Lemon and White Chocolate Biscotti Recipe

HELLO DARLINGS!

These amazing, crunchy biscuits date back to 13th century Italy. Mine have a little twist to the original twice baked biscuit.

So, the ingredients you will need are:
250g of plain flour
250g of sugar
1/2 tsp of baking powder
2-3 medium eggs, beaten
Zest of one lemon
200g of white chocolate


Method:

1. Preheat your oven to 140 degrees celsius for a fan assisted oven (160 for non-fan assisted).

2. Combine the flour, sugar and baking powder in a bowl.

3. Gradually, add in the beaten eggs until you have a firm dough, it should not be sticky. Now add the lemon zest.

4. Now carefully knead the dough on a floured surface and then spilt into 2 halves. Roll each piece into a long log and bake for for 30-35 minutes.

5. Once out of the oven leave to cool, on the tray, for 10 minutes.

6. Now, cut the logs diagonally into biscotti.

7. Put the pieces on a baking tray, cut side up and bake for a further 20-30 minutes.

8. After the second bake, leave the biscotti until completely cool.

9. Melt the white chocolate in a bain marie and dip the biscotti in, covering one half in white chocolate. Put the biscotti in the fridge until the chocolate is set.

10. Enjoy!

Love Jess x

Little Miracles Tea

HELLO DARLINGS!

I recently found these organic tea drinks in my local superdrug and thought I'd try them out! They are currently on a promotional offer for £1 each and there are four different flavours. I could only get three of them on my shopping trip. 

The first is the White tea and Cherry, it is really sweet and the main flavour is definitely the cherry!

The second is the Black tea and Peach, it's the fruitiest of the three and is definitely my favourite!

The last is the Green Tea and Pomegranate, it tastes kinda like apple juice and is super sweet!

The one I failed to find is the Lemongrass Tea and Ginger but I've spotted Little Miracles in Tesco and Boots too so the hunt is on!

Love Jess x

Chocolate Walnut Brownie Recipe

Hello Darlings! 

I thought I'd kick off my 1st ever blog post with one of my favourite recipes: Chocolate Walnut Brownie! It's super easy to make and let's be honest, who doesn't love a good brownie?

So the ingredients you'll need are:

3 medium eggs

250g of caster sugar

200g of butter

200g of plain chocolate

112g of plain flour

1/2 tsp of salt

1/2 tsp of vanilla essence

150g of walnut pieces

Method:

1. Preheat your oven to 170 degrees celsius.

2. Beat together the eggs and sugar for around 2-3 minutes until light and pale.

3. Melt the butter and chocolate together in a bain marie (glass bowl over a pan of boiling water).

4. Add the melted chocolate to your egg and sugar mixture and mix until well blended.

5. Add the flour, salt, vanilla essence and walnuts and fold in.

6. Pour the mixture into a square tin/mould and place in the preheated oven for 30-35 minutes. For a more gooey brownie I suggest taking it out at 30 minutes.

The brownie should be cracked on top and gooey in the middle, if you don't want to add walnuts, you could replace it with white or milk choc chips or fruit if you really wanted to!

Hope you all like this recipe! If you make them, tweet me a picture!

Love Jess x