Category: Food and Drink

• Paul Hollywood’s Focaccia: #100bakesposterchallenge No 74.

  

  Yeast baking and bread making is my nemesis! I’m not confident baking bread at all. Things either don’t rise or they look a complete mess. So when I have to make anything bread or yeast related, I run for the hills! Now as you know, I have my #100bakeschallengeposter on the go and by New…

  Smart Cookie Sam

  January 15, 2023

  #100bakeschallenge, Breads and Yeast Bakes, Family Meals, Food and Drink

  #100bakeschallenge, baking, baking with kids, comfort food, family, family friendly, family meals, focaccia, Italian baking, Italy, olive oil, savoury baking, yeast baking

• November 2022 Baking Round Up.

  November has been a month of two halves . I baked at the beginning and the end but the middle two weeks I couldn’t bake at all and had to limit my time in the kitchen. To someone who loves cooking and baking, this was hard. We were having a new kitchen floor laid and…

  Smart Cookie Sam

  December 1, 2022

  #100bakeschallenge, Cakes and Muffins, Chocolate Treats, Classic and Traditional Cakes, Cupcakes, Cupcakes, Muffins, Buns and Scones, Food and Drink, Traybakes, Brownies and Flapjacks

  autumn, baking, birthday cake, biscuits, brownies, cake, cakes, chocolate, chocolate chips, cookies, cupcakes, dessert, family, teatime, teatime treats, traditional, traybake, traybakes, white chocolate

• October 2022 Baking Round Up

  

  Once again I’ve not kept up to date with my blog, even though there has been several attempts to write posts over the last few weeks. It’s the same with my Facebook page. There’s always something which gets forgotten about and neglected. So this post is rounding up what has been made in the SmartCookieSam…

  Smart Cookie Sam

  November 3, 2022

  #100bakeschallenge, Bundts, buns, Cakes and Muffins, cheesecake, Chocolate Treats, Classic and Traditional Cakes, Cupcakes, Cupcakes, Muffins, Buns and Scones, Desserts and Puddings, Food and Drink, Hot Puddings and Desserts, Large and Celebration Cakes, No Bakes

  #100bakeschallenge, #100bakeschallengeposter, afternoon tea, baking, birthday, biscuits, cakes, cheesecake, Colin Caterpillar, cookies, Empire biscuits, gingerbread, gingerbread people, halloween, Party Rings, Percy Pigs, pumpkin cookies

• Walnut, Gorgonzola and Pancetta Fusilli.

  My family and I love travelling (money and time permitting, of course). So when Ingham Lakes and Mountains asked me if I would like to create a recipe inspired by one of their holiday destinations for their #InghamsFoodieFinds campaign, I jumped at the chance. Nearly five years ago Mr SmartCookieSam took me to Italy for my…

  Smart Cookie Sam

  March 10, 2017

  Family Meals, Food and Drink

  #InghamsFoodieFinds, cream, Dolomites, foodie, fusilli, Gorgonzola, holidays, Inghams Lakes and Mountains, Italian alps, Italian food, Italy, lakes, mountains, pancetta, pasta, walnuts

• Christmas Baking 2013.

  It’s been a busy few weeks leading up to Christmas.  Even though sometimes you feel as if you’re meeting yourself coming backwards and life is a whirlwind, I do love all the exciting lead up and all the baking I do.  I’ve put my Sam’s Smart Cookies and Cupcakes business on hold for the moment…

  Smart Cookie Sam

  December 30, 2013

  Biscuits and Cookies, Cakes and Muffins, Cupcakes, Food and Drink, Seasonal

• Welsh Baking

  At half term week we had a holiday in Ceredigion, West Wales where we stayed in a lovely holiday cottage in New Quay.   We stayed in Forget Me Not Cottage which we rented from West Wales Cottages, a traditional cottage which was beautifully decorated and well equipped. This was our fourth visit to Wales…

  Smart Cookie Sam

  June 11, 2013

  Food and Drink, Regional Baking

• Halloumi Cheese and Chilli Flatbreads

  I have never ever had the courage to make flatbreads. Until today, that is when I decided to take the plunge. I’ve always admired people who can bake different kinds of bread and to be honest I was rather nervous about doing it.  More and more recently, though I have been getting disappointed with shop…

  Smart Cookie Sam

  May 12, 2013

  Breads and Yeast Bakes, Food and Drink