Holiday Rolled Baklava: Wonderful Spices, Pistachios, Pomegranate, & Orange

The smell, taste, and look of the holidays rolled into a sticky, crunchy, sweet confection does more than tickle your senses. My holiday rolled baklava recipe focuses on holiday flavors to include pistachios, pomegranate seeds, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, brown sugar, and orange zest rolled in layers of buttered phyllo dough and coated in a honey-orangeContinue reading “Holiday Rolled Baklava: Wonderful Spices, Pistachios, Pomegranate, & Orange”

How to Make Marzipan: Candy or Ingredient!

Marzipan is the candy and ingredient of the season! It’s known in many countries outside of the United States as THE Christmas candy and used in all sorts of holiday baking. While marzipan is a favorite this time of year, it is eaten year-round. It’s a quick, no-fuss, no-bake candy that will impress almost anyone.Continue reading “How to Make Marzipan: Candy or Ingredient!”

How to Make Candied Fruit Peels: Indulgence with Health Benefits

All things that make up the holiday season are reminders of my childhood. This jolly, peaceful time fills me with warm, fuzzy feelings that make me long for the past. Thus, every year at this time, I strive to engage in activities that take me back to those times that represented for me joy, peace,Continue reading “How to Make Candied Fruit Peels: Indulgence with Health Benefits”