our favorite family recipes
Holiday recipes for those who want a homemade dessert. Recipes include, cookies, cakes, pies, and mouses. Plus a few recipes that will make your guests rave about your baking.
With Purim coming up and myself craving the taste of one of the best fireside snacks, I decided to take traditional hamantaschen and put a delicious twist on it- a drizzle too! These S’mores Hamantaschen filled with Nutella and topped with chocolate and crumbled graham crackers are the perfect treat […]
Best part of any holiday dinner is the dessert…let’s be honest we all look forward to see what’s on the menu and how much room we should really keep for that. This Passover chocolate brownie cake will definitely not disappoint. Especially if you are a chocolate lover, this cake is […]
It’s no surprise I am a coffee lover so any dessert with coffee is naturally a winner. After a failed attempt at Passover cookies I was up half the night trying to think what went wrong. While trying to figure it out, a thought popped in my mind of a […]
If you are a pecan pie fan, this recipe is made just for you! Pecan Pie Hamentash is the perfect comforting fall bite you will have this winter. Aside from the soft buttery dough to the rich maple and pecan flavors, the smell these hamentaschen will have, will make you […]
Feta and Olive Hamentaschen might be my new holiday favorite. I always store a good pastry dough in my freezer. Whether it’s short pastry dough or puff pastry dough, they are always there when inspiration hits and no time for making a dough or simply ready for when guests come […]
If you celebrate Purim and haven’t played with a grager or thrown your kid’s grager (noisemaker) out, yet, it’s time to bake these cute grager cookies for purim. Fill them with your favorite sprinkles and decorate them with icing. What you need for grager cookies: Unsalted butter or margarine Sugar […]
Chocolate Halve Hamentashen are sure to make you fall in love with home made halva spread and well Hamentashen cookies for that matter. These sweet and creamy cookies are perfectly paired with a cup of coffee or even red wine. Who is joining me for a little afternoon cookie break? […]
Any chocolate lovers here? I am! There is still a great debate here on the top chocolate spread brand, but who can resist Nutella? We are loving this classic Nutella Hamentashen recipe for Purim. Nutella Hamentashen ingredients: I bet you already have all these ingredients in your kitchen today! This […]
Valentine’s Day small batch Italian Rainbow Cookies were officially added to our annual family Valentine’s Day dinner menu. Aside from heart shaped home made pizza, these are officially becoming our annual dessert. I mean who can resist a pink dessert, that is topped with chocolate and sprinkles?! For a small […]
These easy Linzer Cookies with maple syrup are the perfect twist on a classic cookie, and who can resist these classic cookies? Linzer cookies are considered Christmas cookies in Australia, but let’s face it they are available year round for a reason. The soft cookie, the preserve in the middle […]