These Chocolate Dipped Einkorn Biscotti mark my first foray into baking with einkorn flour. Einkorn is an”ancient” variant of wheat that’s milled into a light, nutritious whole grain flour that’s high in protein and low in gluten. I’ve been wanting to try it out for years, but have just recently come across it at the…
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Piña Colada Oatmeal
Oatmeal topped with a pineapple compote, toasted coconut, and almond slices. Piña colada oatmeal is my latest attempt at sprucing up my oatmeal breakfast routine. I’ve never been a big fan of oatmeal, in fact, I’ve deftly avoided the slimy sludge for the better part of my adult life. I’ve always had a hard time…
Toasted Almond Fingers
A buttery toasted almond cookie dipped in a semi-sweet chocolate ganache. For my Christmas cookies this year, I’m taking a tour down memory lane, and revisiting some childhood favorites that I had set aside in recent years. Why I set these aside is beyond me, because these are some wonderful cookie recipes. I have vague…
Marzipan Shortbread
It’s been a while since I’ve posted a shortbread recipe, and I would like to share this almond marzipan variation with you. I’ve been looking for ways to gussy up my shortbread, and these Chinese moon cake molds, that I found online, seem to be doing the trick. They’re made for thicker cakes, but instead,…
Lemon Ginger Miniture Biscotti
I tried out a new biscotti recipe that incorporated spelt flour alongside the usual white flour. I would have never attempted this flour combination for biscotti, if I hadn’t come across this other recipe from a supposedly reputable source, due to the hard consistency of regular biscotti. As it was, I should have trusted my…
Cherry, Marzipan, and Poppy Seed Strucla
I made strucla, an Eastern European poppy seed roll, for my holiday bread this year. I adapted this recipe from the one my Mom used to make which is found in The Vegetarian Epicurean. My Mom would make the bread dough, with a little aid from her kitchen helpers (i.e. my brother, sister, and I),…
