I have decided to bake some biscuits for Christmas. I have narrowed my selection down to 8, lets see how many I end up doing! The current shortlist is:

• pfeffenusse
• Scottish shortbread
• coconut macaroons
• cranberry-coconut oatmeal
• embossed lemon shortbread
• Pizzelle (wafers)
• Chocolate Brownie Cookies
• "Oma's biscuits" - another shortbread variation

I'm focusing on recipes that are not too complicated to make, keep fairly well, with at least a few that can be dunked in a cup of tea. I'll give a few as gift boxes and take some to work, with the bulk of them to be a gift to my Mum - she has been making her own biscuits for years, but recently has started to find the effort a bit much, so I'd like to fill her biscuit jar with home made biscuits for a while.