Recently I posted my recipe for White Chocolate, Cranberry, and Orange Holiday Cookies. In that post, I promised a gluten-free, vegan-friendly version for the “same” cookie. Well, here it is! The recipe is obviously not the exact same, but the results look and taste it. Regardless of food allergies and intolerances, we all deserve theContinue reading “White Chocolate Cranberry Orange Holiday Cookies: Gluten Free & Vegan!”
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White Chocolate Cranberry Orange Holiday Cookies: Great Gift & Cookie Swap
Homemade cookies during the holiday season fill the house with tantalizing aromas. Cranberries and orange combined with white chocolate in a sugar cookie dough create a baked indulgence worthy of the season. In this post, I’m really excited to share my recipe for White Chocolate Cranberry Orange Holiday Cookies. Check out my gluten-free, vegan-friendly versionContinue reading “White Chocolate Cranberry Orange Holiday Cookies: Great Gift & Cookie Swap”
How to Make TRUE Crispy Gingersnap Cookies
Depending on where you live, spice cookies are called ginger nuts, Arnott’s biscuits, brunkage, or speculaas. In many places they are known as pepper cookies in the appropriate Swedish, Finnish, Latvian, Estonian, or Norwegian languages. In the United States and Canada, however, we call them gingersnaps. My gingersnap cookies would make GREAT holiday gifts orContinue reading “How to Make TRUE Crispy Gingersnap Cookies”
How to Make Flaky, Foolproof Pie Crusts: Tips & Techniques
Pie crusts can include the simplest of ingredients of only flour, fat, and water to complex blends of flours, fats, and liquids. Regardless of the ingredients, the key to making light and flaky pie crusts is almost always in the technique. Pretty much everyone has a standard go-to pie crust, even if it’s a store-boughtContinue reading “How to Make Flaky, Foolproof Pie Crusts: Tips & Techniques”
Authentic Austrian Apple Strudel (Apfelstrudel) with an Autumn Twist
Guten tag! For many Americans, the country of Austria is synonymous with the Hollywood creation of the “Sound of Music”. While the movie is one of our favorite things, it’s definitely NOT one of Austria’s. In general, Austrians have a love/hate relationship with this American movie. For them, it’s sort of cheesy and historically inaccurate.Continue reading “Authentic Austrian Apple Strudel (Apfelstrudel) with an Autumn Twist”