Breakfast for us kids on Christmas morning was always cinnamon rolls: the soft, billowy kind with a simple filling of brown sugar and cinnamon and a sugary glaze, sometimes flavoured with orange, sometimes ‘regular’. We would eat from the outside, … [Read more...]
Apple butter and ginger cake
For an island that’s grown an enormous variety of apples with pride and distinction for centuries, I'm surprised apple butter isn’t better known in Britain. A quintessential taste of autumn, this silky, sweet/tart apple-spread is taken for granted … [Read more...]
Favourite cookies: Snickerdoodles
It's raining and cold, so the only thing for it is to bake a batch of cookies. Making snickerdoodles is a guaranteed cheer-up activity. They don't require unusual ingredients (no need to nip out in bad weather), they make the house smell warmly of … [Read more...]