Terry’s Chocolate Orange Christmas Cookies

Today has just been one of those days. While I came home to a lovely surprise, I just needed to forget about work and what better way to distract myself than to do something that requires my attention – bake! And given that this month is about all things hygge and orange goes so well…

Mincemeat for mince pies

I had never had a Christmas mince pie till I met Dan. It was his first “hot” Danish Christmas in Malaysia and being worried that he would be missing home, I remember how thrilled my mum was when she found them out in Marks & Spencer. To be completely honest, none of us were particularly…

Mince Pies

I had never had a mince pie until I met Dan. Truth be told, I was one of those people who took the mince bit literally and thought it meant they contain mince meat. Even though I was initially teased for this, I have learnt now that I was not too far off cause the…