Bake one larger, flatter cake in a spring form, and one smaller. A bundt pan would be fine, too. The picture is the mini-cake I baked for Eyal and Nadav. When I come to take care of Noa, I make sure there's a treat for the boys when they get home from school. You can't see the blueberries, which are the lower layer.
Saturday, February 14, 2026
Red, White & Blue Ricotta Cake
Wednesday, January 1, 2025
Goose Foot Cookies
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From 2025 New Years: Steinrichs, TeutschRosens, and WeisbEnnens |
This recipe calls for 8 oz of farmers cheese (1/2 package) and egg yolks, some things that pop up occasionally and need to be used. No need for a mixer. They are kind of a cross between kichel and rugelach.
Perfect with coffee.
Found it at Olga's Flavor Factory.
7.5 – 8 oz farmer’s cheese (ricotta or cottage cheese can be substituted)
2 c all purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 egg yolks
2 T(cold or chilled)
1/2 c granulated sugar
Add the farmer’s cheese and mix to combine. Add the flour and salt.
Whisk the eggs yolks and water slightly, then add to the dough. Use your hands to quickly knead the ingredients together.
Form the dough into a disc, cover, and refrigerate for at least an hour.
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. No need to grease, with all that butter.
Let the dough sit for 10-15 minutes and cut the dough into quarters, then, working with one portion at a time, roll it out thinly on a well floured surface. Take the time to roll it thin as you can.
Use a biscuit cutter (about 3 inches), or an overturned cup or glass (preferably with thin edge) to cut through the dough and press out as much circles from the dough as possible.
Put the sugar into a saucer and press one side of the circle of dough into the sugar.
Fold it in half to form a half moon shape. Press one side into the sugar again, fold it in half and press one of the sides in the sugar. Also dip the folded edges into the sugar.
Place the cookies sugar side up on the prepared baking sheet. Bake for 20 – 25 minutes. Check 2/3 of the time
and flip, if the bottoms are burning. Bake the cookies till they are puffed up and golden brown.
Thursday, December 7, 2023
Persimmon Picking & Pulping + Persimmon Bread
in 2023, I purchased a vintage Foley Food Mill on Ebay and it worked wonderfully, though it's slow. Eventually you collect pulp, which you can eat as a kind of cross between jam and sauce. It's a beautiful color. The dark flecks in it are completely edible.
We baked three loaves with this recipe. It's dark and moist. Nice with cream cheese. You can use pumpkin pie spice in lieu of the cinnamon/nutmeg/cloves.
This recipe is from Feast Magazine, doubled.
1 t baking soda (all the recipes I have found use baking soda, not baking powder. Apparently it reacts with the fruit.)
1 t salt
1 t ground cinnamon
1/2 t fresh ground nutmeg
1/2 t ground cloves
1 1/3 cup sugar
4 eggs
2 t vanilla
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly
2 c (260g) persimmon pulp
Bake on middle rack of oven for 45 to 50 minutes, rotating pan after 20 minutes of baking. Bread is done when a wooden skewer comes out clean or with a few crumbs. Set on wire rack to cool completely.
Thursday, June 22, 2023
Basic Wholewheat Pancake with or without Banana
It is easy and, for wholewheat pancakes, very light and high. I added the lemon zest. It has the advantage of only requiring one bowl. First you mix the dry ingredients, and then you add the wet directly into the dry.
You can add fresh berries; add them whole when you flip them in the loose batter on the second side.1 T sugar
1 t. baking powder (push through a sieve)
1/2 t. baking soda (push through a sieve)
1/2 t salt
1 egg
1 c. buttermilk (regular milk is fine, if you don't have any)
2 T melted butter
grated lemon zest to taste
cinnamon to taste
Sunday, January 23, 2022
Cinnamon Star Coffee Cake/Challah (or Pesto Star)
Dough
2 c (240g) Flour
1/2 cup (46g) dried potato flakes
1/4 cup (28g) nonfat dry milk powder
3/4 cup + 2 to 4 tablespoons (198g to 227g) lukewarm water, enough to make a soft, smooth dough
4 T (57g) unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 t vanilla extract (omit if you're baking a savory star, like with pesto)
2 t instant yeast
2 T (25g) granulated sugar (cut to 1 T. for Savory Star)
1 t (6g) salt
Filling
1 large egg, beaten
1/2 c (99g) granulated sugar
1 T cinnamon
Combine all of the dough ingredients and mix and knead — by hand, mixer, or bread machine — to make a soft, smooth dough. It is a rich dough and doesn't need a lot of working. Starting with a mixer and finishing by hand, in the bowl, seems to work fine.
