“The definition of a perfect biscuit would be one that is tender at its middle and crisp at the edges”. Cinnamon Bites Ingredients: 250 g plain white flour ½ teaspoon baking powder 2½ teaspoons ground cinnamon ½ teaspoon salt 115 g butter, unsalted 125 g brown sugar, soft 1 egg, large 1 teaspoon vanilla essence icing sugar for dusting Method: Flour mixture: 1. Sift together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon…
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Mar
Mar
Golden sweetness… For this marmalade or spoon-sweet “Glyko tou koutaliou”, depending what you choose to make, removing the seeds is a little time consuming… By slicing the fruit to create your marmalade, or you can cut them in half, making a thicker spoon-sweet. Delicious as a topping on vanilla ice cream or Greek yogurt… adding…
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Dec
Dec
Every year, around this time, a “sweet dilemma” of choices and tastes… Kourambiedes or melomakarona? Starting in early December, at home we start baking… The word “melomakarona” is a combination of meli, which means “honey,” and makaronia, which comes from the ancient Greek word makaria, meaning “blessed”. Μrs Lila, my good friend Maria’s, mother, makes her famous delicate Christmas bites…
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Jun
Jun
“To share….” This is one of these hand-me down recipes- a friend gives to a friend and somehow it makes it to you because it is that good- everyone making his or her own tweaks along the way…. In Sanskrit “halva” means “mixture.” It represents the wide, Turkish dessert category of helvas that encompasses an…