Sarah's Slice

My youngest son asked me if I could make some cookies for him and his friends as they were coming over to our house for his birthday. His friends always request my cookies!!! So I looked through my notebook and chose one of my new ideas to try out on them. As there is always half a tin of condensed milk left over from making my flapjack I wanted to make some cookies with the rest of the tin so it wasn’t wasted. So I decided on chocolate chip ones for my sons friends and they

I made some St Clements shortbread biscuits today and thought a lemon posset would be nice to go with it. Then I decided to make it a bit di

l love shortbread and I have been wanting to make a St Clements version for a while and I had to use up some oranges I had so I decided now was the time. I have lots of different shortbread recipes on my blog from Chocolate Chip to Pink Peppercorn and lots of other flavours. The shortbread features sweet orange and bitter lemon which work really well together in this recipe and the combination makes a delicious shortbread biscuit. I think shortbread is a perfect bake all year

We went on holiday and had a delicious coffee in a French cafe. We shared a little basket of lemon madeleines between us and I thought when I got home I must make some. I have a recipe for the lemon ones on my website and decided to make some honey ones for a change. They are so delicate and delicious one is never enough!!!! They do take a bit more effort than regular cakes but it's definitely worth the effort for a little treat with a coffee. They are best eaten on the day b