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It has been a while since I shared some dessert recipes, so I decided to change things up. The following recipes are quick and short, so I decided to condense them into a single blog post. You will learn to make cream cheese frosting and chocolate cake rolls. Cream cheese frosting goes nicely on just …
Homemade labneh or yogurt cheese is an appetizer or side dish so easy to make and so delicious that the first time you make it you can’t believe it came out of your hands. You don’t know what labneh is? Hom-bre-por-fa-vor… I’ll tell you. LABNEH FACTS Labneh is a concentrated yogurt that is typical of …
Are you planning a party and need a dessert quickly? If you can’t spend a lot of time making a dessert, then you may want to make a key lime or lemon pie. They can be made really quickly. Here is a recipe that is easy to follow. Making Key Lime or Lemon Pie This …
Blueberry and oatmeal are paired well with many recipes. You can make cookies, bread or muffins with them. The oatmeal itself also tastes great. Here are recipes for all the above. Blueberry Oatmeal Cookies Oatmeal raisin cookies are usually passed over when competing with others (like chocolate chip cookies!) but with a good recipe they …
I believe December should be declared as the “Month of Cookies.” I think you can guess why? As far as I remember, years back from the day of my arrival to this wonderful country to date, people like to bake a variety of cookies for Christmas rather than cakes or other desserts. I assume one …
Have you ever had an experience in your life that caused you to redirect your goals, change your life style, or reassess your aspirations? If so, I would like to”compare notes” with you. Recently, I had just such an experience, and because of it, this blog is in the process of being revamped. Most of …
If you’ve ever eaten éclairs, cream puffs, gougeres (cheese puffs), or beignets (fritters), you’ve eaten pâte à choux (paht-ah-shoo). It means “cabbage paste” in French. This twice-cooked paste is probably the most versatile dough used in cooking and pastry making. Pâte à choux can be savory or sweet. It can be baked, poached, or fried. …
Elegant, lithe, graceful—a beautiful and famous ballerina dancing the Dying Swan, or perhaps the tragic bewitched White Swan Queen. Now imagine a dessert that would embody the lightness of the dancer in the air. That was the challenge for pastry chefs when inspired by the greatness and celebrity of Anna Pavlova, (1881-1931) one of the …
Flakey tart shell with cream cheese filling that is topped with blueberry compote If you recall we were experimenting with the ratios of two types of flours (cake and all-purpose) in the preparation of tart dough shells for the summer about a month ago. If you want to refresh your memory, please click here. Also, …
What a beautiful day today! The sun is shining, the sky is bright blue and there is this gentle breeze, just enough for flying the flags that decorate the many homes around us. By now, Ken is pretty much used to the idea that the entire country is celebrating his birthday. For years, we were …