One of my favorite festive cookies to bake. The taste and feel of the dough is so delightful you have to be careful not to eat the lot before you get any baking done! [Read More...]
Sweet baking
How to make French financiers
The shape of this little French cake is said to derive from the traditional rectangular mold, which resembles a bar of gold. This recipe is basic, but oh so good (the simple things usually are). You can add all kinds of… [Read More...]
Sunday morning cinnamon buns… deluxe
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If you are an indulgent baker you are going to love this recipe! We make cinnamon buns regularly, Dutch style, Norwegian ones, we love them all. And we also love making… [Read More...]
French sablés: Perfect cut-out cookies!
Maybe you know them from a holiday in Brittany or Normandy, tasty French sablé cookies with a gentle crunch and delicious buttery taste. ‘Sable’ actually means… [Read More...]
Croûte d’abricots with lavender & honey
This recipe is very close to my heart. I have been making it in various shapes and sizes for some years now. It is a classic combination of ingredients that make you… [Read More...]
The Waffle Project
A slight diversion from bread baking. After a quick visit to Belgium over the New Year, lured in by the delicious smell of waffles several times, we could not help but go on a quest again and make our own. Fresh from… [Read More...]
Pinwheels & pain aux raisins
The dough from our French croissant recipe can be used for a lot of other delicious bakes. From pain au chocolat to all kinds of wonderful Danish. The success of all these… [Read More...]
Pink cakes craze
My family cannot get enough of these pink cakes. The beauty of making your own is you get to put in what you like, and leave out what you don’t. The supermarket version of these cakes, famous and equally loved and hated in all of… [Read More...]
Holiday baking: Cranberry rondo’s
This is my Christmas version of the famous Dutch ‘appelrondo’s’ (apple round cakes). They are fun to make and nobody will mind eating them, I can promise you. Outside the… [Read More...]
Speculaas Spelt Cookies with Almonds and Orange
Almonds and speculaas are a classic and much loved combination. But the addition of candied orange peel is something you do not see that often. I came across it a while ago and decided to… [Read More...]
