The “ball snacks” are becoming really trendy in the world of cuisine and I couldn’t not to try at least one recipe. Those energy bites are a great option for mid day snacking. That’s actually my first snack recipe, and for a first it is not too bad. They are healthy, and also ideal as … [Read more…]
Those cookies are a little bit unusual, but the mix between the pine nuts, the orange flavour, and the chocolate is an amazing combination. I was inspired by a recipe I found on a French cooking blog (www.leconfitcestpasgras.com) but I customised the recipe, as I didn’t have all the ingredients at home. Ingredients for 16 … [Read more…]
After the blossom water flavoured mini madeleines, here is the chocolaty version of those typical French little cakes. But I really can’t make up my mind between the two options, as I found them both delicious, in their own way! 🙂 Ingredients for 72 mini-madeleines: 100 g of flour 50 g of soft butter 90 … [Read more…]
What I liked in this recipe is that there’s no egg in it, and the biscuits have a fun zebra effect. They are quite quick and easy to make, that if you don’t take into account the resting time in the fridge before baking them! Ingredients for 24 biscuits: 250 g of flour 175 g … [Read more…]
In Lebanon we usually have those biscuits for Easter. In the old times, the women, family and neighbour, used to gather around and bake them in huge quantity all together. That’s how my grandmother did it when she was young. With time the tradition of the gathering faded, but the maamouls remained. And my Teta’s … [Read more…]
Have you ever heard about the famous French author Marcel Proust? One of his book: “Du côté de chez Swan”, is particularly famous for a scene where he describes how the smell of biscuits reminded him of his childhood, and all the memories that started flooding into his head along with that smell. So when … [Read more…]
Last year for the first time, the whole family was gathered in our home for Christmas. So I tried to treat each and everyone according to their taste, starting with my dad. Those little biscuits are his favourite ever, as they are part of his childhood memories: his mum used to bake them at Christmas … [Read more…]
I remembered those biscuits from some childhood memories, couldn’t tell when or where, but when I had some at my mother in law’s last Christmas, the smell, the taste were really familiar. My love story with the biscuits making process is quite complicated as you might know, but I decided not to give up and … [Read more…]
What I loved the most about those biscuits is that they reminded me of my grandmother’s. Not exactly the same taste, or filling, but the texture. Anyway, even if they are not exactly the same, I am sure she’d be proud of me, at least just for trying to bake them 😛 Ingredients for 20 … [Read more…]
A couple of days ago while I was shopping, I found those 3 cookie jars and it was love at first sight! My last attempt to bake cookies was years ago, and ended up in a complete catastrophe. But I needed an excuse to buy those boxes, they were so pretty! Excuse that I found … [Read more…]