Good Old Days Cornflakes Cookies

"Baking cornflakes cookies is comforting, and cornflakes cookies are the sweetest little bit of comfort food. They are very bite-sized and personal"

My most treasured bakery books lie hidden. They’re shrinking violets in my kitchen, spines frayed and indecipherable, found among modern volumes from celebrity kitchens and heavyweight classics from renowned masters. My favourite bakery books are often rediscovered by accident and, as I ease them from the shelves, they transport me to half-forgotten times and places in my past.

There are more, each with their own special memories, but it is a small blue book bulging with handwritten notes that means the most. These are the family bakery recipes handed down to me over the years. One glance at the looped script and I am back in the kitchen of my childhood..