I’ll try to keep this brief. If you can bear it, go to the ‘My
Story’ section where I go on and on. And on.
I’ve been a little obsessive. Well, maybe not a little. I’ve
taken six years to perfect these biscuits and cookies. They are exactly the same
as the ones I bake at home... warm, rich, buttery, crumbly melt-in-the-mouth,
with generous big chunks of chocolate, nuts and fruit. And, of course,
no nasty ingredients like preservatives, no industrial products like powdered
egg, and no cost saving ingredients like vegetable oil. Instead – fresh
rich butter, serious chocolate, real vanilla extract, brown sugar
with dark molasses, fresh egg…
In all they’re quite different from the industrial biscuits
you are probably used to.
Here are the varieties. I haven’t gone too wild on the combinations.
Actually, I haven’t gone wild at all. Instead, I’ve stuck
to classic taste combinations that really work and tried my damnest
to make them the best ever.

Big macadamia nut pieces with chunks of super creamy white chocolate
in a simple biscuit with a hint of vanilla. I think it's the best
chocolate & nut combination, as the macadamia has a slightly
vanilla flavour that is just superb with really good quality white
chocolate. Crunchy nuts, creamy chocolate and a crumbly base.

You either love peanut butter, or you hate it. The key to this dough
was using peanut butter rather than using just peanuts. That's
what gives it that moreish flavour – add creamy milk chocolate
chunks (no little chocolate chips) and you have a classic.

My version of the classic chocolate chip, but with much bigger pieces
of creamy chocolate. That way you get a real texture contrast when
you hit the chocolate rather than just a chocolate flavour. But
the real secret is in the dough – the jumbo oats slightly
toast in the oven and taste so wonderful with the butteriness of
the mixture.

Chewy bits of real apple in a classic oat biscuit with a subtle pinch
of cinnamon giving a wonderfully warm flavour. This is the one available
on some Virgin flights in Upper Class.

Sounds healthy, but don't be alarmed. This biscuit is truly delicious.
The seeds toast in the oven to give a subtle nutty flavour that combine
wonderfully with the sweetness of the apricots and chewiness of the
raisins - I think we have a classic.

Another classic combination. Here we use huge raisins. It is incredible
to watch in the oven as they heat up; they blow up to the size
of a grape and so often really distort the shape of the biscuits.
The size of the raisins really change the character of the biscuit,
as they are big enough to be soft & chewy which means you have
the chewiness of the jumbo raisins, combined with the buttery crumbliness
of the biscuit and the melt of the chocolate all in one. |