Are you serious? You’d rather watch reality TV shows than bake your own cookies? Now what is wrong with you? Watching reality TV will make you fat, lazy and depressed! Baking cookies will make you radiantly happy and svelte and loved by your friends! So, what are you waiting for? [Read More...]
Sweet baking
How to make 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. [Read More...]
Christmas Scones
Don’t forget to be generous with cream and jam!…And don’t forget to feed the birds (not with scones)! It’s 5 days until Christmas and the world around me is white. It’s just a little veneer of white, but it looks beautiful all the same. It has been freezing these last days and together with the […] [Read More...]
Merry Christmas Muffins
These festive muffins are great to bake for a Christmas morning breakfast. I especially love the moistness and the surprise, because every bite gives you a different combination of tastes and textures. I ‘invented’ these muffins because I wanted to use my home made candied orange peel and sweet marzipan. Together with the red cranberries and not forgetting… [Read More...]
Lemon Curd
This is my favorite recipe for making lemon curd. Very easy and fun to make and delicious. I sometimes make half of this recipe and also use the curd as a filling for pies and tartelettes. [Read More...]