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Category: Christmas baking

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Mum’s Rum Balls

  • by Jo
  • Posted on December 23, 2021December 23, 2021

My mother’s rum balls have been a feature of Christmas for as long as I…

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  • Christmas baking

Nigella’s Star-Topped Mince Pies

  • by Jo
  • Posted on December 20, 2021December 19, 2021

While they’re Grant’s favourite Christmas treat, I’ve never been one for a (fruit) mince pie…

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Cheese, Onion and Olive Scones

  • by Jo
  • Posted on December 19, 2021

There’s a scene in my new (as yet untitled) novel where the antique dealers from…

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Shortbread

  • by Jo
  • Posted on December 17, 2021December 17, 2021

Does anything say Christmas more than a plate of shortbread? In our house Santa is…

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Clove-sugar Dusted Shortbread

  • by Jo
  • Posted on December 16, 2021December 15, 2021

If you’ve been following along here for a while you’d know I’m a fan of…

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Cinnamon and Orange Biscuits

  • by Jo
  • Posted on December 15, 2021December 15, 2021

I first made this recipe – which is from Fortnum and Mason’s Christmas and Other…

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Spiced Cheese and Sesame Shortbread

  • by Jo
  • Posted on December 13, 2021December 13, 2021

I’m on a mission to find the perfect shortbread this Christmas, and while these aren’t…

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  • Christmas baking

Christmas Crack

  • by Jo
  • Posted on December 12, 2021December 11, 2021

Ok, I need to say at the outset that this really is the name of…

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Brigadieros

  • by Jo
  • Posted on December 11, 2021December 11, 2021

So I came across these accidentally, as part of my research for my current novel.…

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Christmas Speculoos

  • by Jo
  • Posted on December 23, 2018December 15, 2021

We first came across Speculoos (or Speculaas, Spekulatius) when we were in Northern France and…

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Hi, I’m Joanne Tracey, the Hungry Writer.

I’m an author, blogger, baker, candlestick maker. Okay, I don’t make candlesticks, but I do write words, chase sunrises and create happy endings.

Because the world would be a nicer place if only there was more tea and scones.

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Too early for sunrise but a happening sky… and the first properly cold morning of the year. Love it. #mooloolababeach #friyay
I don’t want to get too carried away, but looking out my office window… it doesn’t appear to be raining!
Timehop has reminded me that 7 years ago I published my first book - Baby It’s You - and celebrated with a bottle of Bolly Grant had bought a couple of years previous for when it *did* happen. I’m now about to publish no. 9 & have no idea how. I also am so grateful for the faith Grant had in me all those years ago.
6am… dark & murky…walk done, now for coffee #mooloolababeach
Still pretty murky out there today, but got our walk in before the rain started again… weird light from the beach lights.
My sister just sent me through a photo of our old house in Castle Hill… yep, gone. We might have been gone for 5 years, and we knew this was always going to happen, but even so it feels weird to see this. Development…
Yesterday was International Tea Day… so here’s tea & scones in a posh cup. So what if I’m a day late? In other news, it’s still raining. According to the dude with a rain gauge, 135mm from Friday through to 11pm last night… and still it comes down. #wetweekend #overthisrain #teaandscones
It’s pelting down out there today - & autumn has finally arrived. What better way to spend a Saturday than drinking tea, making up soups for the freezer & scones for now. #scones #brookfordkitchendiaries #bkd #teaandscones

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  • The Little Library Cookbook, by Kate Young
  • Cider Cake
  • Around The Kitchen Table, by Sophie Hansen and Annie Herron
  • Dorset Apple Cake
  • Vegemite and Cheese Scones

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