Cookies: the smart choice

Spare yourself the shopping trip. Who doesn’t love a gift made with love?

Ingredients (Serves 10) ◆ 170g lightly salted dairy or plant butter, softened ◆ 65g caster sugar ◆ 1tsp natural lemon extract ◆ 185g plain flour ◆ 65g cornflour ◆ ½tsp ground nutmeg ◆ Green and chocol

We’ve eaten and sipped our way through this year’s supermarket Christmas food and here are our favourites

Silver and gold sugared almonds on the table offer an extravagant shimmer, like edible sparkly confetti. And I like the way they glint in the candlelight. This year I’m also using candy canes everywhe

Make this year’s celebration one to savour with our pick of the best Christmas buys, all highly rated by our expert food team

W hile golden turkeys and caramelised pigs in blankets usually take centre stage on Christmas Day, the lavish meal just wouldn’t be complete without a sweet note to end on. We all know the true showst