Happy December guys! I can't believe it's the last month of the year already! Christmas is mere days away and 2021 is fast approaching. Let's hope we can go back to some sort of normality next year and resume our travels and other plans. But for this month, let's make the most of a Christmas period that is quieter and more cosy than ever. And one thing that you absolutely shouldn't miss out on this Christmas is homemade cookies! I tried these marzipan and nutella filled stars for the first time this year and I loooove them! Here's what you'll need to make them yourselves:

Add the flour, cornstarch, sugar, a few drops of vanilla extract as well as the egg and butter in a big mixing bowl and knead until you've got a ball of dough. Chill you dough in the fridge for at least an hour.

After an hour, roll out the dough and, using a star shaped cookie cutter (obviously you can chose any shape you want :) ) cut out your biscuits. 

Bake  the biscuits on a baking tray lined with parchment paper for about 12 minutes at 180°C.

Leave them to cool and meanwhile mix your marzipan with the icing sugar then thinly roll out the mixture and cut out your marzipan stars. Make sure you cut out half the amount of biscuit stars you made.

Once your biscuits have cooled, take two of them and spread each one with nutella, then put a marzipan star on one star and cover with the nutella side of the second star. Repeat until all your biscuits have been made into little sandwiches, then cover with melted chocolate and walnuts.

And there you have it. Get yourself a steaming mug of mulled wine to go with these and maybe even enjoy a cheesy Christmas movie :)

Let me know if you try these at home :)

Lots of Love
Jess xx

I'm coming at you with a new recipe today and I thought I'd make it a quick and easy one that would also make a great Christmas present for the foodie in your life. These chocolate bars are of course adaptable to taste.. so if you prefer peanuts to coconut, go for it - get creative!

Here's how I made mine:

Now first things first, pop that corn. I use my trusty old popcorn maker* for this which uses hot air to get the corn popping. If you don't have a popcorn maker you can easily pop your corn in a pot on the stove and that works just as well. You will need a teaspoon of oil for that though. Sunflower oil works best as it hasn't got much of a taste of its own.

Put the popcorn to the side and melt your chocolate in a bain marie.

Once your chocolate is melted, mix in the coconut and popcorn and fill a silicone chocolate bar mould* with the mixture. It should make about 10 bars. You can use some popcorn or coconut to decorate the top of your bars. Then the whole thing goes in the fridge for at least two hours to set.

And there you have it: homemade popcorn chocolate bars!

Let me know if you try these or gift them to someone special this Christmas :)

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1 tbsp Earl Grey tea
 ca. 200ml boiling water
1 tsp sugar syrup * 

ca. 150ml milk (plant based milks that froth well work just as well)

In a separat mug warm some milk and froth it.

Now stir your sugar syrup into your hot tea. Mix well, then add the milk on top.

For extra fancyness add some chocolate powder on top. And there you go - you can enjoy your London Fog Latte!

*If you don't wanna buy syrup from the store you can easily make some yourself. Just bring equal measures of sugar and water to a boil and let cool completely, before bottling it and storing it in the fridge where it'll keep for absoulte ages.

Are you a tea or coffee person? What gets you going in the morning? I'm team tea all the way! Let me know if you'll make this in the comments below :)

Lots of Love
Jess xx

Happy October you guys!! It's my favourite month of the year and like Anne Shirley Cuthbert said "I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers!" The leaves are slowly but surely turning colourful, the wind is crisp and pumpkins are absolutely everywhere! So like every year when autumn hits I get out all my favourite pumpkin recipes and this is definitely one of them. So without further ado, let's get started.

Happy autumn you guys!!! T'is finally the season for big jumpers, cosy cardies and everything pumpkin! So to celebrate I made this delicious butternut squash soup that's simply perfect for the colder months. It's packed full of the good stuff and keeps you warm from the inside. It's souper (see what I did there..?) easy to make as well so grab your pumpkins and off we go!

Ingredients:

🍁500g butternut squash (peeled and chopped)
🍂1 onion
🍁1 clove of garlic
🍂1 tbsp olive oil
🍁chili flakes
🍂500ml vegetable stock
🍁crème fraîche
🍂cumin
🍁pumpkin seeds
🍂garden lovage or regular parsley

Peel and roughly chop your squash. Heat up the olive oil in a large pot then add in the butternut quash and roast for about 10 to 15 minutes until it's ever so slightly charred at the edges. Add in your chopped onion and garlic as well as the chili flakes (if your not into spicy food you can totally leave them out) and fry until soft. 

Add in the stock and bring to a boil. Let it simmer until your veggies are soft enough to blend then blend the whole thing to a smooth consistency. Stir in the crème fraîche (I used a tablespoon but feel free to make it creamier if you fancy it). Add cumin and parsley to taste and sprinkle with toasted pumpkin seeds before serving.

This recipe serves two hungry pumpkin lovers :)

Let me know if you try this recipe and how you got on :) What are your favourite things about autumn? Are you a pumpkin lover like me. Leave me a comment so we can chat all things autumn/fall below :)

Lots of Love
Jess xx

• 28 oreo cookies
• 90g butter
• 225g blackberries (I thawed some frozen berries but fresh works just as well)
• 200g light cream cheese
• 75g xylit or normal sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 200g cream
• 1 Pck gelatine
• some fresh berries of your choice for decorating

Blitz up the cookies in a food processor or whatever means you have to hand and mix it together with the melted butter. Stir well until combined then spoon it into your tartelette forms (it's important you use silicone forms so that you can easily remove them once they're done - these would work perfectly: Levivo Törtchen Formen Silikon, 6er Backform für kleine Kuchen, Mini Kuchen Backform, Silikonbackform, Backblech für 6 Torten, Gebäckform Rot, Form zum Backen 34,5 x 21,5 cm*). With your fingers, press the mixture into the form to cover the base as well as the walls of the form with the oreo paste.