Spiced butter cookies infused with freshly ground cardamom seeds, cinnamon and coffee to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the United Arab Emirates. European butter is a natural flavor enhancer and brings out the warmth of the spices. It gives a melt in the mouth texture to the cookies that can only be achieved when using one of the best dairy and natural butter such as French butter.
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Continue ReadingRoasted peaches with nut crumble or the easiest dessert to whip up for gatherings that will make your home smell divine! You can use apples and berries or any fruit that you have at home. If it’s a harder fruit, bake it cover in foil for 20min before uncovering and finish off baking.
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Continue ReadingChunky chocolate chip cookies. These cookies are a cross between shortbreads, decadent chocolate chip cookies and heaven. The technique of baking the chilled cookie discs in the cupcake tins restricts the cookies from expanding hence resulting in crispy edges and tender centers. Absolutely heavenly! Try them with vanilla ice-cream.
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Continue ReadingDates, peanut butter and chocolate. These little bites are the equivalent of healthy snicker bars! No kidding. They are the easiest and most delicious snack to have on the fridge.Make sure to use a softer variety of dates such as medjool or the smaller khalas dates.I like chunky peanut butter, you can use smooth, as long as it’s a top quality no oil added one. As for the chocolate, you can use all dark or a mix of both dark and milk, just make sure it’s a good quality one.
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Continue ReadingChocolate cereal bites OR pantry foraging during homeschooling! So last week, while the kids were during their second week of distant learning, I decided to go through my pantry items and use ingredients that were close to expiration. Found some crunchy corn flakes and some leftover couverture chocolates from a previous job and I thought this is the best combo and the yummiest snack. Recipe (if we can call it as such!) and the measurements are approximate:
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Continue ReadingThis rustic apple cake should be a staple recipe in everybody’s baking repertoire. It is so simple and so delicious. It is based on the recipe of Jennifer from @onceuponachef with a few tweaks as I’m trying to use up ingredients from my pantry. Hope you make it and enjoy it as much as we do.
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Continue ReadingGluten free almond cake with pistachio and passion fruit white chocolate ganache. I had almond flour in my pantry, andI saw this delicious recipe by @carolinstrothe so I thought this is it! I tweaked it to use ingredients I had at home and it resulted in a moist, flavorful, not too sweet & delicious cake!
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Continue ReadingAs promised, here is the mushroom and thyme tart recipe. It is based on the recipe by the king @gordongram, Step by step in my highlights.Wild mushroom tart with parmesan and nut pastry
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Continue ReadingUse your over ripe bananas in this fragrant, super moist and easy banana bread. You can add nuts, chocolate chips or dried raisins.
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Continue ReadingThe most delicious, the creamiest, easiest cream cheese frosting! We use it on our carrot cake and on our cinnamon rolls. It’s so yummy!