by SandeeA | 12 February 2013 | Breads, Featured Recipes, Valentine's day recipes
So, Valentine’s day is approaching, and I have heard that on this day you are supposed to offer a gift to the one you love. Since I seem unable to find Hugh Jackman’s address, I will share here his gift, just in case he is reading me 😛 To prepare this...
by SandeeA | 22 January 2013 | Breads, Desserts, Sweet recipes, Valentine's day recipes
{Banana chocolate pie} Preparation time: 20 min Cooking time: 30 min Yield: 1 20-23 cm pie Ingredients Pie dough decoration (pâte a cigarette from Amouses Bouche): 1 egg white 20 g unsweetened cocoa powder 20 g flour 30 g confectioners’ sugar 30 g butter, room...
by SandeeA | 9 January 2013 | Cakes and cookies, Featured Recipes, Recipes for kids, Seasonal recipes, Sweet recipes, Valentine's day recipes
{Peanut butter and chocolate cookies} Preparation time: 30 min Cooking time: 10 min Yield: 16 cookies Ingredients Cookie dough: 125 g butter, soft (1 stick) 125 g peanut butter, room temperature (1/2 cup) 100 g sugar (aprox (1/2 cup) 100 g brown sugar (aprox 1/2 cup)...
by SandeeA | 2 January 2013 | Breads, Christmas recipes, Desserts, Seasonal recipes, Sweet recipes
Galette des rois is a puff pastry pie filled with frangipane, a very popular French cake that celebrates the holiday of Epiphany (January 6th), the day when the Wise Men (Gaspar, Melchior and Balthasar) visited Baby Jesus. As part of French tradition, a bean or small...
by SandeeA | 18 December 2012 | Cakes and cookies, Christmas recipes, Desserts, Recipes for kids, Seasonal recipes, Sweet recipes
{Edible Snow Globe}Preparation time: 45 min Cooking time: 10 min Ingredients Gingerbread cookie recipe: 350 g flour 125 g butter, cold and diced 100 g treacle 1 tbs mixed spice 1/2 tbs ground ginger 100 g sugar 1 egg (medium size) Royal icing: 200 g icing sugar1 egg...
by SandeeA | 4 December 2012 | Cakes and cookies, Christmas recipes, Sweet recipes
{Cheesecake cookies}Preparation: 45 min Cooking time: 10 min Yield: 24 cookies (it will depend on the size of your pan)Ingredients Cookie dough: 400 g all purpose flour 125 g confectioners’ sugar 200 g butter 1 egg pinch of salt Filling: 100 g sour cream200 g...