When I was a child, we would traditionally enjoy a 'lamala' cake for breakfast at Easter. Out of question to celebrate Easter without it! It is a type of sponge cake (génoise) typical in Alsace, which name literally means 'little lamb'. The reason is that it is baked in a special mold, shaped as a lamb. ...
Biscuits
Almond & Cinnamon Christmas Biscuits (Flourless)
It's this time of the year again when my family and I gather in our kitchen and prepare the traditional Christmas biscuits we'll enjoy throughout the holidays! We love making them as gift for friends, teachers and other people we want to show appreciation to. This year I share an easy recipe of Almond and Cinnamon Biscuits - or 'Bredele' as ...
Chocolate-Dipped Almond Horns (Mandelhörnchen)
The holiday season is near and it's that time of the year where I put my hands deep into biscuit dough. It's a family tradition from my childhood, where we all get busy in the kitchen baking all kinds of lovely Christmas biscuits - or bredele, as we call them in my home region. After the Leckerli and Spritz biscuits I shared with you last year, ...
Spritz Bredele Christmas Biscuits
Last year, I shared with you the recipe of Leckerli Christmas biscuits. The Spritz biscuits are an other of the many kinds of bredele we bake in my family for the Christmas holidays, when comes chilly December. Spritz are part of my childhood and it is a tradition from the North Est of France (Alsace-Lorraine) I wouldn't miss for anything! Every ...
Fluffy Vegan Coconut Macaroons or ‘Rochers Coco’
Sour, bitter, sweet, salty... In few days the French school where my son attends will organize the 'Days of Taste' (Journées du Goût). The aim is to bring food awareness to children and showcase the diversity of taste. I strongly support any initiative that instills in children the curiosity to taste and transmits the passion for food. So I happily ...
Leckerli ‘Bredele’, Christmas Biscuits From Alsace
Every December for as long as I remember, all the ladies in my family bake special Christmas biscuits or bredele. This tradition comes from Alsace, the region in east of France on the border with Germany where my family has roots. It is an important part of getting in the festive mood to prepare biscuits and this Christmas is no exception! This ...
Almond Butter Cookies With Dark Chocolate Chunks & Hazelnuts
Last weekend I had a sudden craving for cookies. Probably because of the first snow fall in Southern Finland, that just makes me want to curl on the sofa, with a hot cup of tea and biscuits. Generous chunks of dark chocolate and chopped hazelnuts came to my thoughts, as I was in the kitchen collecting the ingredients for my cookies. ...