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Biscuits/Cookies and Confections

Collection of easy recipes for cookies, known as biscuits in France, brownies, macarons and confections.

Gluten Free Brownies
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
Salted Caramel Macarons
Healthy Flapjacks (Barres de céréales)
Gingerbread Men and Decorating Ideas (Biscuits Speculoos)
Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies with Hazelnut & Cranberry
Coconut Macaroons (Rochers Coco)
Brandy Snaps with Mojito Cream
Tuile Cookies (Tuiles aux Sesame)
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)
Scottish Macaroon Bar Snowballs
Chocolate Hazelnut Rocher Truffles
Mushroom Macarons

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Jill is both Scottish and French and author of the book and blog, Mad About Macarons since 2010. Here she shares over 30 years of experience of living the healthy food life with her French family in Paris - via easy recipes and local food guides in France.

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As a local for 30 years with 2 macaron recipe books, I’ve tasted a LOT to help you out!

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Mad About Macarons

Scared to make the first move to make macarons? Jill shares all the tips and step-by-step instructions in her bestselling recipe book (also in Dutch, Spanish and Hungarian). It has inspired many now-professional macaron bakers since 2010!

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