Making some yummy treats

I've been inspired to cook quite a bit lately so my Thermomix is getting quite a work out.  Today I just made up a yummy batch of the Luigi's cookies which is from the Every Day Cookbook (which comes with the Thermomix) as well as the Hot Cross Buns, also from this recipe book.  This is the first time we've had Hot Cross Buns this year, and it's very exciting to have them again as it means it's very close to such a special time of year, being Easter.

I did make some tweaks to both recipes, mainly because I don't like to put too much butter into my baking (if I can help it).

I made up another batch of coconut butter today as well so I used some of that as well as oil in the cookies instead of the 250g of butter the recipe calls for.  I also substituted the sugar in both the cookies and buns with rapadura, which seems to be a healthier alternative to raw sugar.  I did however still use brown sugar.

My house smells divine after today's efforts, and I had to include a photo of my kids in this post because while I baked and my husband did some odd jobs around the house, they played together so happily, and as you'll see from the photo, they also did some cooking of their own making some delicious mud pies...  Mmmmmm!