Place the dough in a lightly greased bowl, cover, and let it rise for 60 minutes, until it's nearly doubled in bulk.
To shape the loaf: Divide the dough into four equal pieces. Shape each piece into a ball, cover the balls, and allow them to rest for 15 minutes.
On a lightly greased or floured work surface, roll one piece of dough into a 10" circle. Place the circle on a piece of parchment, brush a thin coat of beaten egg on the surface, then evenly sprinkle with 1/3 of the cinnamon sugar (or pesto), leaving 1/4" of bare dough around the perimeter.
Roll out a second circle the same size as the first, and place it on top of the filling-covered circle. Repeat the layering process — egg, cinnamon sugar, dough circle — leaving the top circle bare. [Pinch the perimeter so the filling doesn't burst out as much.]
Place a 2 1/2" to 3" round cutter in the center of the dough circle as a guide. With a sharp knife, cut the circle into 16 equal strips, from the cutter to the edge, through all the layers.
Using two hands, pick up two adjacent strips, pull up & out and twist them away from each other twice so that the top side is facing up again. Repeat with the remaining strips of dough so that you end up with eight pairs of strips.
Pinch the pairs of strips together to create a star-like shape with eight points.
Transfer the star on the parchment to a baking sheet. Cover the star and let it rise until it becomes noticeably puffy, about 45 minutes.
While the star is rising, preheat the oven to 400°F.
Brush the star with a thin coat of the beaten egg. Bake it for 12 to 15 minutes, until it's nicely golden with dark brown cinnamon streaks; the center should register 200°F on a digital thermometer.
Remove the loaf from the oven and allow it to cool for about 10 minutes before serving. Dust with confectioners' sugar and serve warm or at room temperature.
Thursday, November 18, 2021
Irish Soda Bread / Bundt
| This is 2 c. of flour, in a cast iron pan This recipe is from a book I picked up from a Little Free Library, The Cast Iron Skillet Cookbook by Sharon Kramis. I have modified it for a 10" skillet, using 2 cups of flour. 1 egg 1 c. buttermilk 2 c mixed flour (can include wheat germ, flax seed, etc) 1/2 t. baking soda 1 t baking powder 4 oz butter, softened 1/4 c sugar Pinch salt Heat oven at 350. Olive oil or butter a 10" cast iron skillet. In large bowl, mix flours, baking soda, baking powder, sugar, currants, and salt. To break up any lumps, I now use a small sieve instead of a sifter. Add soft butter and work it in. In a smaller bowl, whisk eggs and buttermilk. Make a well in the flour, adding the butter (cut it into small pieces in winter when room temperature butter is colder) and the buttermilk/egg. Stir with a spoon until it comes together, incorporating the flour from the periphery. Knead right in the bowl (really not much different than stirring) until it's a shaggy dough that holds together. It's quite sticky. Place the dough in the skillet and spread into the pan. Score a large X, going the full depth, and separating the sections if possible. (This allows the baking to reach the center.) Take a knife and tap each quadrant to let the fairies out. (I saw that on YouTube!) Bake about 32-35 minutes, covering with tin foil if it browns too quickly (the norm if you bake in the Breville). Test with a toothpick. Grandmother Kramis's Irish Soda Bread (3 cup recipe) from the cookbook Grease/Flour a bundt pan (baker's spray) - my adaptation 1½ c. regular flour1½ c. whole wheat flour (my change to the recipe) - a small portion can be wheat germ and flax seed ¾ t. baking soda 1½ t. baking powder ⅜ c. sugar (you could decrease this) ⅜ c. currants or ¾ c. raisins Pinch salt 6 oz unsalted butter, melted 2 eggs 1½ c. buttermilk (powdered works OK) In large bowl, mix flours, baking soda, baking powder, sugar, currants, and salt. To break up any lumps, I now use a small sieve instead of a sifter. In a smaller bowl, whisk eggs and buttermilk. Make a well in the flour, adding the butter and the buttermilk/egg. Stir with a spoon until it comes together, incorporating the flour from the periphery. Knead right in the bowl (really not much different than stirring) until it's a shaggy dough that holds together. It's quite sticky. Place the dough in the bundt pan. Bake about 32-35 minutes, covering with tin foil if it browns too quickly Test with a toothpick. Yum! Here is an old version from the NYTimes that was posted on the Coronobake FB Group. It has no sugar or butter but more raisins:
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Wednesday, November 17, 2021
Dosas: Laurie Hertz Style
You can buy dosa batter, traditionally fermented lentil/rice, either powdered or liquid. You can also use chickpea flower for a variation. I just ordered a tawa that can be used on the induction stovetop, so will be experimenting.
