Easy Cinnamon Apple Strudel by Nancy Miyasaki

This is super simple and truly delicious. I made it for John's birthday dinner, since he loves cinnamon apple desserts with vanilla ice cream. It's light and flavorful without being too rich. We finished it all in one night between the six of us. Mmm!

Cinnamon Walnut Rugelach by Robyn Savoie

These charming crescent shaped cookies are flaky, tender, bite-sized Jewish treat sure to please. They house the just-right amount of nuts, cinnamon and sugar. Making this cookie can be a bit tedious and messy but well worth the effort. Rugalach come in many flavors, but this is my personal favorite.

Chocolate Éclairs Recipe from Scratch | Choux Pastry with Basic Vanilla Custard Filling by Nitha Kitchen

Couple of months I haven’t tried any of the baking partners challenge. Even this month I completed this choc Éclairs recipe at last minute. Now before going to recipe in detail let me explain about éclairs and what I did…

SOUR CREAM twist PASTRY cookie by Foodessa

A twist on a German inspired holiday pastry cookie. Triple layers of sour cream dough get a twirl with vanilla and orange zest. For a detailed post...refer to: http://www.foodessa.com/2015/03/sour-cream-twist-pastry-cookie.html

Shoo-Fly Pie by Denise Sherin

This is probably the most well known amish pie. When we were small children our Grandfather used to take great pleasure in telling us that shoo-fly pie was made of actual flies! As we gasped in horror, he would wave his hand as if "shoo'ing a fly away" and say we got tired of shooing the flies away as the pie was cooling so we just…

Aunt Martha's Gingerbread Cookies by MarthaW

Festive Gingerbread Cookies decorated with Royal Icing are always a hit at Christmas. I love this recipe because the dough is cooked on the stove and makes the house smell good during the holidays.

CHOCOLATE ITALIAN SPONGE CAKE by For the Love of Italian Cooking

An Italian chocolate sponge cake has only four ingredients: eggs, sugar, flour and cocoa powder. Vanilla can be added to enhance the chocolate flavour. The beauty of this cake is that it has no fat, no dairy, and no leavening agents. Stiffly beaten egg whites make this cake airy, soft, and spongy.

Würziger Apfelkuchen (Spicy Apple Cake) by Robyn Savoie

Hundreds of German cakes, and desserts include this versatile fruit. This moist and spicy apfelkuchen can be found on the menu's of Konditoreien, coffee and tea houses, everywhere. I like to use Granny Smith in the cake and Honeycrisp in the topping. Granny Smiths are crisp and tart, while the Honeycrisp are crisp and sweet.…

Gingerbread Cookies by Stephanie Bower