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Yesterday morning I made Dr Tamal Ray's honey and almond brittle biscuits (recipe on the Guardian here), much to the delight of my family and some childish remarks from the bloke, who thinks I fancy Dr Tamal (from Nadiya's season of Bake Off, you may recall). Didn't stop him from partaking liberally of the biscuits, I note.
I doubled the quantities in the recipe. I do this for every recipe that involves the words "cookie" or "biscuit". Because they will get eaten.
Dr Tamal's recipe says that it's supposed to make 10-12 biscuits. I suppose it does if you're placing dainty dollops on your baking trays. This is not, however, my approach. I got 16 biscuits out of the doubled recipe. There are eight remaining.
Dr Tamal claims that you should only put 4 dollops per baking tray because they spread out. He is not lying to you. They spread out a lot. Dr Tamal also claims that they are very easy to make. This is also true. The longest part of the process (apart from standing impatiently at the oven waiting for them to bake) is assembling the ingredients. I don't know about you, but I don't typically have 200 grams of flaked almonds sitting around in the cupboard, so it did require some targeted advance shopping.
The kids loved them, and they also loved "tasting" the biscuit mixture, which combined with my less-than-elegant view on biscuit sizes, probably helps to account for managing to make only 16 biscuits when Dr Tamal claimed there should have been at least 20.
And now for some biscuit photos.
Here is the biscuit mix in the saucepan.
Biscuits cooling on the rack. Note also Telstar on the right. Seeing him there prompted the photos in the previous post.
Biscuits at various stages of coming out of the oven (still on the tray, on the cooling rack but still on the parchment, on the cooling rack after being detached from the parchment, on a plate)
Biscuits on a plate.
Biscuits going into the children.
I doubled the quantities in the recipe. I do this for every recipe that involves the words "cookie" or "biscuit". Because they will get eaten.
Dr Tamal's recipe says that it's supposed to make 10-12 biscuits. I suppose it does if you're placing dainty dollops on your baking trays. This is not, however, my approach. I got 16 biscuits out of the doubled recipe. There are eight remaining.
Dr Tamal claims that you should only put 4 dollops per baking tray because they spread out. He is not lying to you. They spread out a lot. Dr Tamal also claims that they are very easy to make. This is also true. The longest part of the process (apart from standing impatiently at the oven waiting for them to bake) is assembling the ingredients. I don't know about you, but I don't typically have 200 grams of flaked almonds sitting around in the cupboard, so it did require some targeted advance shopping.
The kids loved them, and they also loved "tasting" the biscuit mixture, which combined with my less-than-elegant view on biscuit sizes, probably helps to account for managing to make only 16 biscuits when Dr Tamal claimed there should have been at least 20.
And now for some biscuit photos.
Here is the biscuit mix in the saucepan.
Biscuits cooling on the rack. Note also Telstar on the right. Seeing him there prompted the photos in the previous post.
Biscuits at various stages of coming out of the oven (still on the tray, on the cooling rack but still on the parchment, on the cooling rack after being detached from the parchment, on a plate)
Biscuits on a plate.
Biscuits going into the children.
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I'll have to buy the almonds first, though. I usually have walnuts in the cupboard, but flaked almonds go off faster than I use them.
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Flaked almonds are one of those foodstuffs that I forget about unless a recipe specifically calls for them.
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Mmmm, chocolate chips.
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One question, though: mine came out a bit greasy, with quit a bit of oily residual on the baking parchment. Was it the same for you? (Did not deter from the taste, but makes handling them a bit more carefully necessary.)
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Tamal Ray is a very handsome chap, a very nice chap and a very good baker, which makes him inherently attractive. And as Nadiya Hussain will tell you, an excellent GBF.
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They're on my to-make list, so am very happy to see them road tested.
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I'm also unsure if it's possible to not fancy Tamal even just a little bit.
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He seems to be genuinely nice, he's a doctor, he can bake, and as a small bonus, he is rather handsome. What's not to fancy, eh?
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I think everyone, regardless of sexual or romantic orientation, has at least a tiny crush on Tamal.
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I am on board with your theory.
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The "baked goods go in the children" picture is adorable.
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Thank you!
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The glee on your kids' faces, omg. They are so excited!
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