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Top your mince pies with meringue and a sprinkle of glitter.

These minty, pink-striped meringues are easy to make and use a clever decorating trick.

Line an 8-inch square baking pan with foil. Spray the foil with cooking spray. In a medium saucepan over low heat, combine the chocolate chips and sweetened condensed milk and stir until it's all melted and smooth. Pour it into the prepared pan an

You will also need a 13cm (5”) gingerbread man cutter, 2 lightly greased baking trays and a piping bag fitted with a fine plain nozzle. Put the flour, bicarbonate of soda and ginger into a mixing bowl. Rub the butter in with your fingertips until

In a medium saucepan place the milk, cream, salt, half of the sugar, vanilla essence, nutmeg, whiskey, rum, brandy, and rum and bring this all to a simmer.Whilst this is coming to a simmer, whisk the egg yolks and the rest of the sugar till they are

Take a small chunk of fruitcake in your hand (approx 80-90g per ball) and compact this by squeezing together and roll between your palms to achieve a ball shape (as if you were making meatballs!) Place these in a fridge to firm up for 30 minutes.

These daintily-edged biscuits will make eyes sparkle.

These soft, treacly cakes are full of fruit and nuts.

Mix all the ingredients together and serve in a cut glass whisky tumbler. Recipe courtesy of Aldi

These café-style biscotti require lots of love and attention.

Spray 3 large baking trays with Cake Release Spray to grease. Sift the flour, cocoa, cinnamon and Baking Powder into a bowl. Stir in the sugar and make a well in the centre. Add the egg and melted butter and gradually combine the wet and dry ingre

These cookies have a warm toffee note from the brown sugar. Add spices like cinnamon, ginger or nutmeg for another variation.

The biscuits would be perfect as a present, or an after dinner petit four.

A West Country take on the traditional tipple.

Place the flour into a large mixing bowl. Add the squares of butter to the flour and rub with fingers until it resembles breadcrumbs. Add the cheese and combine with the salt and pepper. Add the mustard, pepper sauce, chili and 1 egg yolk. Mix

Line a 20cm x 20cm baking tin with parchment paper. Save any parchment paper off cuts. In a large sauce pan melt the butter with the condensed milk. The second the butter has melted and mixed through the condensed milk, take it off the heat and

These sweet and stylish snacks are sure to impress friends and family.

Boil the peels in water for three times, discarding the water every time. After the third time drain the peels and weigh them, then combine the same weight each of sugar and water in a medium pot. Bring to a boil, stirring, until the sugar is dissolv

For the biscuits: 1) In a large bowl, beat the butter, caster sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, and salt with an electric mixer until light and fluffy, about two minutes. Beat in the egg. Stir in the plain flour until just blended. Mix in the apricots, a