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Imagine a biscuit that seems to magically appear from nothing and you can make with whatever you’ve already got in the pantry. That’s what these ‘quick-mix biscuits’ are all about. They take less than five minutes to put together and you can throw in whatever’s around. You can basically swap most of the ingredients in …

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Lucy is a friend of mine and her mum used to make this truly fab no-bake chocolate slice. That’s not even the best thing about her, either. Although it’s gotta be up there, a decent chocolate slice recipe being one of life’s quiet pleasures. Years ago, Lucy used to write on her now-gone blog about …

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At the risk of sounding like I’m writing an 1800’s manual for housewives, I quickly just want to talk about emergency afternoon tea provisions. Now, I’m fully aware that running out of biscuits to serve with a pot of tea is not exactly an emergency emergency. But it’s nice to have a little something like these 2-ingredient coconut …

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Hmmm, muesli cookies. Is it wrong that ‘cookie’ has entered this Australian’s lexicon? It’s just that some ‘biscuits’ are most certainly ‘cookies’. Pretty much anything large and free-form, and definitely anything rocking chocolate chips. Biscuits are nice and afternoon tea-ish. Cookies are nice and afternoon milk-ish. These are muesli cookies without much hesitation. They are …

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My dear friend Michelle makes the best slices, and this crispy date slice is no exception. I think this is the third recipe Mich has given me. She’s like the collector of unbelievably good treats and very generous in sharing recipes. She didn’t hesitate to let me share this one with lucky you! You really …

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I was going to make some good ol’ zucchini slice for lunch one weekend, but I didn’t get around to it. I think we had 2-Minute Noodles instead, which basically just left me with mum guilt and a bunch of zucchinis with nowhere to go. Enter, the humble zucchini muffin. You can make anything into a muffin. A muffin …

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