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Bee’s Brilliant Biscuit Recipes on Huffington Post

Posted on March 14, 2016March 15, 2016 by beebakery

The Huffington Post’s foodie-offshoot Homemade, has written a cool little article about me, my book and included a couple of recipes too, including my awesome bacon biscotti recipe!

https://www.homemadebyyou.co.uk/recipes/baking/barbecue-bacon-biscotti

Here’s an excerpt:

But biscuits? Biscuits we like.

Speedy, simple, scrumptious, honest one-bowl goodness; minimal mess, maximum taste and ready in the time it takes Kanye West to tweet his way to 10 new enemies. Biscuits are the bake that needs to be revived.

Leading the charge to the biscuit tin is Bee Berrie. A microbiologist by trade, she switched petri dishes for pastel frosting in 2012, and now heads up her own bakery in London. She’s made a giant replica Kinder Egg for ITV, baked a 15-stone edible Marc Jacobs perfume bottle and shown her mad skills on telly with king of kooky chef Heston Blumenthal. With her debut biscuit cookbook out, she’s evangelical on the crumbly joy of cookies.

But according to Bee, biscuits are best. “They’re quick, easy and more versatile than cake,” she tells us. “They have short bake times, last for ages and leftover dough can be whacked in the freezer for another time.”

As for top tips, it’s all about going one of two ways: “Either pick flavours that complement each other (like chocolate and coffee), or flavours that contrast (like bacon bits and maple syrup). Rosemary works well with citrus fruits, warm spices like cardamom are a treat with butter or creamy frosting, and nut butters are brilliant with chocolate.”

And, fortunately, the biscuit train is easy to adapt to vegan/dairy-free/gluten-free needs. “I make my own blend of chickpea and rice flour for people who can’t tolerate wheat, and replace butter with avocado when I need to,” says Bee. “It works like a charm and you can’t taste the fruit at all – it just gives them a creamy texture.”

Try some of Bee’s recipes below and tweet us a picture when you’re done @homemade

Full article: https://www.homemadebyyou.co.uk/articles/cooking/put-down-that-lemon-drizzle-people-its-time-you-got-re-acquainted-with-baking-biscuits?preview=16012272

My book launch party!

Posted on March 14, 2016March 15, 2016 by beebakery

My first recipe book called Bee’s Brilliant Biscuits is OUT in the UK yippee!

(You can order it online here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1910496464 )

We had a little party to celebrate, at the most beautiful venue, Paper Mill Studios in Islington, and it was a little bit of a blast! Drinks were provided by Kamm & Sons, Dalston Cola, Joe’s Tea and Camden Hells Lager, and food, in the form of sweet and savoury biscuits (of course) was provided by my recipe book, with some additional amazing cheese from Daylesford Organic. (links below).

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We baked around 1000 biscuits for the event, with recipes ranging from our famous jammy dodgers, to our gluten and dairy free chocolate and avocado cookies, and we also had some takeaway dog treats on standby too.

Around 110 people came, a mixture of friends and family (thanks for coming Mum), and some of my awesome kitchen neighbours too. It was great to finally meet Elaine Stocks from BBC Good Food, Felicity Cloake, and lovely to see Edd Kimber, Chetna Makan and Juliet Sear again too.

We had a biscuit decoration workshop run by a member of my team called Gina, a giant biscuit mural that we coloured in with edible pens and put on the wall by Laura my kitchen manager. Charlie Philips, my good friend and prop stylist for the book, made an incredible biscuit piñata, which was filled with hundreds of iced gem cookies - here are some pics of it in action:

Here are some kind words written by my Topshop events team client: wow!

BEE’S BRILLIANT BISCUITS.

“When you work in events and you go to events organised by other people, it’s hard not to critique where they’ve gone wrong and moan about what you would have done differently. I know it makes me sound like a prick but it’s often something I can’t help myself doing. Last night I went to an event that was absolutely perfect, it was organised better than I ever could have done myself and every single aspect made me smile.

Bee Berrie is is mastermind behind the Bee’s Bakery biscuit phenomenon and has been baking the best Jammy Dodgers in London since she gave up a career in science back in 2012. Bee has now branched out beyond just baking delicious little treats and is passing her skills onto the world with her amazing new book Bee’s Brilliant Biscuits. It’s no lie either, her biscuits are brilliant and I couldn’t recommend them more.”

Kamm & Sons: http://kammandsons.com

Dalston Cola: http://www.dalstoncola.co.uk

Joe’s Tea:http://joesteacompany.com

Daylesford: http://daylesford.com

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Sneak preview of my book!

Posted on February 20, 2016March 15, 2016 by beebakery

There are some sample pages from my book online on Amazon, so I wanted to share them here too:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1910496464

This is the FIRST place you can get a signed copy of my new recipe book…

Posted on February 10, 2016March 15, 2016 by beebakery

My recipe book is out on March 10th…but THIS is the first place in the UK you can get hold of a signed copy…and its a beauty:

On Mothers Day, Sunday 6th March, I’ll be signing books, chatting to lots of you and doing a little demonstration at Daylesford Farm in Kingham, Gloucestershire at 11am…and I’d love to see you there!

Here’s a link to their page for directions and details: http://daylesford.com

Book stockists!

