Warning- these rugelach are incredibly dairy and delicious. I make them with nuts and without nuts. Either way, your family and guests will clamor for more! This is not one of those 1-2-3 recipes; but the results are more than worth it! Prep time: 2 hours
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Kadayif with Mozzarella and Lemon
After our trip to Istanbul, I became intrigued with Turkish cooking. Kadayif in Turkish or Kataifi in Greek, is filo dough that’s been rolled up and sliced thinly. When you unwrap the packaging, you see that it looks like rolls of shredded wheat. Kadayif is used as a base for […]
Pavlova
A Pavlova is a sure fire way to wow your guests with a dessert that you can make in advance! Make the meringue shell in advance and fill it right before serving. You can fill it with the traditional whipped cream and berries; but you can also choose to fill […]
Ricotta and Cream Cheese Blintzes
Am I the last one to make her own blintzes? Probably not, but I felt it was something I had to do. A rite of passage, if you will. Blueberry blintzes are my favorite so I started on a quest to make ones I really enjoyed. First comes the crêpe […]
Cream Cheesecake
This Cream Cheesecake is all cream cheese and cream. The addition of sour cream or the popular Italian cheesecake based on ricotta just doesn’t do it for me. Truth be told, my son has eaten a whole cake by himself- It’s that good! Prep time: 40 minutes
Chocolate Cheesecake
This cake is a chocoholic’s dream! Prep time: 30 minutes
Poppyseed Cake with Orange Glaze
The Poppyseed Cake absorbs the orange glaze and stays moist for as long as the cake lasts. Make it one day in advance to maximize the orange flavor; or just make it when you have a few minutes and freeze it. Delicious on its own as a coffee cake or […]
Seven Minute Frosting
This frosting turns any cake into a fluffy snowball! Most standard double boilers are not large enough to allow for the volume of frosting that fluffs up from this recipe. I create a makeshift double boiler by using a large soup pot filled with simmering water into which I place […]