Pippin's Corner

 

Went to Pippin's Corner on Lark Lane for brunch this afternoon with Holly. We got there around 1pm and thought Lark Lane and Sefton Park was going to be super busy but it wasn't as busy as we thought it was going to be.

We sat outside down the side in the shade where it was nice and cool as it was 28°C today. With a thunderstorm happening as I write this post as we've had really hot weather for the past 3/4 weeks and not had any rain for a while.

Boston Pancakes - Pancake stack - £9.50

Anything on Toast - Scrambled egg, bacon & avocado - £8.95

I got the pancakes and asked for fruit, no cream with maple syrup on the side. When it got brought out I asked where the fruit was and she said oh it's just at the bar I'll go and get it. Started eating and she just didn't come out with it so had to go in and ask. She brought it over in the same little tub as the maple syrup and all it had was 2 strawberries, 2 black grapes, 2 raspberries and a few blueberries. The pancakes were nice but was a bit crap the way they got my order wrong. Holly's was a choose 4 items on toast but she only chose 3. The scrambled eggs looked nice and I wished I went for that instead!

There were 2 menus one on a blackboard then a small one pinned to the board. On the big blackboard it had smoked salmon so I asked the girl and she said she would go in and ask then get back to us when she took our order. She didn't tell me if they did salmon so ended up ordering the pancakes.

After we got gelato from the gelato shop which was probably one of the busiest places on the street due to the good weather.

I got Biscoff & Honeycomb but as there was only a bit left in the tray and was really runny she said she could put it in a tub and give me a cone hence me holding a cone. Holly got the same but vegan version. It was nice could properly taste the Biscoff but it was melting so quick all over my hand!

8652 steps, 4 miles, 1 hr 30 mins later we did a few laps around Sefton Park to burn the gelato off. It was so hot in the sun but really nice in the shade. Refreshing now with the thunderstorm but will be a humid night!

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Biscuit Spread Cookies

Biscuit spread cookies - simple 3 ingredients super quick and easy to make. A variation of the 3 ingredients peanut butter cookies I made a while back!

Ingredients:

250g Biscuit Spread

1 Egg

50g Porridge Oats

This is Aldi's version of crunchy Biscoff spread which tastes exactly the same just cheaper!

You can use any biscuit spread you have crunchy or smooth.

Utensils:

Mixing Bowl

Scales

Electric Whisk

Wooden Spoon

Spoon

Fork

Flat Baking Trays

Baking Paper

Oven 180°C

160°C fan

Baking time: 8-10 minutes

Makes approx 20+ cookies

Method:

Mix the biscuit spread and egg in a mixing bowl with your electric whisk

Chill in the fridge for about 30 minutes until it's firmed up.

Once it's firmed up add your porridge oats and mix with your wooden spoon until well combined

Roll the dough into a ball with your hands and place them on your baking tray.

Using a fork press down on the ball then again at a 90°C angle.

This will help the cookies bake more evenly.

Bake for 8-10 minutes until the bottom of the cookies are golden.

These take a little longer than the peanut butter cookies to make as you have to chill it in the fridge for 30 mins but they're just as easy to make and taste better. I wasn't sure how they would turn out or whether it would work and it was a very experimental bake but thought it has the same texture as peanut butter so should work! However the biscuit spread is quite greasy and wet so I had to chill it and put the porridge oats to dry out the dough as I did originally just have the biscuit spread with an egg but it just wasn't going to work.

So if you don't know what to do with your biscuit spread other than eat it straight out the jar or just putting it into everything which I have been doing you can try these simple and quick cookies!

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