31 biscuit and cookie recipes for your future tea times

Afternoon tea just isn’t a proper afternoon tea without some sweet biscuits on the side. If you’re hankering for the classics, a couple of Florentines in their chocolate-y nutty glory will do; as will some crumbly orange and almond shortbreads and melting moments with passionfruit cuurd. Want to kick it new school? The matcha crackle cookies or Christina Tosi’s Compost Cookies are the circular treats you need.

Spiced fig jam drops

Spiced fig jam drops

Chocolate-cornflake cookies with mocha ganache

Chocolate-cornflake cookies with mocha ganache

Agostino’s chocolate, clementine and aniseed zaletti

Agostino’s chocolate, clementine and aniseed zaletti

Pepparkakor

Pepparkakor

Olive oil shortbreads

Jaci Koludrovic’s olive oil shortbreads

Spiced cheese biscuits

Spiced cheese biscuits

Alfajores meringue

Alfajores meringue

Baci di dama

Baci di dama

Cornflake cookies

Cornflake cookies

Chocolate hob-nobs

Chocolate hob-nobs

Mike McEnearney’s marmalade and almond jammy dodgers

Mike McEnearney’s marmalade and almond jammy dodgers

Christina Tosi’s Compost Cookies

Christina Tosi’s Compost Cookies

Chocolate and salted macadamia cookies

Chocolate and salted macadamia cookies

Macarons with white chocolate and raspberry ganache

Macarons with white chocolate and raspberry ganache

Marco Pierre White’s strawberry shortbread

Marco Pierre White’s strawberry shortbread

Almendrados

Almendrados

After-dinner mint biscuits

After-dinner mint biscuits

Fennel, cheese and chilli biscuits

Fennel, cheese and chilli biscuits

Moon Under Water’s cheese biscuits

Moon Under Water’s cheese biscuits

Salted peanut and sesame biscuits

Salted peanut and sesame biscuits

A classic Anzac biscuit recipe

A classic Anzac biscuit recipe

Warm choc-chip peanut butter cookies

Warm choc-chip peanut butter cookies

Orange and almond shortbread

Orange and almond shortbread

Matcha crackle cookies

Matcha crackle cookies

Mandarin-glazed cookies

Mandarin-glazed cookies

Choc-chip peanut butter cookies

Choc-chip peanut butter cookies

Black sesame, brown butter and wattleseed cookies

Black sesame, brown butter and wattleseed cookies

Sweet Envy’s chocolate and cranberry cookies

Sweet Envy’s chocolate and cranberry cookies

Lime and vanilla melting moments with passionfruit curd

Lime and vanilla melting moments with passionfruit curd

Florentines

Florentines

Lemon-glazed biscuits

Lemon-glazed biscuits

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