Posts in Biscuits
Chocolate Digestives with Caramel
Chocolate Digestives with Caramel

Chocolate Digestive biscuits are extremely popular in the U.K. According to Wikipedia, around 6 million are consumed every day, roughly speaking that’s 70 biccies a second! Certainly not to be scoffed at and nor is my version of Chocolate Digestives — seductively coated with a thick layer of caramel underneath a bonanza of a Belgian chocolate topping!

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Afternoon Tea, Baking, Best of British, Biscuits, Chocolate, Comfort Food, Freezer friendly, Homemade, Recipe, Tea Dunking, Popular in the UKDiana ScoleyTina Scoley, limbericks, chocolate_digestives, caramel, dunking, tea, Coffee, Re, Technical Challenge The Great British Bake OffComment
Fig Rolls
Fig Rolls

I’ve always wanted to have a bash at Fig Rolls, being one of my favourite biscuits, although I possess quite a large selection of cookery books, there are actually very few recipes using figs. The pastry has more of a lighter sponge-like texture due to the baking powder rather than an actual pastry.

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Biscuits, Best of British, Classic British, Vegetarian, Afternoon Tea, Comfort FoodDiana Scoleyfigs, rolls, fresh figs, biscuit, recipe, recipes, own recipe, Tina Scoley, Lucky Dip Blog, Limbericks, Yoga, socal yoga cultureComment
Lemon Curd
Lemon Curd

Great on scones, muffins, toast, in Danish pastries or on any buttered bread… Lemon Meringue, Jammy tarts and for the filling in a Victoria Sandwich — as well as being a great dressing in combination with other ingredients on salmon, for example. Such a versatile recipe!

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Best of British, Jam, Afternoon Tea, Desserts, Biscuits, Versatility, Jam and CurdsDiana Scoleylemons, lemon rind, butter, sugar, Organic Eggs, Lemon Curd, Lemon Meringue, Lemon Tarts, Lemon and Harissa Dressing, Bread and butter, Muffins, Scones, Tina Scoley, Lucky Dip Blog, Limbericks, yoga, socal yoga culture Comment
Chocca Blokka Cakies
Chocca Blokka Cakies

Although these have the appearance of chocolate chip cookies, the advantage is that they are a lot lighter and more like a condensed Genoa-ish sponge— or Pound Cake— as well as being loaded with satisfyingly decent chunks of milk chocolate.

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Chocolate, Recipe, Recipes, Yuletide Chocolate Log, Cakies, Biscuits, Cookies, FreezerDiana ScoleyChocolate, Chocolate chunks, Milk chocolate, Bicarbonate of soda, Baking soda, Eggs, Vanilla extract, Tina Scoley, Lucky Dip Blog, Limbericks, Yoga, socal yoga culture Comment