English biscuits

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a stack of cookies sitting on top of a wooden table next to a red mug

I have loved English tea biscuits ever since I was a little girl and they were handed to me in Sunday School along with a paper cup of grape juice. These days I prefer them with a large mug of black tea sweetened with honey and whitened with a bit of milk. They are the … Homemade English Tea Biscuits Recipe Better than Store Bought Read More »

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a stack of cookies sitting on top of a white plate

About a few months ago I got hooked on a show that popped up in the Recently Added queue of my Netflix account called The Great British Bake Off. I’d vaguely heard of it before then but didn&…

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a white plate topped with cookies next to a cup of tea

Rich tea biscuits are a British classic, baked up crispy so they are perfect for dunking in a cup of hot tea. Use my "lazy cow" method to avoid rolling out the dough and using cookie cutters.

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three cookies and a glass of milk sitting on a cloth next to each other,

Lightly spiced and just sweet enough, these Easter biscuits are soft in the middle with sugar-crisp edges. They remind me of childhood springs,aprons too big, peel-sticky fingers, and mum humming over the radio. The scent of cinnamon clings to the air long after baking, and they’re the kind of biscuit you eat warm, standing at the counter, thinking of people you miss. Not fancy. Just tender, crumbly, and comforting,like the best bits of old traditions.

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shortbreads are stacked on top of each other with pink flowers in the background

Lemon glazed buttery shortbread are delicious little cookie bites. Easy recipe for delicate and crumbly English tea time biscuits.

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a stack of cookies next to a glass of milk on a wooden surface with the word milk in front of it

There is a generally agreed biscuit hierarchy which is evident at most social events. Anything involving a filling (custard creams, jammy dodgers) get snapped up right away. Then the chocolate-cov…

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two pieces of cake sitting next to each other on top of a plate with powdered sugar

Some women have a weakness for shoes whilst others are self-confessed chocoholics. I have a bit of a problem with biscuits (for my American readers read that as cookies!). They call to me from the …

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several cookies with heart shaped toppings on a table

One thing that the British do really well are biscuits, or cookies as they are known in North America. There are whole aisles in the grocery shops devoted to the British Biscuit containing every ind

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