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Push the boat out with these melt-in-the-mouth biscuits filled with homemade jam and vanilla buttercream.

For this recipe you will need a piping bag, a medium star nozzle, a large star nozzle, 3 baking sheets 

Mary’s Viennese whirls 

raspberries

250 grams/9 ounces jam sugar

unsalted butter

grams/1¾oz icing sugar

flour

cornflour

grams/3½oz unsalted butter, softened

200 grams/7 ounces icing sugar,

vanilla extract

You know your favourite crisp, thick, moreish ginger biscuit? Well, this is it! Restraint is needed to keep the lid on the tin.


The best ginger biscuits

butter

golden syrup

ginger

75 grams/2¾oz crystallised ginger, finely chopped

tsp bicarbonate of soda

grams/1¾oz demerara sugar

grams/1¾oz light muscovado sugar

egg,

Lebkuchen are traditional German Christmas cookies. Whether you make traditional circles or cut into stars and hearts, friends and family will love these Christmas biscuits. 

You can decorate them in so many ways as well. My favourites are chocolate covered, closely followed by a thin icing - but if you like thick icing don't let me stop you!

Lebkuchen

runny honey

100 grams/3½oz ground almonds

tsp baking powder

¼ tsp bicarbonate of soda

cinnamon

allspice

nutmeg

½ tsp ground cloves (optional)

cocoa powder (optional)

½ unwaxed orange, finely grated zest and juice

sea salt

grams/3½oz icing sugar

water

200 grams/7 ounces dark, milk

Nutty, chewy, sweet and gooey, these peanut, cherry and fudge cookies are perfect for a picnic – or for afternoon tea whatever the weather.

For this recipe you will need a 6–7cm/2½–2¾in cookie cutter.

Peanut, cherry and fudge cookies

125 grams/4½oz butter, softened

100 grams/3½oz soft light brown sugar

grams/3½oz sugar

grams/4½oz peanut butter (crunchy

free-range egg

tsp vanilla extract

150 grams/5½oz plain flour, plus extra for dusting

bicarbonate of soda

baking powder

salt

75 grams/2¾oz salted roasted peanuts,

100 grams/3½oz dried cherries,

grams/3½oz fudge, chopped into small pieces, or chocolate chips (optional)

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