Sweet or savory, these German-style stuffed soft pretzels and pretzel bites hit the spot for a hearty quick snack. This post covers a variety of ingredients to use to stuff your favorite pretzel dough using everything from cheese to Nutella and chocolate chips along with mustard and peanut butter and jelly. Regardless of the filling,Continue reading “Stuffed Soft Pretzels & Pretzel Bites: The Best Savory & Sweet Options”
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German Bavarian-Style Soft Pretzels 🥨: Symbolism & Helpful Tips!
These German Bavarian-style soft pretzels make a fantastic snack. They include common Bavarian pretzel ingredients and ratios. It’s the technique of shaping and dipping them in an alkaline solution that makes them unique. This blog post covers it all including how to shape the pretzels and their Christian symbolism along with lots of details onContinue reading “German Bavarian-Style Soft Pretzels 🥨: Symbolism & Helpful Tips!”
Spiced Carrot Cake Scones 🥕 Cream Cheese Orange Glaze: Simple with Elegance
These spiced, sweet, and decadent Carrot Cake Scones are based on the combination of the English carrot cake using (British) mixed spice and Scottish scones. Keep them simple or elevate their elegance with a cream cheese orange glaze and toppings to include toasted coconut and shredded carrots. Why not add chopped walnuts or pineapple forContinue reading “Spiced Carrot Cake Scones 🥕 Cream Cheese Orange Glaze: Simple with Elegance”
Easter Island Po’e Fruit Pudding Cake: Simple & Gluten Free
Are you looking for a simple and easy, sweet and fruity, gluten-free, low-fat, vegan dessert? Why not a Po’e pudding cake? The Rapa Nui people on Easter Island in the South Pacific have a traditional dessert called Po’e. It’s a dense banana-focused, moist, cake-like pudding. Basically, it’s a cross between a moist, dense banana breadContinue reading “Easter Island Po’e Fruit Pudding Cake: Simple & Gluten Free”
Mardi Gras Marbled King Cake: A Beautiful Twist on Tradition⚜️
This Mardi Gras King Cake consists uniquely of dollops of enriched yeast dough marbled throughout with cinnamon and sugar (hence the twist!), baked in a Bundt pan, and topped with a lemon powdered sugar glaze along with purple, green, and gold colored sugar. While this heavenly light dessert is called a cake, it’s actually aContinue reading “Mardi Gras Marbled King Cake: A Beautiful Twist on Tradition⚜️”
5-Minute Chocolate Covered Cherry Cake: Rich Dessert for Two 💝
Do you have a few minutes to make an elegant Valentine dessert for you and your sweetie or bestie? This beautiful chocolate covered cherry cake in the shape of a heart with a maraschino cherry frosting is simple, sweet, and perfect for a quick Valentine’s Day dessert or anytime you’re craving chocolate… and cherries.😉 MyContinue reading “5-Minute Chocolate Covered Cherry Cake: Rich Dessert for Two 💝”
Vietnamese Puffy Steamed Buns or Dumplings: Fantastically Fluffy & Yeasty
A soft, light, and airy puffy bun folded and steamed to perfection. Vietnamese Bánh Bao steamed buns, while traditionally split and filled with your choice of shredded meat and sautéed veggies, also make incredible yeast rolls eaten all on their own. This dough can also wrap around your favorite fillings and steamed for a wonderfulContinue reading “Vietnamese Puffy Steamed Buns or Dumplings: Fantastically Fluffy & Yeasty”
Chinese Almond Ginger Cookies: Terrific Crispy, Buttery, Sweet, & Spicy Delights!
Thin, crispy, sweet, buttery, sparkly, spicy, and fruity describe these Chinese Almond Ginger cookies. They have a balance of thin and crispiness with a tender, soft center that melts in your mouth. Think of a sugar cookie with a hint of ginger and almond flavors. These cookies will pleasantly surprise you even if you aren’tContinue reading “Chinese Almond Ginger Cookies: Terrific Crispy, Buttery, Sweet, & Spicy Delights!”
Easy & Incredible Tasting Buttery, Flaky Puff Pastry
How many elegant savory and sweet tart recipes have you seen with puff pastry? It produces a cloud-like, buttery, puffy crust used in tarts, strudels, pies, and the list goes on. Puff pastry is incredibly versatile. The traditional, very-time consuming method of making a regular puff pastry requires at least 73 layers (says Julia Child)Continue reading “Easy & Incredible Tasting Buttery, Flaky Puff Pastry”
Scottish Black Bun: Hogmanay New Year’s Cake Wrapped in Pastry
The Scottish Hogmanay Black Bun is a satiating sweet treat of dried fruit mixed with an abundance of spices, a bit of flour, and sweetened with brown sugar and molasses. It’s enveloped in a lightly sweetened buttery, flaky pastry resembling a present. It truly is an edible gift of joy and hope. The traditional ScottishContinue reading “Scottish Black Bun: Hogmanay New Year’s Cake Wrapped in Pastry”