Tuesdays with Dorie: Tender Biscuits from Baking with Dorie

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

Tuesdays with Dorie: Potato Flake Biscuits from Baking with Dorie

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

Cottage Cheese Biscuits from Baking with Dorie on a baking tray covered with parchment paper.

Tuesdays with Dorie: Cottage Cheese Biscuits from Baking with Dorie

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

Easy Homemade Iced Vo-Vo Biscuits recipe on eatlivetravelwrite.com

Homemade Iced Vo-Vos for Australia Day

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

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ANZAC biscuits for the Gallipoli centenary

Today, April 25th, 2015, is the 100th anniversary of the ANZAC landing on the shores of Gallipoli.  Every year, ANZAC Day is day of remembrance where Australians and New Zealanders honour the memory of those who have served and died in all military operations. This year is particularly meaningful. Though it’s long been associated with … Read more

French Fridays with Dorie: Saint-Germain-des-Prés onion biscuits

This week’s French Fridays with Dorie recipe – Saint Germain des Prés onion biscuits – was clearly not meant to be. Unless, of course you live in Australia where the above  ^^^^^ is a perfectly acceptable rendition of what one might consider a “biscuit”. However, Dorie was not referring to what North Americans might call … Read more