Cookies b4 Nooky!

Let's face it, food comes before most things and when you're spending Valentines alone, cookies are the best kind of date. 

Chocolate Chip and Cranberry Cookies!
Makes 20-30 (depending on dollop size)

What you'll need:
-150g butter
-150g light brown sugar
-1 egg
-1tsp vanilla essence
-300g plain flour
-1/2tsp baking powder
-100g dried cranberries
-100g milk choc chips

The Baking Of:
-Pre-heat oven to 200c
-In a large bowl: cream together the butter and sugar, beat in the eggs and add the vanilla
-Fold in the flour, cranberries and choc chips until they're all mixed in evenly and you've got gooey consistency. 
-Using a tsp, take small spoonfuls of the dough, roll with your hands and place onto a greased tray. Press down on them lightly and repeat. 
-Pop in the oven for approx. 12mins. Or until golden brown. 

If you're also on your own this year, don't worry about holding back - I'll never judge a fellow cake lover! 

HAPPY (slightly belated) VALENTINES TO YOU ALL! <3 

OoOoOh spooky!

Okay, not spooky, but tasty.

IT'S HALLOWEEN!!

Unfortunately my imagination this year could only stretch to my costume, so instead of baking something CRAZY I've stuck to what I know; shortbread cookies. However, this time I've made them look cooool.

The recipe can be found in an earlier post, so all you need now is some icing! Easy peasy! 

Now, go get bloodied up and have some fun! 

Hangover cure

I went out Tuesday night (it's now Thursday) and suffice to say, I still feel rather icky. Seeing as I could barely stand yesterday, today seemed like a good day to bake something. Something simple, sweet and comforting. And nothing says "CURE ME" better than m&m cookies. 
My plan was to make proper cookies, but I forgot the eggs so I reverted back to a shortbread recipe. Just as tasty. 

Ingredients:
-4oz butter
-2oz caster sugar
-6oz flour (SR or plain)
-Pinch of salt
-tsp of almond/vanilla extract
-M&M's for decorating (i've got peanut ones)

Method:
-Pre-heat oven to 170c / gas mark 3
-Cream the sugar and butte together
-Add flour, salt and extract
-Knead it into a doughy consistency 
-Leave to sit for approx. 15mins
-Once you're bored of waiting, roll it out on a flat surface to about 1/4inch in thickness. Take your cutter of choosing and cut away! I thought i'd give one of my new Halloween ones a go. 
-Decorate with the m&m's
-Pop in the oven; they cook pretty quickly, so just keep an eye on them and take them out when they're a little firm and golden brown.

Now, if like me you're not feeling too good: take a biscuit (warm), find a dark corner and veg out. 

Trick or Treat?!

I'm definitely a Treat girl. 

I've got the Halloween bug pretty bad, me and my friend have been stocking up on goodies already. One of which being these awesome little things. I think for the next month (possibly forever actually), I'm just going to be making Halloween shaped cookies. I also picked up some Halloween styled cupcake cases (there's pumpkin muffin recipe I've got up my sleeves), and they're perfect. 

I will of course be uploading any recipes as soon as I start baking. I'm not feeling too great at the moment, but hopefully next week I'll be mostly in the kitchen. 

Peanut Butter cookies

          Before & After

Okay, so I actually stole this from Hello Giggles, but it's just so good not to share it. Plus, it's gluten and dairy free; so like, aside from the sugar, they're totally healthy ;) aha. 

There's not really much point me repeating the recipe, so...if you love peanut butter (and who doesn't?), go get yourself the ingredients and add these to your new favourite things.