Cookies x

As my little one was fast asleep I decided to bake some cookies. When I was pregnant I was determined to learn to bake as my mum has always been a domestic goddess and I was quite worried that I would fall considerably short in that area! As I am a bit of a shopaholic (and some might say a salesman's dream) I convinced myself that a KitchenAid was what I needed to help me on my quest, as well as some beautiful colour co-ordinated recipe books to decorate my kitchen..! Well I have to admit that my KitchenAid stayed looking shiny and new for at least a month before I was brave enough to at least switch it on, but once I got going I lost my fear and can surprisingly say that I now enjoy baking!

One of my super stylish cook books is British Baking by Peyton and Byrne. It is a gorgeous hard backed lilac beauty with a pale pink ribbon to mark your page. Let's face it appearances do matter when there are so many recipe books to choose from and when I purchased this I did console myself that if I didn't use it in the practical sense it would at least look a treat next to my super shiny (and at the point of purchase) unused KitchenAid. Anyway we now know that I am well on the way to following my mum's footsteps into the world of domestic goddessdom and have baked several items from this beautiful book. Today I decided to go for the chocolate chip and hazelnut cookies...

And here they are...

Yum yum...