Laurie chops scallions, carrots, zucchini, and adds peas. You can use any combo, of course. You add a little oil to the tawa and spread the dosa batter. While it's setting, lay on the grated vegies and peas. Let them set in, and flip. This is hard to do - if it falls apart, no worries. They main thing is to have enough oil, hot enough, so the batter crisps.
These are fast, nutritious, and delicious. Serve with condiments. It's really a full meal.
Saturday, May 30, 2020
Blintzes for Shavuot, or Anytime! + Strawberry Rhubarb Compote
I hadn't made these since I made them with my mom when I was about 17 - so, fifty years ago. They aren't hard but a lot of it is defined by the size pan. Go with an 8" or 9" non-stick. The rim of the pan shapes them; if you use a griddle, they don't have anything shaping them.
Best is a lb of farmer cheese, if you can source it. It is much drier than ricotta.
Makes about a dozen+ blintzes.
For the batter:
4 large eggs
1 ⅓ c milk (a portion can be buttermilk, like up to 25%)
1 ⅓ c all-purpose flour (up to 1/4 can be whole wheat)
4 t white sugar
½ tsp salt
2 T + 2 t vegetable oil
⅓ t vanilla
I made the batter in this pancake dispense gizmo. To blend well, I used the immersion blender. Worked great.
Mix all the ingredients in a blender until flour is well-integrated. Scrape sides as needed. Let batter sit at room temperature about a half hour. Meanwhile, make the filling. (The advantage of a blender is you can pour batter into the skillet.)
For the filling:
zest from one lemon
pinch salt
2 T sugar, or more to taste
1 large egg
Wednesday, June 5, 2019
Sweet Potato Spinach Feta Latkes
No exact measures.
2 peeled, grated sweet potatoes
1/2 small onion, minced
8 oz of chopped spinach, microwaved with the moisture squeezed out
2 eggs
a few oz. grated Feta
1-2 T flour
salt, pepper
oil, butter for frying
Mix the ingredients well. Heat the oil and butter to medium high. When the butter is browning, add the batter by spoonfuls. Fry until browned, and flip. Be patient - these need to brown. The cheese will melt and emit some liquid.
Makes about a dozen.
Sunday, April 23, 2017
Oatmeal Scones
| Frosted with icing and grated lemon zest |
These have great flavor and texture. Makes about 2 dozen small scones.
Found the recipe online but it's so modified, it isn't the same recipe by now.
Preheat oven to 375°
1 ¾ c. flour (one cup white, ¾ whole wheat is a good mix)
1 ½ t baking powder
¾ t. baking soda
½ t. salt
⅓ c. sugar
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¾ c. butter (1.5 sticks), cold, cut into bits
1⅓ c. old fashioned oats
½ c. currants, dried cranberries, chopped prunes or raisins
½ c. buttermilk or regular milk
1 large egg, lightly beaten
confectioners sugar + water drops
Combine first 5 ingredients by hand in a medium-large bowl.
Add butter and mix by hand until it resembles coarse meal.
Add oats, currants, buttermilk, and egg until dough just sticks together. Knead in the bowl until it holds together. Doesn't take long but your hands get very messy!
Flatten into a large circle on a smooth surface like a flexible mat.
Cut into sixths. Then cut each sixth into 4 triangles. Try to make them approximately the same size.
Arrange on a sprayed cookie tin. They will fit on one sheet. They don't rise or spread much. Bake about 18 minutes or until lightly browned. (It's hard to see since the dough is already brown.)
When they're cool, you can ice them. In a small bowl, pour confectioners sugar. Add a scant amount of water and keep eye dropping it in until you can spread it. If you put in too much water it is too thin to spread.
