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    Home โ€ข Recipes โ€ข 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.

    • plate of square cut flapjacks made with honey, fruit and nuts
      Healthy Flapjacks Recipe (Without Added Sugar)
    • close up of salted caramel macarons with a thick filling
      Salted Caramel Macarons
    • raspberry macarons with a white chocolate ganache and raspberries, sitting on top of each other next to roses
      Raspberry Macarons (White Chocolate Ganache Filling)
    • mushroom macaron
      Mushroom Macarons
    • pink macarons on white plate and pink pansy with lemon verbena plant
      Vegan Macarons (Using Aquafaba French Meringue)
    • pumpkin spiced macarons
      Easy Pumpkin Spice Macarons Recipe
    • Lemon madeleines with a scalloped shape and hump on a plate served with a cup of tea
      How to Make Classic French Madeleines With Lemon
    • three buttery Scottish shortbread rounds made gluten free without xanthan gum served with a dram of Whisky
      Gluten Free Shortbread - Scottish Recipe with Oats
    • high raised round buttery biscuits with a rough texture with air-holes
      French Butter Cookies (Palets Bretons)
    • high rise cheesy scones piled on top of each other, surrounded by rosemary and spring onions
      Fluffy Cheese Scones Recipe
    • Christmas box with milk chocolate and hazelnut rochers with red ribbon in front of the decorated tree
      Milk Chocolate Hazelnut Rocher Truffles (Ferrero Style)
    • chocolate disks topped with dried fruits and nuts
      Mendiants (French Chocolate Disks)
    • golden brown cheddar cheese biscuits, thin cookies great for an aperitif.
      Cheese Biscuits (Sablรฉs au fromage)
    • a white plate with parmesan cheese crisps and orange aged gouda cheese crisps with glasses of wine at a holiday table
      Parmesan Crisps Recipe - Quick and Easy in the Oven
    • pyramid shaped coconut cookie with other bite-sized shapes on a plate
      Easy Coconut Macaroons (Without Condensed Milk)
    • Tubes of brandy snaps filled with whipped cream, mint, lime and rum
      Brandy Snaps with Mojito Cream
    • honey biscuits or cookies, golden, glazed and in love heart shapes
      Honey Biscuits with Lemon
    • plate of snowmen, decorated trees and gingerbread men in front of the Christmas tree
      Gingerbread Men and Decorating Ideas (Biscuits Speculoos)
    • French tuiles cookies made with almonds and rounded like tiles
      How to Make Tuiles - The Easiest French Almond Cookie
    • plate of gooey gluten free brownies made with almond flour and melted chocolate, topped with almonds
      Gluten Free Brownies - Fudgiest Ever
    • plate of christmas sweet treats in front of the tree
      Snowballs - No Bake Coconut Bites
    • close up of a buttery cookie with chocolate chips
      Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
    • deep pink cherry chocolate macarons with stalks as decor
      Chocolate Cherry Ganache Macaron Filling
    • chocolate chip cookies in golden autumn leaves
      Chocolate Chip Hazelnut Cookies
    • plate with 2 cranberry cookies next to clementine oranges
      Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies - Healthy Recipe
    • bite-sized fondant macaroons in glass dish one bitten
      Scottish Macaroon Bar Snowballs
    • oat biscuits topped with glace cherries on white plate and birthday candles
      Melting Moments - Mini Oat Cookies
    • Chocolate Brownie Cookie Crumbles
    • stirring up nuts and caramel
      Caramelised Roasted Nuts (Nougatine)

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    Bonjour - I'm Jill

    Here you'll find easy French recipes worth coming back to.
    After 30+ years cooking for my French family in Paris, I share reliable recipes made with everyday ingredients - from family meals to classic French desserts with less sugar and more flavour.

    -> Plus discover France like a local.

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    • raspberry macarons with a white chocolate ganache and raspberries, sitting on top of each other next to roses
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      French Crรจme Caramel (flan aux oeufs au caramel)
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      Types of Macarons in France

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