Marillenringe: Austrian Jammy Dodgers

These biscuits have been part of our family Christmas for as long as I remember: crumbly and buttery shortbread-style biscuits, filled with apricot jam – ‘Marillen’ being the Austrian dialect word for apricots. In many ways they are a distant cousin of my butter biscuits, which I openly preferred when smaller, because of the fact that…

Easy Shortbread

Some of you might remember my Hello Kitty fest a couple of weeks ago, for today the recipient came to visit in order to make her own cookies. This time, however, there was not a Hello Kitty in sight, as I had purchased a cookie stamp of my own: ‘Naschkatze’ is what you call someone who…

Gingerbread

Making gingerbread is great fun for kids of all ages – all you need are some pastry cutters and a steady hand for the decoration. You do need to prepare the dough a day in advance, though! Gingerbread is traditionally made and eaten in the run up to Christmas. We usually bake the biscuits at the end of…