Monday, October 8, 2012
Daniel Rosen's Green Shakshouka Via Jo
Jo made this with me when she visited for my birthday and I made it again a few days later - very easy. You could make it more complicated with hot pepper, tomato sauces, et al, but this worked really well.
onion, sliced
1 to 2 cloves garlic, minced
lots of fresh kale
2 to 3 tomatoes, chopped
4 to 6 eggs
pepper, salt
optional: feta cheese to sprinkle on top when you add the eggs
Chop an onion and saute it, with minced garlic, in olive oil in a large deep fry pan over medium heat. Make sure it has a cover, which you will need.
While the onion and garlic and cooking, chop up a lot of kale. (Spinach would work, too.) Add it to the pan, and let it cook down. If you have fresh tomatoes, chop and add them, as well. Season with salt and pepper. After about 5 to 10 minutes, they will have cooked down to a dense consistency. Crack 4 to 6 eggs, one at a time , and drop each on top of the mixture. Cover and poach the eggs. [a sprinkle of feta cheese would be good at this point.] This takes just a few minutes, and you can turn the heat off for most of it.
It is a great brunch dish, and or lovely for a light dinner. We used eggs from the Rosens' coop, quite a treat.
Monday, May 28, 2012
Buttermilk Kugel
The recipe comes from both Beryl Levine, Susan's mom, and Bev Osnowitz, Debi's mom. Beryl didn't cook much, what with five kids and commuting 90 miles to law school. She was the talk of the town. My mom's generation, about 10-20 years older, just couldn't understand why a well-to-do doctor's wife with 5 children could have high-powered career ambitions. Once she was a practicing lawyer and appointed to the North Dakota state supreme court, they warmed up to the idea, though.
12 oz egg noodles
3 eggs
½ c. sugar - less if you don't want it as sweet
3 c. buttermilk (lowfat by nature, but I think you can also opt for a lower fat variety)
butter - generous pat
optional: small can crushed pineapple. (Don't need to drain.)
Streusel topping:
¼ c. brown sugar mixed with ¼ c. cornflake crumbs and about a teaspoon of melted butter
- Boil noodles, following package directions.
- Preheat oven to 350°. Put the pat of butter in the pan, cut it into small pieces, into a large oven-proof pan (lasagna size). Place in the oven to melt the butter.
- In a large bowl, mix all the non-streusel ingredients. With a HOT PAD, take out the pan, swirl the melted butter to coat the whole pan bottom. Pour in the noodle mixture, which will be very loose.
- Bake for 35 minutes. Take out the kugel and spread the streusel on top, pushing any baked/hardened noodles down underneath the surface.
- Bake another 25 minutes.
I like this with cut fresh fruit. If it's for shavuot, you might hit local strawberries!
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Frittata with Chard & Sun Dried Tomatoes
By J.M. Hirsch
Chard and Sun-Dried Tomato Frittata
Makes 6 servings
6 eggs
1/2 cup milk
1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
Salt and ground black pepper
1/4 cup chopped oil-packed sun-dried tomatoes,
plus a bit of oil from the jar
4 ounces sliced white button mushrooms
1 medium yellow onion, diced
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 cups chopped chard
1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese
1. Heat the broiler.
2. In a medium bowl, whisk together the eggs, milk, and thyme. Season with salt and pepper and set aside.
3. Set a large oven-safe, nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add the tomatoes, mushrooms, onion, garlic, and 2 tablespoons of the oil the tomatoes are packed in. Saute until the onions are soft and the mushrooms brown, about 5 minutes. Add the chard; cook until just wilted.
4. Spread the vegetables in an even layer over the bottom of the pan. Pour the egg mixture over them, then cook, without stirring, for 4 minutes, or until the bottom has set. Sprinkle the cheese over the top of the frittata.
5. Transfer the pan to the middle oven rack and broil until the frittata is puffed, lightly browned and firm at the center, 2 to 3 minutes.
6. Remove from the oven; cool slightly before slicing.
Per serving:140 calories, 10 grams protein, 7 grams carbohydrates, 8 grams fat, 225 milligrams cholesterol, 340 milligrams sodium, 1 gram dietary fiber.
Read more: http://www.philly.com/philly/food/20111020_Rush_Hour_Gourmet.html#ixzz1hCujlehq
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