These cupcakes are a wonderful surprise for kids and adults alike. They are perfect for a birthday party or you could fill them with candy hearts and they would be lovely for valentines, same for Halloween if you filled them with jelly worms or mini eyes they are just really fun and very easy.
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Oil and Sugar free crunchy granola
Happy New Year! I hope 2016 is a great one for you all. In keeping with the ever popular New Years resolution of being healthier and losing a few Christmas/baby pounds in my case, I thought I would share this little gem of a recipe! Continue reading
Rudolph the red nose reindeer cupcakes
My youngest brother Gabriel loves Christmas, we always make extra special recipes like decadent hot chocolate spiced with cinnamon, vanilla bean and nutmeg then we put on a Christmas movie and bake something fun. This Summer my parents and Gabriel moved back to the UK so I really miss having him around. I was thinking about him this week as we would usually be cooking up something new so instead I decided to put up our favorite Christmas recipe. Continue reading
Gluten and Dairy Free Red Velvet Cupcakes
I love valentines day mainly because of all of the things you can bake or craft! Like heart shaped tarts and pies, cookies, home-made chocolates, Continue reading
Gluten and Dairy Free Key Lime Pie
A few years ago on a cruise with my family we stopped at Key West in Florida, it is one of the most charming place I have ever been! It’s a sunshine soaked town full of brightly coloured shops selling sea shells and candies, restaurants on the dockside and it’s all surrounded by clear blue water. Continue reading
Vanilla, Oat and Chocolate Chip Cookies
My lovely friend and former baking partner, until she moved to the Island 😦 Leanne! sent me this cookie recipe, which I made and she was right, they are amazing! Continue reading
Cream Puffs with Chocolate Coconut Cream
It’s Valentines day on Thursday, which got me thinking of sweet treats to cook up! Being gluten and dairy free can make you think that you are missing out but you don’t have to at all! These cream puffs are beautifully light and airy, filled with luxurious chocolate coconut whipped cream Continue reading
Halloween Cupcakes!
Happy Halloween!!! I have to say it is one of my favorite days! Scary movies, dressing up, carving pumpkins and lots of treats!! Being gluten and dairy-free should not stop the celebrations! Here are some cupcakes I made Continue reading
Lavender Lemon Biscuits & Raspberry Dodgers
In England we have lots of different types of biscuits they are kind of like our versions of cookies, to us cookies are just the chocolate chip kind! I used to love bon bons, sports biscuits and couldn’t get enough of custard creams! I guess its a good job I am no longer at home!!
My favorite breakfast as a kid was tea and biscuits which I would be allowed now and again or if we slept in! So these are my grown up version of tea and biscuits. I’m not actually a big fan of chewy chocolate chip cookies which my friends in Canada find baffling but it’s what you grow up with that sticks with you.
So for me these biscuits are perfect, they are like a light short bread, creamy and not too sweet. The lavender and lemon add a really nice delicate flavor, they would be perfect with a cup of light green tea.
I have been drying my mums lavender from the garden and using it in lots of ways, these cookies, I also made some lavender and chamomile tea and I put some in a heat pad. I just love the stuff!
I think lavender adds an elegance to desserts but be careful not to overdo it as it can overwhelm it with its perfume, the lemon compliments it.
I also made my version of jammy dodgers, I placed a fresh raspberry in the middle which turns into a light jam while it cooks. Chris loved these ones, the filling is sweet and a little tart at the same time!
These make a lovey summer treat you can enjoy with a nice cup of english breakfast in the garden or straight out of the oven like we did!! You can really try any combination you like, chocolate chips, cranberries I also made some with a drop of maple syrup and walnuts.
What are some of your favorite cookies/biscuits?
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup of cold cubed earth balance buttery sticks
- 1/2 cup of sugar
- 1 1/4 cups of this basic light flour blend (1 1/4 cups of brown rice flour, 1 3/4 cups of white rice flour, 3/4 cup of potato starch and 1 cup of tapioca starch. That will give you 4 3/4 cups and can be used for cookies, muffins etc)
- 1 egg
- 2 teaspoons of lemon extract
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla bean paste
- 1 tablespoon of grated lemon rind
- 1 table-spoon of dried lavender
- 12 Fresh raspberries
Flour recipe from The Culinary Institute of America
Directions
Blend your lavender and lemon rind until it is a fine powder. In a bowl combine all of the other ingredients by hand, it is very sticky so dust your hands with some extra flour if you need to. When a dough is formed slice in half and add your powdered lavender to one batch, throughly combine. Wrap each dough ball in plastic and refrigerate for at least one hour.
Preheat your oven to 350° and line 2 baking sheets with greaseproof paper, remove your dough balls from the fridge. For the lavender cookies simply scoop out cookies using a tablespoon or small ice cream scoop and flatten with a flour dusted hand, place them about 2″ apart and bake for 15 mins or until golden brown.
For the raspberry pockets do the same again with the plain dough then place a raspberry in the centre of your cookies. Flatten a second dough ball and carefully place over the top of the raspberry, press the edges down to on seal the cookies together but do not press down on the raspberry. Bake for approx 10 mins or until the edges are lightly golden.