Recipe for oatmeal and raisin cookies

Oatmeal and raisin cookies

In my opinion, the best oatmeal cookies are those with raisins. This is the combination I have mostly been familiar with, an which I usually prefer making. Of course, everyone has their own preference and might fancy different ingredients added in oatmeal cookies, such as chocolate chips or nuts. So, it all depends on individual…

Mincemeat recipe
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Mincemeat

Pies stuffed with mincemeat are one of the must-have elements of an English Christmas. I personally had the opportunity to taste these pies in England several years ago during Christmas and I still remember their taste. These are shortcrust pastry pies filled with a mixture of dried fruit, sugar, butter, alcohol, fruit and spices. Before…

Monkey bread recipe

Monkey bread

Monkey bread is a bakery product in which pieces of baked yeast dough coated in butter and sugar with cinnamon, create something like a tear-off bread. This bread is very popular in the United States as a breakfast or as a sweet snack. Depending on your taste preferences, apart from sugar, butter and cinnamon, you…

Palmiers recipe

Palmiers

Palmiers are French cookies made from puff pastry. After rolling out, the puff pastry is sprinkled with sugar, although you can also add cinnamon or dried fruit to it, and then the puff pastry is rolled from the opposite two ends towards the middle, at which point the ends come together to form ear-shaped cookies….

Rolls with cinnamon and cream cheese

Cinnamon rolls

Cinnamon rolls made from yeast dough are sweet pastries that can be served with morning coffee or tea. I prepare the cinnamon yeast dough with flour, milk, butter, sugar, yeast and eggs. After the ingredients are thoroughly combined and the dough has risen, I roll it thinly, fill it with cinnamon filling, roll it up…

Churros with hot chocolate

Churros

Churro is a type of fried dough that is very popular in Spain and also in many other countries. Churros dough is a so-called choux dough, which is made by steaming flour in water with the addition of fat. It is cooked for a few minutes, then eggs are added to it. Subsequently, the dough…

Oatmeal cooked on milk, served with figs
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Oatmeal with figs

Oatmeal is the most common meal for breakfast in my home. The basis of every oatmeal is oat flakes and water or milk. The whole thing should be boiled for a few minutes and served warm. The taste of any oatmeal can be changed by all kinds of additions such as fresh and dried fruit,…