Panettone is an Italian Christmas cake. This version makes smaller panettone that are lovely to give as presents
Chocolate Panettone
Tag: christmas baking
Lavender Shortbread
Fragrant shortbread made with lavender sugar, serve with delicate Darjeeling tea for an elegant afternoon tea or give them as presents.
Lavender Sugar
This fragrant sugar makes a fabulous present, attach a label with the lavender shortbread recipe handwritten to finish it off beautifully. Also lovely sprinkled over summer berries. This will keep for 6 months.
Melting Snowman Christmas Cupcakes
Gingerbread Biscuits – rubbing in method
It wouldn’t be Christmas without gingerbread in our house, gingerbread biscuits to decorate and if I remember to put a hole in the top they may end up on the Christmas tree although it’s difficult to get them to last that long.
Mini Christmas Puddings – children’s version
This chocolate fridge crunchy or tiffin recipe makes wonderfully easy and spectacular mini Christmas puddings, you could use thick glace icing instead of sugarpaste to drizzle over if you wish. Wonderful boxed to give as gift for friends and family.
Stollen
Stollen is a yeasted dough, it can be made in advance, frozen and then iced when you are ready to eat it.
Macaroon Mince Pies
You will need 1 quantity of mincemeat, homemade is much, much nicer than shop bought, it’s very quick to make and you can choose between my Traditional Mincemeat and Quick Low Fat Refrigerator Mincemeat and 1 quantity of sweet shortcrust pastry.
It’s Christmas – beat the recession and make your gifts
Just finished Bill Buckley’s Sunday Lunch show on BBC Oxford where we’ve been talking about making edible Christmas presents with the help of Rachel Allen on dial in, pity she couldn’t have been in the studio but it was good to catch up as I’ve not seen her since the summer. Making Christmas gifts…
Chocolate and Ginger Christmas Pudding
Christmas puddings are traditionally made on Stir Up Sunday, around 6 weeks before Christmas. Gather the family around to stir the pudding in a clockwise direction and each make a wish.