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…
Spices are great not only in cakes, drinks and desserts, they are also an original addition to herring. The combination of these two may seem at least strange, but I assure you that it is quite apt, you just have to convince yourself of it. I prepare spiced herrings most often during the holiday season,…
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 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 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….
Gingerbread spice is a mix that is most popular during the Christmas season. It is added to cakes and cookies. You can of course get this spice from the shop, but if you have the ingredients at home, why not make it yourself? By making it yourself, you have the option of freely combining spices:…
Soft and fluffy pumpkin pancakes with plums are a great option for breakfast or dinner. Their preparation is also very easy. The first thing that you need to do is combine yeast with lukewarm milk, then once they have risen, add the remaining ingredients and leave the pancake batter to rise. I mix the ingredients…
Crêpes with apples are a delicious dish that I often serve at my home for lunch or dessert. It is a simple vegetarian dish that can be prepared relatively quickly and does not require the use of fancy ingredients. I start preparing crêpes by making a crêpe batter by combining flour with egg, sugar, salt,…
Shortbread cake with cream and figs is a sweet pastry for the weekend that I’ve made recently. I had received a lot of figs from my family and they can’t go to waste. I am also planning to prepare fig jam from them, and of course I will eat some of them fresh. On the…
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…
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 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,…