Tag: dessert

Breads

Sweet Cinnamon & Spice Epi Bread

When making and baking this cinnamon spice roll at home the whole household will be infused with its autumn like aroma, warm, sweet and cinnamony. (Is that even a word, smells like cinnamon) 😁 Cinnamon is an extremely popular spice and it’s used almost in every culture globally, some use […]

 
Desserts

Avocado & Poppy Seed cookies

These cute little star cookies look so pretty with the tiny black poppy seed dots on them. Well although this cookie has avocado in it but I personally don’t get much of the avocado flavor and all I really feel is that the avocado just makes the cookies softer and […]

 
Desserts

Stuffed Cookies (Klejeh)

These very special type of cookie are originally made in Iraq and are very famous in festive ceremonies. For example it’s made to celebrate the end of the holly month of fasting (Ramadan). This recipe has several components and parts, it consists of a dough and different types of fillings, […]

 
Desserts

Maple Syrup & Cream Stuffed Figs

Most recipes pair fresh figs with honey and some type of cheese, well to tell you the truth, I never liked that combination, therefore I came up with this recipe. It has maple syrup instead of honey and creme chantilly (sweetened whipped cream with vanilla) instead of cheese. This is […]

 
Pastry

Pumpkin Pie

Before I move to Canada I’d never heard about or even tried any pumpkin pie. 🙂 We do have lots of different types of pumpkin and squashes in the Middle East, but it’s usually cooked as a stew, candied or made into jam. Well that is pretty normal as pies […]

 
Desserts

Frozen Yogurt Pops

These cute yet very easy to make frozen yogurt fruit stuffed pops are healthy, quick and an affordable summer snack that the entire family will enjoy and love.! You can try and make these pops with other berries or even other fruits. It just happened that I had raspberry and […]