Chocolate & Hazelnut cookies

White Chocolate & Hazelnut cookies

This recipe is so EASY and it makes the most delicious cookies please give it a go and let me know what you think and mix is up a little by using different chocolate and nuts :) Enjoy....

Ingredients
175g plain flour
½ level tsp baking powder
¼ level tsp salt
125g butter, softened
125g light brown sugar
Few drops of vanilla extract
1 medium egg
115g Chocolate (I have used both ordinary white and milk chocolate in this recipe broken into small pieces)
30g whole hazelnuts, halved.


1.Set the oven to 190°C or gas mark 5.

2.Put all the ingredients into a bowl and beat together to mix. I used a stand alone mixer and it was great to place all of the ingredients together and just mix until combined.

3. Spoon level tablespoons of the mixture on to greased baking sheets, spacing them a little apart, to allow room for spreading while in the oven - you will need to bake in separate batches.

4.Bake in the oven for 12-15 mins or until golden brown. Loosen each cookie lightly with a palette knife, but leave them on baking sheets to cool. Transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely.


I have baked these cookies a few times now and they are becoming a big favourite of mine because they are so quick and easy to do - I have attached a picture of the milk chocolate and hazlenut cookies I baked last weekend for a weekend away.....

Groupon deal at Riverbank Restaurant and Bar - Stratford-upon-Avon

Thought I would give a quick review on our visit to the Riverbank Restaurant and Bar which we visited on our weekend away in Stratford-upon-Avon.

We ate here through the Groupon deal for £18 which included nibbles, 2 starters and 2 main courses. We had Selection of deli breads with balsamic and olive oil dressing & Oven roasted garlic bread with extra virgin olive oil for nibbles, then we went on to have Crispy beef, oriental vegetables, sesame seed dressing and soy sauce for starters, the boyf had Tandoori marinated chicken supreme with pesto fettuccini & I had Salmon fillet with potato and vegetables for mains and they were all very nice!

We were too full to try the desserts. The food was excellent but the restaurant wasn't very busy and it was a little cold but this was a very cold Feburary night so I think its probably buzzing in spring & summer. We would definitely visit again! Check out the picture of my lovely Salmon fillet :) I will post some more pictures of our weekend in another post.



Swans Nest Lane, CV37 7LS, England

My Mothers homemade 60th Birthday Cake!

Hi Everyone!

Just thought I would post a picture of my Mom's 60th Birthday cake which had a blue & green butterfly theme... It looked AWESOME and tastes great too! My Mom spent a lot of time making this cake but it was the star attraction at the party. The butterlies were cut out using the PME Butterfly cutters which are really cheap to pick up and you can see them
by clicking here the edible glitter also added extra sparkles :)

Let me know what you think of the cake decoration! Have you made anything similar or are you planning to for your next special event?