Real Sinterklaas Spice Nuts

Bake your own Sinterklaas Spice Nuts! They’re so much better than the bland stuff that supermarkets sell in bulk.

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Traditional Holiday Gingerbread Men

So many recipes for Gingerbread Men! This one worked very well, giving them a lovely soft crumbly texture and a slightly cracked surface.

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Christmas Crack

Seasonal sweet and salty toffee cracker cookie made with plain saltine crackers, but uncommonly addictive.

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Plain poppyseed biscuits with white chocolate

Plain cookies are awesome. These are simple biscuits with poppyseeds to give them a nice speckled look, and a white chocolate covering for super-awesomeness.

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In search of the secret ingredient of Ginger Nuts

Trying to find out what ingredient gives Ginger Nuts its special sharp “gingery” taste.

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Flavourful almond and chocolate Biscotti

Twice-baked plain Italian almond cookies with added chocolate come with memories of cookie hunting in Italy.

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Giro Bars: chocolate, yoghurt and a Giro-pink rhubarb curd top

But *any* excuse goes, when it comes to rhubarb curd.

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Spicy rhubarb bars

Ginger and sambal manis give these an extra kick, and the rhubarb is transformed into a delicious sweet-and-sour gooey filling.

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