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Our ‘Perfect Christmas’ Stollen
Our Christmas stollen recipe is very dear to us. It is not one to impress with an extensive list of ingredients. It is not overstuffed with candied fruits and nuts. No, our stollen is all about taste and the optimum ratio between filling and bread and staying true to the taste we know and love from our childhood. Of course you can add as much succade, chopped cherries and spices as you like, but if you believe in… [...]
Christmas Baking: Brownies with Almonds and Drunken Cherries
After I made the drunken cherries I just had to combine them with chocolate. And since you can never go wrong with brownies, a recipe combining them with the cherries and lightly toasted almonds was quickly dreamed up. I hope you like the combination of the different… [...]
Delicate Jam Filled Almond Shortbreads
I don’t know if you have to be a girl to truly appreciate a tea party with dainty little cakes and cookies. I do know that men have no problem eating these little jam filled gems, no matter how they are presented. When I discovered the rose petal and quince jelly I was delighted because this way they will be perfect for my rose themed tea party! [...]
Homemade Maple Toasted Muesli
This wholesome recipe is my adaptation of a recipe that was handed to me after a visit to a welcoming guest house on Vancouver Island, many years ago. I have made it ever since, for myself and others. I would describe it as toasted muesli but other people would call it granola because it also has some added sweetness. So maybe you could call it a healthy kind of granola or a sweetened muesli or cruesli or granuesli or… [...]
Almond Jam Cookies
These are delicate little nibbles. More befitting of the word biscuit than cookie. I think it has to do with the ground almonds, they immediately give these cookies more elegance and refinement. Exactly the kind of delicacy you would expect, … [...]
Making your own Almond Paste
Almond paste, used in Holland in Christmas stollen and speculaas, is deliciously easy to prepare and can be made well in advance because it keeps for a long time in the fridge or even longer in the freezer. Also very good when spread on the base of an apple pie. [...]