RECIPES
Oatmeal Bread
Easy yeast oatmeal bread with a crisp, golden crust, made with an overnight preferment and oat soaker. My first successful homemade loaf!
Oranges in Syrup
Oranges simmered in a coffee syrup and sprinkled with chopped pistachios: an easy dessert that's a great change from fresh oranges.
Vanilla Cupcakes with Farmer's Cheese Frosting
Fluffy vanilla cupcakes with a creamy farmer's cheese frosting, plus my take on the age-old question: what's the difference between cupcakes and muffins?
New Year's Faworki Roses
Faworki roses, just like faworki themselves, are a snack everyone probably knows. At my house we made them for almost every New Year's Eve at home.
Before Christmas
Christmas wishes from Basia, plus last-minute ideas for sweet homemade gifts: little packages filled with a mix of cookies, truffles and jam.
Makówki, a Christmas Dessert Recipe
According to M. Kuroń, makówki are the last Christmas Eve dish, served as “dessert,” with counterparts like noodles with poppy seeds, łamańce or kutia.
Plum Brandy Truffles
Soft, melt-in-your-mouth chocolate truffles with brandy-soaked dried plums: another idea for a sweet homemade holiday gift.
Orange Piped Cookies
Delicate orange-flavored piped butter cookies sandwiched with orange marmalade. You can easily make them in a lemon version, too.
Marzipan Thumbprint Cookies
Tender, crumbly marzipan thumbprint cookies filled with jam: a quick and easy Advent treat that comes together in no time.
Grandma Helga's Advent Cookies
A family recipe for Advent cookies from my mother-in-law's mother, Grandma Helga. The dough can be made a day ahead, and the cookies get lots of sprinkles!
Cinnamon Meringue Cookies
Crisp little cinnamon meringues piped with a star tip, sandwiched with jam or dipped in chocolate. A perfect way to use up leftover egg whites.
Almond Linzer Augen Cookies
Crumbly, delicate almond Linzer Augen cookies with a tart red jelly filling, my own mix of many recipes. Make them with or without the little window!