Cookies

Rugelach (pronounced rug-a-lah) are one of my favourite buttery and flakey melt-in-your mouth rolled cookie, made with a tender cream cheese dough and filled with apricot almond filling or any filling of your choice. Traditionally they are crescent shaped or they can be rolled and cut in rounds.  They are delicious to eat and I think that…

If you love cinnamon rolls you should definitely try these spiced cinnamon roll cookies that look exactly like little frosted cinnamon rolls (without the yeast and dough rising). Not that I discriminate – there is nothing like the aroma of sweet yeasty cinnamon rolls baking. Yes I do love cinnamon rolls a lot. These are…

Linzer cookies are a favourite cookie to bake (and eat) during the holiday cookie baking frenzy. Nothing could be more festive on the holiday table than a tray of these, buttery, confectioners’ sugar-dusted, jam-packed cookies, but they really are perfect for any time of year. I think I may make them for Valentine’s Day because…

These soft and buttery shortbread Mexican Wedding Cookies are irresistible with their melt-in-your-mouth texture. This cookie is a soft and light shortbread made with the inclusion of nuts. One is never enough!

Today’s bake was inspired by Tutti Dolci’s recipe for golden and crispy Almond Biscotti. Ideal for dipping and dunking in a cappuccino. In Laura’s recipe she adds a blend of almond paste, Amaretto and almond extract infusing the cookies with a lovely almond flavour.

I made these Brown Butter Toffee Chocolate Chunk Cookies and they are a huge hit. The brown butter definitely takes the flavour up a notch. Just by cooking the butter to the point where the milk solids in the butter start to brown, creates a wonderful nutty aroma. The thing is that you cannot walk…

Tahini in it’s pure form is the most versatile ingredient and I’m totally in love with it. Throughout our travels in Israel we ate a lot of hummus and tahini (in Hebrew: טחינה‎ t’hina) every day. It is a staple food in most Mediterranean / Middle Eastern dishes.Served as a dip with flat bread or…

Making Baklava is not as difficult as one would think … and this pistachio walnut baklava is oh so good. Nothing beats buttery layers of phyllo. How cute are these round and ruffled little pastries? Anna Olson’s baklava is so good you will get sticky fingers from eating it right out of the pan.