Everyone has a favorite food that they remember from their childhood. One of our favorites were Haribo liquorice allsorts. We bought them with purloined change from the candy store around the store from our school. The (very smart) shopkeeper sold individual pieces of candy for 1 cent apiece and made a (very small) fortune. For … Read more
This is a very traditional German cake recipe, with a classic flavor combination of apples and almonds. This almond apple kuchen is made with almond paste, which gives it a very moist and tender crumb. About This Almond Apple Kuchen Recipe This almond apple kuchen recipe is adapted from Luisa Weiss’s marvelous Classic German Baking … Read more
We like to cook up big vats of oatmeal on weekday mornings, which means that we often end up with extra oatmeal. We hate wasting food, and these leftover oatmeal cookies are a great way to use up anything left at the bottom of the pot. Who invented this recipe? There’s no written record of … Read more
We make our brown sugar cookies with no butter, since the oil gives them a soft, chewy texture. These easy drop cookies get dusted with white sugar (because, really, is there such a thing as too much sugar?) for some extra crunch and sparkle. What is Brown Sugar? Brown sugar is simply white sugar mixed … Read more
This white chocolate raspberry cookies recipe is the perfect combination of sweet and sour. These cookies use a traditional chocolate chip cookie base, but replace the dark chocolate chips with raspberries and white chocolate chunks. The super sweet white chocolate chips are perfectly balanced by the tangy raspberry pieces. A Short History of White Chocolate … Read more
There’s a lot of mystery surrounding the sand tart cookie recipe. It’s unclear, for example where they came from, or why we call them sand tarts. What is clear, however, is that they are very delicious. A Very Short History of the Sand Tart Cookie Recipe We know very little about sand tart cookies other … Read more
What’s better than a chocolate brownie? This triple chocolate brownies recipe. It’s got all the goodness of a chocolate brownie x 3 and is chocolate lovers dream. A Short History of Brownies You probably didn’t know this, but brownies aren’t technically a cake. Horrifying, right? They’re a finger food — they were made to be … Read more
These meringue cookies are tinted pink and piped in a heart shape for an adorable Valentine’s Day treat. In this post, we’ll also answer all of your burning meringue cookie recipe questions: How long do meringue cookies last? Can you make meringue cookies without cream of tartar? How you should store your meringue cookies? A … Read more
The Honolulu Cookie Company’s iconic pineapple-shaped shortbreads are studded with chopped macadamia nuts and dipped in chocolate. If you’ve ever wanted to make one at home, this Hawaiian shortbread cookie recipe is for you! A Short History of the Hawaiian Shortbread Cookies Recipe The Honolulu Cookie Company would have you believe that the idea for … Read more
This ube flan cake recipe comes to us from the Philippines. It’s a wonderful amagalm of textures and flavors – a mild, soft ube cake topped with a thin layer of leche flan (Filipino creme caramel or flan). What is Ube? Ube is a purple yam originally from the Philippines. It has a mild sweet … Read more