Italian almond biscuits // Little treats

Little treats... little, delectable, delicious, sweet treats. These are quite possibly my favourite thing to eat alongside a shot of strong black coffee with a good crema. Being a favourite of mine, I thought I should really learn how to bake them and was pleasantly surprised by how simple these moorish biscuits are to make (yet slightly messy if you dig in with your hangs, as did I... queue biscuit dough being flung everywhere).

There are umpteen recipes around for these biscuits, I went for David Lebovitz which you can find here yet I put my own twist on these lovely things with the addition of homemade raspberry and blackcurrant jam. The addition of stem ginger is pretty wonderful as well and I'll soon be making a whole batch of stem ginger Italian almond biscuits.

These perfectly sized treats are chewy and sweet and everything you want from a biscuit, they would go perfectly after a strong cheese course to finish a meal. Or you could just sit and eat them one after another...

Beautiful handmade cup and saucer purchased in Damme near Bruge -  here