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    Home • Recipes • Types of Recipe

    Biscuits/Cookies and Confections

    Collection of easy recipes for cookies (called 'biscuits' in France), brownies, French macarons and confections. For more, see teatime treats.

    Looking for something specific? Browse the recipe index to refine your search.

    • Pumpkin Spice Macarons - with White Chocolate Ganache
    • Cheese Biscuits (Sablés au fromage)
    • Honey Biscuits with Lemon
    • Gluten Free Brownies - Fudgiest Ever
    • Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
    • Salted Caramel Macarons
    • Healthy Flapjacks (Barres de céréales)
    • Gingerbread Men and Decorating Ideas (Biscuits Speculoos)
    • Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies - Healthy Recipe
    • Coconut Macaroons (Rochers Coco)
    • Easy Raspberry Macaron Filling - White Chocolate Ganache Recipe
    • Brandy Snaps with Mojito Cream
    • How to Make Tuiles - The Easiest French Almond Cookie
    • Chocolate Brownie Cookie Crumbles
    • Chocolate Chip Hazelnut Cookies
    • Snowballs - No Bake Coconut Bites
    • Mendiants (French Chocolate Disks)
    • French Butter Cookies (Palets Bretons)
    • Fluffy Cheese Scones
    • Vegan Macarons (Using Aquafaba French Meringue)
    • Melting Moments - Mini Oat Cookies
    • Caramelised Roasted Nuts (Nougatine)
    • Chocolate Cherry Ganache Macaron Filling
    • Scottish Macaroon Bar Snowballs
    • Chocolate Hazelnut Rocher Truffles
    • Mushroom Macarons

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