Ah that famous chocolate spread you could eat with a spoon... except it's high in saturated fats and white sugar. Good news, you can easily make your own healthy chocolate spread that is also dairy free, refined sugar free, oil free and delicious! All you need is 5 ingredients: hazelnut butter, dark chocolate, grapeseed oil, agave syrup and vanilla ...
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Chocolate And Pear Cake With Mapple Caramelized Hazelnuts
Bright red leaves covering the trees, afternoon goûters to pack for school… autumn is in the air! I’m the kind of person who loves the change of season, all the more after the exceptionally long and warm summer we enjoyed in Finland. To me, autumn means the return of knit jumpers, long walks in the forest, breathing the musty smell of fallen ...
French Mi-Cuit Au Chocolat Coeur Praliné {Half Baked Chocolate Cake}
Valentine's day is around the corner! Chocolate lovers, this mi-cuit recipe is for you, and to share with your sweetheart! The English translation, ‘half-baked’, doesn’t do justice to this fine French dessert. Yes, a mi-cuit cake is called so because of its short baking time, but there is more to it. Picture this: your spoon is piercing through ...
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. ...