A light chewy biscuit criss-crossed with milk chocolate 100 g unsalted butter, softened 100 g ground almonds 100 g golden caster sugar 50 g plain flour 50 g self raising flour zest of lemon or lime or orange 5 teasp chopped mixed peel 50 g of whatever chocolate you fancy Makes about 20 biscuits Beat […]

  A couple of weeks ago I came to the end of the piece of  yellow cotton we’ve been using for the patchwork altar frontal. A slightly panicky rummage revealed there was no more. Our local patchwork shop had what seemed a very good match, but ninety diamonds later, as I began joining the stars […]