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Homemade Artisan Oreo Cookies

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The secret of the intense chocolate flavor (much more than with any original store bought cookie!) is in the addition of the high quality cacao powder and above all the 100%… [Read More...]

Sweet baking Cookies

Homemade Rondo’s & Kano’s

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Everybody in Holland knows these cakes. A rondo is round and a kano is… shaped like a canoe! The important thing is they are equally delicious. Think Dutch apple pie texture for the dough with a soft rich almond filling. The same as… [Read More...]

Popular Recipes, Sweet baking Dutch, Patisserie

Madeleines : A Recipe that Works!

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Ah, the madeleine, the illusive shell shaped petit cake from the French Loire region. Cakes, breads or cookies, the most important thing is finding that firm base of a good recipe. And we think we found it when… [Read More...]

Popular Recipes, Sweet baking, WKB projects cakes, Patisserie

‘Kersenvlaai’: A Very Cherry Pie with Bread Dough

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Recently we have taking on the project of baking something we Dutch call ‘Limburgse vlaai’ (pie or flan from the province of Limburg in the south of Holland). It is very popular all over… [Read More...]

Sweet baking Dutch, pies & tarts

My Dutch speculaas gingerbread cake with rye, buttermilk & honey

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Since December last year I have made this recipe many times and tried out many different versions. The version you will find in the recipe is the one that will appeal to anybody who is a fan of speculaas (speculoos), gingerbread and… [Read More...]

Holiday Baking, Sweet baking Dutch, Holiday baking

Almond and Cranberry filled Speculaas Pies

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I think I love the filled speculaas even better than the speculaas cookies. It is a bit of extra work, but with these pies you get the crispy cookie-like edges and the soft almond filling plus the cranberry surprise… [Read More...]

Holiday Baking, Sweet baking Dutch, Holiday baking, pies & tarts

Quest for the Best Speculaas

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Like marzipan, speculaas (or speculaasjes as the individual cookies are called) is a cookie highly connected with the feast of Sinterklaas in Holland. The name speculaas has to do with the wooden molds the cookies are made … [Read More...]

Sweet baking Cookies, Dutch, Holiday baking

Dutch ‘Appelflappen’ with home made rough puff pastry

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The English call it rough puff pastry, the French ‘feuilletage minute. A great dough to have in your arsenal. It rises slightly less than the more elaborate puff pastry (about 75%) but it is so quick and… [Read More...]

Holiday Baking, Sweet baking Dutch, Laminated dough

Brioche: The no knead version

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I tried several version of this recipe, each with just tiny changes because the first version I tried already turned out quite perfect. Except for one thing: The crumb needed just a little bit of help to get it from a slightly … [Read More...]

Best bread recipes, Popular Recipes, Sweet baking Viennoiserie, yeast

Classic Dutch Apple Pie

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Warm apple pie is the classic bake in Holland, to go with coffee or to get for dessert. Almost everybody loves it. Even families that almost never bake anything will probably know how to bake an apple pie or have a family recipe lying around. The classic Dutch apple pie always uses… [Read More...]

Sweet baking Dutch, pies & tarts

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