log, Wrap in cling film and chill for an hour.
Heat the oven to 180C/160c fan. Cut the dough into biscuits and arrange on a lined baking sheet. Bake for about 15 minutes and allow to cool on the baking sheet. (Due to the ground almonds they are fairly soft at first so allow to cool thoroughly.)

You can of course replace the orange with some lemon zest for a sharper fresher taste :)

Easter Rocky Road

I have a confession to make....I've never eaten rocky road...I know I know, how can this of happened, but after all these years I've never managed to try this sweet overloaded chocolate treat hahaha :) so I decided to make my own and make it perfect for Easter :)

White Chocolate and Mini Egg Rocky Road

400g white chocolate
4 cookies (I used some left over funfetti cookies)
Bag of mini eggs
80g-100g marshmallows

Break up your cookies and mini eggs, leaving a few whole and cut your marshmallows into smaller pieces.

Melt the white chocolate either in a bowl over simmering water or in the microwave

Pour the broken up cookies, marshmallows and mini eggs into the melted chocolate and mix in gently to avoid breaking up the cookies too much.

Pour into a lined tray, place the whole mini eggs on top and pop into the fridge to harden :))

Chocolate Chip Caramel Cookies...perfect treat

Happy Mother's Day to all the mummy's out there :). If your household is anything like mine and you want a sweet treat, you have to make it yourself... so here's an adaptation of my chocolate chip cookie recipe, but this time with some divine caramel filling.....absolutely mouthwatering :)

Chocolate Chip Caramel Cookies

Chocolate chip recipe
Soft Caramel (either homemade or you can buy a jar from most supermarkets...dulce de leche is good)

Make up the dough for the chocolate chip cookies and spoon a small amount onto a baking tray and flatten slightly. Get a teaspoon and spoon a small amount of the caramel into the centre of the cookie dough and then spoon some more of the chocolate chip dough on top and mould round the caramel centre.

Bake in a pre heated oven (180/170) for around 12 minutes depending on size
Leave to cool and enjoy :))