Follow along as I document my adventures in baking. I hope it inspires you to try something new.
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Sarah
All tagged holiday baking
These Hamantashen are my tribute to childhood Hamantashen and my mom's efforts to make all of us happy. Poppyseeds for mom, fruit filling for dad, and chocolate for us (grown) kids all wrapped up in a single triangular cookie.
The combination of flavors in Claire Saffitz’s Salty Nut Tart from her cookbook “Dessert Person” is decadent and unique: so very buttery from the pine nuts and the sweet tart crust, and not too sweet. The rosemary is there but doesn't overpower, making the tart a sophisticated, but not complicated, end to a festive meal.
If you’re a fan of sweet-tart treats, this one is for you! Fresh cranberries are blended with orange juice and orange zest to create the velvety smooth filling for this festive tart from NYT Cooking. I served this for dessert on Christmas this year. It would also be a great option for Thanksgiving or New Year's celebration.
There's no holiday gatherings happening in my part of the world thanks to a certain global pandemic, so instead I've been trying to spread some holiday cheer with a variety of cookie gifts. After all, how can you not smile at a gift bag or platter full of beautiful cookies. I like to include a variety of flavors and textures in my cookie collections: think sweet & salty tahini shortbread, cool and crisp peppermint bark, melt in your mouth butter cookies, and raspberry jam and nut filled rugelach. Those are just a few of my favorites that I've been passing out over the last couple of weeks.
Crisp pastry filled with raspberry jam, bittersweet chocolate, toasted pecans, and diced dried cranberries. I made this raspberry rugelach recipe from New York Times Cooking last year and fell in love with the sweet, bite size treats.
Gorgeously spiced gingerbread cookies sweetened with brown sugar and molasses so they have a little bit of a chew to them. Delicious. You’ll definitely have trouble stopping at one!
Happy Halloween! To celebrate, I made this Pumpkin Roll Cake filled with a decadent cream cheese filling accompanied by little homemade Peanut Butter Candy Pumpkins. Pumpkin and cream cheese is a classic combination with the sweet, tanginess of the filling complimenting the spiced cake. I put this cake in a Halloween setting, but it would be great alternative to pumpkin pie at your Thanksgiving table. Maybe just leave out the jack-o-lantern :)
This was my first time making an apple pie! And the first time I’ve ever made a lattice crust. While I’m sure it shows in the visuals, I was pretty happy with the results for a first attempt, and more importantly, it was everything I was hoping for in terms of taste. All the traditional fall flavors of tart apples, brown sugar, cinnamon, and cloves encased in a buttery, flaky crust.
I know cookie lists usually come out at holiday time, but I happen to love a good cookie any time of year, don’t you? And while I love a good chocolate chip cookie as much as the next gal, the internet is bursting with mouth-watering ideas for cookies of all kinds, so I’m here with some non-chocolate-chip-cookie cookie inspiration for your weekend baking. This list has 6 (really 7) of my favorites from the last year.
