Here’s one perfect for kids. I’ve made Oreos before. I’ve made Goldfish. So there are two Nabisco-inspired products. And now, Teddy Grahams. Kid-sized (or adult too, I guess) graham crackers, perfect for dunking in milk. My graham cracker recipe in general is really good, if I say so myself: the perfect balance or cinnamon and honey. And these also would be great as cupcake toppers. I found the little teddy bear cookie cutter on Etsy.
I apparently am still enthralled with cinnamon chips. It started in the fall — apparently autumn is a cinnamon season when I could even still find cinnamon chips in the shops — but now that I have a huge stash of them, I am trying out all sorts of things. To wit, these spicy chocolate cookies with cinnamon chips. They smelled amazing whilst baking and taste even more amazing. A bit spicy (with chili powder in the almost-brownie like batter) and lots of cinnamon. Yum.
Every once in a white, in the middle of gray winters, you need something bright. Something tangy. Something vibrant. Enter this tart. As you all know, I have this “thing” for Meyer lemons and it is the season right now, so I made this tart. I’m made things before with the rosemary and Meyer lemon combination and I really love it.
Maple is one of my favorite flavors. It also is a “winter” flavor for me, though I don’t really have a reason for that. Pancakes are year round food, so why should maple syrup only be reserved for winter on my pallet? Inexplicable. But it is of course still winter and it’s frigid out at that, so I’m just going to stay inside with these lovely cookies. They will not last the weekend.
Krapfen. Fasnachtsküchle. Berliner. Doughnuts (Donuts). These are all traditional Pre-Fasching (Carnival, Mardi Gras…) sweets common in Southern Germany. OK, maybe most of Germany, but I am from the South, so that is what I can speak to. There are crazy sorts in Germany, and each bakery seems to make a whole bunch of types in the weeks between New Year’s and Fat Tuesday. I just made one base recipe for these and then finished them in overly decadent ways. Eat them while you can: Lent starts tomorrow!* (I’m not religious and I don’t do the whole ‘giving up stuff for Lent thing, but you get the idea.)