Five easy recipes for an ample supply of holiday treats

Photos Francois Oberholster

Vanilla biscuits

This crispy biscuit is everyone’s favourite and if you don’t feel like rolling out the dough and making shapes, simply roll it into walnut-sized balls, flatten with a fork.

Peanut butter biscuits with three ingredients

This easy recipe from Errieda du Toit’s book Tuistafel seems at first glance to be a mistake because how can only three ingredients make biscuits? Seeing is believing! I simply had to share…

Coconut ice with lemon, glacé cherries and rose syrup

These squares may seem a bit over-indulgent as they are very sweet – just keep them small!

Chocolate chip toffee cookies

Spice biscuits

I use mixed spices in the dough because it makes the process easy. Alternatively, season the dough with whatever takes your fancy: ground cinnamon, ginger, cloves...