This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes from Baking with Dorie. Blueberry Biscuits are not what *I* call biscuits – they are (what I know as) scones. Indeed, for Australians, “biscuits” means what North Americans call “cookies”. Technically a biscuit and a scone are not the same thing though: Bon Appétit claims they are not … Read more
Les Petits Chefs baking club made a favourite bake last week – and an appropriate one, given that ANZAC Day was last Friday. Wait, what… What is ANZAC DAY ? This day commemorates the anniversary of the ANZAC (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) landing on the shores of Gallipoli in 1915. Every year, ANZAC … Read more
This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes from Baking with Dorie. Tender Biscuits are basically (what I know as) scones. Yep, for Australians, “biscuits” means what North Americans call “cookies”. Technically a biscuit and a scone are not the same thing though: Bon Appétit claims they are not the same and Food 52 claims that … Read more
This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes from Baking with Dorie. Potato Flake Biscuits are actually what I’d call scones – savoury scones. For Australians, “biscuits” means what North Americans call “cookies” but I know enough now from baking from North American cookbooks to expect a scone-type thing this week before I even looked at the … Read more
This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe is from Dorie Greenspan’s Baking with Dorie and I didn’t realise what it was until I opened the book. For Australians, “biscuits” means what North Americans call “cookies” so I really wasn’t expecting to make what I call a “scone” this week. Technically a biscuit and a scone are … Read more
It’s Australia Day! And what better way to celebrate than with a sweet childhood memory – the classic Australian biscuit (cookie) – the Iced VoVo. Never heard of them? Most non-Australians won’t have. But here there are in all their glory… (Source) First registered as a trademark in 1906, Arnott’s Iced VoVo biscuits have become … Read more