Aran bakery

Chocolate cookies and speciality loaves are among the goodies flying off the shelves at Flora Shedden’s new bakery.

EAT — ARAN Bakery

Flaky, golden pastry gives way to delectable fillings in these pastries from Aran Bakery

Makes 1 x 900 g (2 lb) loaf or a 29 x 10 x 7 cm (12 x 4 x 3 in) loaf

These decadent choux pastry beauties are filled with a rich crème légère and topped with a sweet creamy glaze. Finish with a sprinkling of chopped toasted walnuts and, for added sparkle, some flakes of gold leaf. Recipe and photo taken from Aran: Recipes and Rituals from a Bakery in the Heart of Scotland by Flora Shedden. Photo by Laura Edwards (Hardie Grant, £22)

Sausage rolls are a popular savory pastry in the United Kingdom, and for good reason. Can you imagine anything better than a warm, savory, meat-filled pastry served hot from the oven on a cold snowy night? They also make the perfect quick lunch. Just grab and go. Aran Bakery serves up quite a few sausage

A native of the Basque Country in northern Spain, some of Aran Goyoaga’s earliest memories are ones of cooking with her grandmother, of Saturday afternoons spent blanching almonds until her fingers were prune-y and wrinkled, of the smells of her grandparents bakery right across the street from where she was born an

Serves 8 Takes 20 minutes, plus 45 minutes baking time 6 sprigs rosemary 200g salted butter 225g self-raising flour 1 tsp baking powder 225g soft brown sugar 2 free-range eggs (3 tbsp rum, optional) 300g cooking apples, peeled and cored 50g flaked almonds Place the rosemary and butt