Sarah's Slice

I love making and eating shortbread and I thought I would combine lemon with poppyseeds in this version as they go so well together. It worked really well and I was really happy with the flavour combination. This is my tried and tested shortbread recipe and it always gives great results! Buttery and melt in your mouth. It is a really tasty, buttery, melt in your mouth and have a lovely citrus flavour. Lemon is quite a sharp fruit but it goes really well with the sweetness of

I made my original Parmesan and thyme crackers and they were so popular with my family that they were asking me to make more! So I decided to come up with another flavour combination and I thought tomato and basil would go really well with the Parmesan cheese and they were also devoured by my family! They are delicious little mouthfuls and one will certainly not be enough! They have a softer texture and are extremely moreish. I had hardly transferred them to a cooling rack an

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

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

Someone asked me recently if I had a recipe for Santa’s Whisker’s Shortbread and as I love shortbread and hadn’t heard of it I had to investigate further! They are an American holiday cookie and will definitely be on my baking list at Christmas every year from now on. They are buttery shortbread biscuits with the addition of glacé cherries and pecan nuts, then rolled in coconut which is where the whiskers come from. In my version I have used my usual shortbread recipe, then I

I love anything ginger when it’s cold and wet and that’s quite often where I live in the Lake District! I made these gingerbread crinkle cookies with all the flavours of gingerbread but in a cookie and they look nice and festive too. Obviously they can be eaten all year round but I do think they are a lovely addition to the festive season with a cuppa or a festive tipple. I think kids and adults alike would enjoy these cookies and are a perfect addition to the biscuit barrel

Cumbria Life - December 2025

Who doesn’t love a chocolate chip cookie! My first experience of one was in America it was soft and had lots of chocolate chips in it. I dec

I bought some thyme to add to some scones and had loads left so I decided to make some cheese crackers to use it up. I had some Parmesan in

I decided to cut the shortbread in flower shapes and add a white chocolate button for decoration. I think you will agree they look very pret

I always buy Mini eggs at Easter as as they are now in the shops I decided to make some cookies for my youngest son when he came home...

Apricot & Almond Shortbread

Oat shortbread biscuits

My youngest son was going camping and wanted some cookies to take for his friends. He loves anything chocolate so I knew he would like...

These biscuits are made with lemon & honey and are soft and chewy with a lemon glaze and delicious with a cuppa any time of the day

These delicious delights are a cross between a cake and a cookie! They have the soft texture of a cake but look just like a cookie. I...

I love shortbread and have lots of different flavours to choose from including lemon and coconut these ginger shortbread biscuits are one...

I was asked recently if I could do a recipe for plain shortbread fingers. I used to bake for a local market quite a few years ago and had...

I recently made some red onion chutney and I was thinking what could I make to put it on for my blog photo. As I had some oatmeal left...

I wanted to make some biscuits with Mini Eggs as they are my favourite sweets at Easter time. I didn't want to make the usual cookies...