Posted on February 3, 2016March 15, 2016 by beebakery

Great news - my first recipe book Bee’s Brilliant Biscuits, will be stocked by the following shops across the UK:

Waterstones - UK Nationwide and online: https://www.waterstones.com/book/bees-brilliant-biscuits/bee-berrie/9781910496466

Foyles bookshop: branches in Charing Cross, Royal Festival Hall, Waterloo, Westfield http://www.foyles.co.uk

Daylesford Organic (Branches in Pimlico, Notting Hill, Marylebone, Kingham in Gloucs): http://daylesford.com/locations/

Amazon:http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1910496464

Dulwich Picture Gallery: http://www.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk

Australia, Booktopia: http://www.booktopia.com.au/bee-s-br…/prod9781910496466.html

USA-A-A: http://www.amazon.com/Bees-Brilliant-Biscuits-…/…/1910496464

Yippeeeeeeee!

Pretty fruit “petals” for cakes?!

Posted on January 31, 2016March 15, 2016 by beebakery

Hello!

I learnt a new trick this week…how to dry out exotic fruits and make them look gorgeous on a cake…here’s a pic:

I’ve been receiving more and more requests for edible petal cakes during the winter, and rather than source them from expensive foreign importers (who probably use all sorts of pesticides etc), I wanted to find a way to work WITH the sparse petals that I can get from my amazing grower in the UK, but boosting them with pretty hand made dried fruit.

I dehydrated thinly sliced fruits overnight to get this affect: kiwis, apples, strawberries (my favourite), pears and carrots…and i think they look lush!

Bee’s first recipe book: Bee’s Brilliant Biscuits!

Posted on January 24, 2016March 15, 2016 by beebakery

Hello everyone!

I’ve been SO EXCITED to receive the first copy of my new recipe book, and it finally arrived this week… its not officially for sale until March 10th, but you can pre-order it on Amazon now: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1910496464?keywords=bee%20berrie&qid=1449492793&ref_=sr_1_1&sr=8-1

Here’s the cover, and a snippet of the preview images on Amazon:

Here’s the introduction to the book, I hope you all really like it! Bee. X

Bee Berrie of Bee’s Bakery is on a mission to bring unique biscuits and cookies into everyone’s life. She believes the secret to great baking is to give your bakes a personal edge. Her biscuits are original, colourful, flavourful and so much fun - she has a flair for bringing classic recipes bang up to date and her recipes are easily adaptable. Whether you want a sophisticated digestive to dunk in your tea, a personalized jammie dodger to give as a gift, cookies iced with crystallized edible flowers or an inky tattooed sea salt and brown butter cookie, you’ll find the recipe in this exciting book. A page of tear-out templates adds to the fun. All achievable for the home cook - with some aimed at children - and using easily sourceable ingredients, the 80 recipes will increase any baker’s repertoire. Bee makes the most unique biscuits around, raising eyebrows and smiles, all in one bite.

Bees Bakery x BerinMade - cracking new printed wedding cakes!

Posted on January 12, 2016March 15, 2016 by beebakery

Happy New Year, especially to all you newly-engageds out there!

I have been loving BerinMade’s gorgeous fresh print designs for a year now, when I met Erin at Top Drawer last year, and I’ve always wanted to put them onto a cake…which is exactly what we’ve done!

Brides Magazine has just featured the below yellow amaryllis design in their January issue - which is available with complementary wedding favour cookies too.

Email beeberrie@gmail.com for sizing, recipe and pricing information.

Cakes and cookies are available in all of the below prints! Designs can be customised to match your by Erin for a small fee.

HEALTHIER BAKING - YEEHAH!

Posted on October 16, 2015 by beebakery

Hello everybody!

I was asked to write a recipe or four by the Jamie Oliver gang, on the subject of a healthier type of baking…lower in sugar, no animal products and tasty as you like.

I adapted a recipe from my forthcoming book Bee’s Brilliant Biscuits for this - it uses oats and applesauce as its base ingredients and is totally vegan with no added sugar.

Here’s a snippet from the recipe, full instructions are here: http://www.jamieoliver.com/news-and-features/features/oaty-cookies-one-dough-four-ways/

Photography by James Lyndsay, styling by Elspeth Meston…nice work guys!

Yes, I’m a baker, so it stands to reason that I don’t have too much of a problem cooking with sugar, butter and gluten most of the time. However, if I can bake something delicious and full of energy that just so happens to NOT contain these things, I consider it a win all round!

We bake lots of different recipes at Bee’s Bakery, including gluten-free, vegan or more health-conscious bakes. These oaty cookies are just the sort of baking I like to do when I’m making something for health-conscious friends, or with kids, or even when it’s just me at home. It’s important for me to have a reasonably healthy diet at home, to make up for all the broken biscuits I eat at work!

The recipe is adapted from my first recipe book, Bee’s Brilliant Biscuits, which is out early in 2016 and contains plenty of other vegan and health-conscious recipes, too.
Read more at http://www.jamieoliver.com/news-and-features/features/oaty-cookies-one-dough-four-ways/#t31DX3jYXtwUi3aX.99

Junior Bakers / Christmas Elves wanted!

Posted on October 6, 2015 by beebakery

Hey everyone!

We have TONS of really fun Christmas projects coming up, and we’ll need a couple of Christmas elves to help with them…

We’re looking for enthusiastic young people, with some experience of working in a catering kitchen / baking, for an immediate start - we’re based in NW10.

If you fancy baking some of the below, learning a few new tricks, working in a fun, friendly small bakery business, then drop me a line - beeberrie@gmail.com.