You might need to buy:
  • ground cardamom
  • Boiling-hot water
  • whole wheat flour

Makes a really big batch of yummy biscuits.
A great ‘basic’ recipe, to which you can add extras such as:
Chocolate chips
Chocolate chunks and chopped macadamia nuts
Press ‘hole’ in centre of dough ball before baking, add jam of choice to fill hole
M & M’s for the children
Crystallised ginger or dried appricots, chopped
And the list goes on, use your imagination!

ready in about 20 minutes; serves 70
You might need to buy:
  • Optional ingredients of your choice - see comments above
  • self raising flour
  • x 397 gr can sweetened condensed milk
  • sugar

Makes a lovely Christmas gift for family or friends.

ready in about 30 minutes; serves 40
You might need to buy:
  • extra flaked almonds
  • lightly beaten egg white
  • decorate:
  • flour
  • water
  • baking soda
  • ground ginger
  • cinnamon
  • flaked almonds
  • liquid honey
  • golden syrup
  • butter
  • caster sugar
Belongs to Heather P Cheese Straws 

Savoury biscuit, nice as a party food with drinks and nibbles

ready in about 15 minutes; serves 20
You might need to buy:
  • butter
  • plain floour
  • chilli flakes
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • egg yolk

Variation on good old ‘Kiwi’ (NZ) Highlander condensed milk biscuits
Can also add some chopped crystallised ginger and/or dried cranberries for another variation

ready in about 30 minutes; serves 40
You might need to buy:
  • caster sugar
  • plain flour
  • baking powder
  • dark choc bits

For variety, add some choc bits, toasted slivered almond or cranberries along with the crystallised ginger

ready in about 20 minutes; serves 30
You might need to buy:
  • flour
  • golden syrup
  • egg
  • sugar
  • ground ginger

Crispy outside with soft middle
Can be made with Gluten Free flour for those with gluten itolerance

ready in about 25 minutes; serves 30
You might need to buy:
  • egg whites
  • castor sugar
  • plain flour
  • coconut
Belongs to Heather P Macarons 

Gluten and dairy free

ready in about 30 minutes; serves 15
You might need to buy:
  • icing sugar
  • granulated sugar
  • food colouring if desired
  • ground almond meal

Gluten and dairy free

ready in about 30 minutes; serves 30
You might need to buy:
  • egg whites
  • castor sugar
  • vanilla or raspberry essence
  • dessicated coconut