Biscuit Recipes - Baking with Granny

Perkins

January 8, 2018 By Amy 3 Comments

One of my most favourite things to have happened since starting Baking with Granny is people sharing what they used to bake with their own Granny. It was never the initial expectation behind sharing Granny’s recipes here but it came naturally with the concept. Some of the recipes people mention are already here (Shortbread and Fly Cemetery), some are in the works and others I’m not always familiar with. Perkins biscuits was one that was requested on Facebook – one I hadn’t heard of before but of course, Granny had a recipe stashed away.Read More

Ice Cream Cake with Maryland Cookie Thins

October 9, 2017 By Amy 1 Comment

I love ice cream. I love cookies. Keeping that in mind, ice cream cake is pretty much my idea of heaven. So when Maryland’s Cookie Thins were brought to my attention and I was asked to create a recipe which featured this delicious little biscuits, it only seemed right to make an Ice Cream Cake with Maryland Cookie Thins!Read More

Chocolate Digestives

August 13, 2017 By Amy 7 Comments

Have you been watching Inside The Factory on BBC? It’s right up my little boys street, seeing as they want to know how everything in the world is made! The most recent one we watched was on Chocolate Digestive biscuits and of course, we had to try them for ourselves.

Tantallon Cakes

July 7, 2017 By Amy 1 Comment

These days I’m very firmly an Edinburgh lass, even appearing in the local paper! But I actually grew up down the coast a little in North Berwick, where Granny still lives today. As well as Granny (and Papa!), North Berwick is also home to Tantallon Castle, a mighty fortress that dates right back to the 1300’s and is the place of which these lovely little Tantallon Cakes get their name.
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Melting Moments

May 2, 2017 By Amy 14 Comments

Another day and another classic recipe. When it comes to baking, it’s easy to get swept up in the many recipes of the internet but I’m slowly learning that often, these recipes aren’t all that they’re cracked up to be. Melting Moments biscuits however are a recipe that I promise you’ll love!

Walnut Biscuits

February 7, 2017 By Amy 2 Comments

I’ve mentioned Granny’s little book of recipes before; filled to the brim with all her classic recipes – from shortbread, to pancakes, it houses all Granny’s biggest crowd pleasers. Walnut Biscuits are no exception. Lovely little biscuits with a nice wee bit of history behind them.

Vegan Christmas Cake Biscotti

December 14, 2016 By Amy 12 Comments

I didn’t think it was possible to make the simple biscotti biscuit any more festive but these Vegan Christmas Cake Biscotti do just that! As well as having every flavour of Christmas in one little biscuit, they are vegan-friendly! This fantastic recipe comes from Midge at The Peachicks Bakery and it’s one that all guests over Christmas can truly enjoy.

Peanut Butter Cookies

December 12, 2016 By Amy 1 Comment

It’s now that time of year when I start to think about what we can bake to give as gifts to friends and family for Christmas. It’s something that Granny has always done but I love how nowadays giving the gift of biscuits, cakes & mince pies at Christmas has become such a popular thing. Today we’ve got a lovely and amazingly simple Peanut Butter Cookie recipe to share from the lovely Lauren at Dilan and Me.

Strawberry Shortcakes

June 29, 2016 By Amy 2 Comments

What do you do after you go strawberry picking on one of the few sunny days of the year? Bake, of course! Last weekend we decided to take the boys to one of the local Strawberry farms and to say they enjoyed themselves was an understatement! D. (our strawberry obsessed 2 year old) in particular looked like he’d died and gone to heaven. And as much as I too love strawberries on their own, I love them even more when sandwiched with cream between shortbread, à la Strawberry Shortcakes!Read More

Hungarian Chocolate Biscuits

June 9, 2016 By Amy Leave a Comment

Granny has this drawer in her kitchen. This particular drawer is quite special. It’s the drawer that if organised, could form an entire series of cookbooks. It could only be described as Granny’s Recipe Drawer. These Hungarian Biscuits is one of – what is likely thousands! – recipes stashed away in that drawer.