Over the holidays I treated myself to a few new cookbooks, one of them is all about Waffles – by Kristiane Muller – Urban, and though I don’t make waffles often after reading through I decided to buy it. I especially liked the breaded, savory waffles and the variety of flavors author uses to make…
Ladyfingers are light, crispy and sweet Genoise cakes shaped like a large finger. Ladyfingers are a main ingredient in many French dessert recipes. As many of you know today they are commonly used is in trifles, charlottes, and tiramisu. They are typically soaked in a sugar syrup or liqueur, such as coffee for the tiramisu…
With only a few days till Christmas I thought I’d share another cookie recipe – an adaptation of fig newtons cookies. Instead of fig filling I used delicious prune filling but you can option for fig paste like filling or any other fruit filling for that matter. Apricot /raisin walnut would be nice, too. Cardamom…
Fresh colors and fresh flavors. Cauliflower and Asparagus. These 2 seem to be getting along quite nicely, flavor and color wise. I wanted to include only cauliflower but I was missing the spark, nice green spark, and a little crunch. Since I had just returned from a little vegetable shopping spree and I had bought asparagus, I quickly cut it up, I threw…
Whoops..I only had 2 apples in the house today; been going through a lot of apples lately.;-) No wonder, my Apple a Day project keeps me busy, My evenings are filled with apples, sometimes I have no idea what to make and then it hits me. Tell you the truth I don’t plan…
My Favorite Cut Out Cookie Recipes. I first wrote this post in 2011. It was time to update it with new recipes. Enjoy. 1. BASIC SUGAR COOKIES This is a recipe I use the most when I make decorated cookies. Almost always I use Vanilla and Almond to flavor my cookie dough. I like addition…
