A delicious, incredibly soft sweet treat, these orange cardamom cookies are bursting with citrusy flavor with just a touch of freshly ground cardamom. Every time I smell cardamom my mind takes me to London. It was my first grown-up all-by-myself out-of-the-country trip years and years ago. I booked a small hotel room walking distance from a…
Orange chocolate cream cheese cookies recipe
Rich chocolate flavor, refreshing orange flavor, and airy frosting make these soft and tender orange chocolate cream cheese cookies hard to resist. Last year, at a Christmas cookie swap I received a dozen of orange shortbread cookies dipped in chocolate. Since one of my favorite guilt-free Christmas treat is candied orange zest dipped in dark chocolate…
Orange dreamsicle pie bars recipe
Summer in a bite, these orange dreamsicle pie bars are packed with orange flavor from freshly squeezed orange juice and grated orange rind! Forget the orange flavored jello, these orange dreamsicle pie bars taste so much better! I’ve been torn between naming these bars orange creamsicle pie bars or orange dreamsicle pie bars. Auto-correct lets…
Apricot orange Kugelhopf
A cross between a bread and cake, this no knead apricot orange Kugelhopf yeast coffee cake is packed with chopped dried apricots and brushed with an orange apricot preserve. I have always been interested in other countries’ cuisines. There’s something always new to discover through their traditional meals and it makes me feel I’m on a world-wide adventure while…
Greek Easter bread – Tsoureki
Greek Easter bread – Tsoureki – soft, sweet, yeast egg-enriched bread flavored with citrus and aniseed. Tsoureki it’s the famous Greek Easter bread. It’s soft, sweet, yeast egg-enriched bread usually flavored with citrus, aniseed or mahlepi (sour cherry pits ground into powder). A couple of cooked red dyed eggs tucked between the braids, sprinkle some slivered…
Italian Easter pie
Italian Easter pie – sweet, creamy, light ricotta pie with chocolate chips and a touch of orange. Every time I see a cheesecake recipe my heart skips a beat. My all time favorite dessert is chocolate cheesecake and if I have to choose a recipe from my blog as a favorite I’d probably go with the brownie bottom cheesecake. This…
Ricotta and orange blintzes
Ricotta and orange blintzes – baked thin crepes filled with sweet ricotta with a touch of orange Thin crepes filled with sweet ricotta cheese and a little touch of orange zest, also known as blintzes. Our breakfast yesterday. I’m not a pancake person. I love pancakes but if I have to make my own I prefer…