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Chocolate and Vanilla Easter Egg Cookies

No-bake Peanut Butter Slice, GF and DF

Hot Cross Buns with a Gooey Nutella Centre

Hot Cross Buns with a Gooey Biscoff Centre

Gluten-free Chocolate Hazelnut Cake

Chocolate Hazelnut Cake

Peanut Butter and Chocolate Chip Muesli Bars – DF and GF options.

Light and Fluffy Fry Bread

Lemon and White Chocolate Syrup Cake

Date and Orange Scones

Pani Popo – Samoan Coconut Buns

PANI POPO (Coconut Buns) – Parāoa Kokonati My Samoan husband Paul introduced me to pani popo and I am so glad that he did! Are they the Samoan alternative to the cinnamon scroll? Tērā pea – perhaps! They are soft, sweet buns, cooked in a delicious, creamy coconut sauce. I have added coconut milk in…

Chocolate and Vanilla Easter Egg Cookies

Pihikete Hēki Aranga – Easter Egg Biscuits Kua tae mai te Aranga (Easter has arrived)! I love this time to get together with friends and whānau and eat good food together. Our kids love doing an Easter Egg hunt but there are usually a whole heap of hēki Aranga (Easter eggs) left over as they…

No-bake Peanut Butter Slice, GF and DF

No-bake Peanut Butter Slice – Keke Papatahi Pata Pīnati Kore-Tunu E te whānau (family), I know I am always making sweet kai (food). However, I also love making treats that have a more restrained sugar content. In this recipe I use mīere raihi parauri (brown rice malt syrup) in this recipe for a subtle sweetness…