Homemade biscuits or sweets which will last?

Tablet? Toffee? Whatever you make I'm sure it will be gratefully received.

baubles these last very well:

www.gransnet.com/recipes/dish/6263-Italian-rusks-recipe

I can never find aniseed, so I use any of the following:

Poppyseeds, or caraway seeds, or dried cranberries ... just adjust the mix a bit if necessary e.g. if the latter is used. They're tasty.

Actually just looking at the recipe again, they need more than half an hour for the second bake (although that above is from the recipe).

Flaked almonds would be nice in them too.

Yum grannyknot

They are nice, I guess they are equivalent to biscottis, hence the Italian rusks.

That recipe must be taken from my (ancient) handwritten recipe book, because I don't use white sugar either. Plus I use a bit less sugar these days, especially if e.g. there are sweet cranberries in them.

How long will tablet keep though Jane? Never had any for longer than 24 hours so I really don't know.

Is that plain flour Grannyknot? They do look good, cranberries would make them quite seasonal. Thank you.

Buttered almonds? You just skin the almonds, (after pouring boilng water briefly over them you can squeeze off the skins), dry them well, toss them in a little butter, then bake them spread out on a baking tray. Sprinkle with sea salt while they are still hot. You an also spice them.

I shall look up how long to bake them and the temperature, and post again. I am planning to make some of these (and amaretto macaroons and panettone, once I get the recipes off my brother, who made some last year)

That sounds interesting Elegran may give it a go.

This is the buttered almonds recipe.
www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/buttered-almonds-52240801
It says they keep for a month. I have never known them last that long - they are best still warm, fresh from the oven.

Would shortreadlast for two weeks?

That was supposed to Say shortbread!!

baubles I leapt up and made a batch (see pic)

Yes plain flour. I was short of flour today so a handful of spelt flour made up the shortfall.

Some tips - once baked 1st time, let the dough rolls cool down properly before you cut them diagonally to dry them out (in 2nd bake). That's mine just in the oven for bake 2.

Also if I was making them to give as gifts I'd have been more careful to get uniform size etc.

Husband likes them chunky. They should be daintier - depends how thick the roll of dough is, how big they are, because they do rise.

Thank you Grannyknot they look delicious, I'll try them out over the weekend.

baubles I hope they're a great success. The ones in the pic were made with a small handful of sunflower seeds and similar of linseed.

The mix mustn't be too wet, when you make the rolls you have to be able to lift them on to the baking sheet without them collapsing in the middle (in a swift movement, nevertheless). Good luck!

BTW we dunk them

I usedto make Chocolate truffles every year a couple of weeks before Xmas and give them as a gift, they kept well. Also peppermint or orange creams last as well.

Every time I read this thread title, I think "Eh? isn't that an oxymoron?"

Long lasting food items depends mainly upon the materials or ingredient used in the food while making it. If it is of good quality and better preserved then will definitely last long.

Long lasting food items depends mainly upon the materials or ingredient used in the food while making it. If it is of good quality and better preserved then will definitely last long.

Like thatbags I too find myself thinking "fat chance" (like the concept of "leftover wine")

Ha! If I'd made tablet or anything which had even a sniff of chocolate it wouldn't have lasted five minutes.

I meant to come back to this to thank Grannyknot as I used her recipe but added dried cranberries which looked and tasted great.

Late to the party for this one, but when I read the thread title, I did think that the words, homemade and last, do not belong together in a sentence.