Pastas del Consejo or Council cookies by Guest of winter

Pastas del Consejo, meaning Council cookies, are typical Madrilenian confections, one among the many specialties of one of the more traditional pastry shops in Madrid, El Riojano, located at number 10 the Calle Mayor. They are small cookies in the form of a double spiral, also shaped as small rolls, as the famous panecillos de San…

Paciencias, Castilian cookies by Guest of winter

Paciencias are small round crispy cookies typical from various parts of Castilla, the central part of Spain.

Ponche segoviano or Segovia layer cake by Guest of winter

This beautiful cake consists of several layers of cake drenched in boozy syrup, with an egg yolk cream between them, and with a thick layer of marzipan covering the whole thing... the perfect dessert for Segovia's cold winters.

German Pancakes by lhuffman

My best friend's mother would make this for us for breakfast when I would spend the night. I loved it then and still love it now. It is easy and a kid-friendly breakfast. I serve it with fresh lemon juice and powered sugar or jams or syrups or even peanut butter. Fresh fruit and bacon or sausage also compliments it.

Baked Carrot Frittata by Gourmandelle LifestyleBlog

First of all, this recipe isn’t vegan. As you know I am not totally vegan and honestly I don’t think I’ll ever be. I love eggs and in my opinion there is absolutely nothing unhealthy about eggs as long as they’re from hens that were not given any growth hormones or that were not fed with chemicals. Fortunately, I have a family friend…

SPONGE CAKE CHOCOLATE TO FAST VARIEGATED. by mariarosaria

Often on Sundays my children ask me to give him something sweet, like many a Sunday I opened the pantry and I had just sugar, flour, eggs, butter the baking chocolate (which actually I do not never miss) and a little lemon and them I got the idea of ​​being able to do something simple and genuine, but that could satisfy their sweet…

Swiss Meringue by Samantha Rivera

So as you may remember from an earlier post that I have never made Meringue. Being brought up with a healthy eating JammyMummy we had loads of scrumptious food, but, I don't remember meringue. Gingerbreadgran didn't cook it either. This probably explains its absence from my residual cooking memory. Inspired by this evenings…

Zucchini and Goat Cheese Frittata copyright 2011 art of living,PrimaMedia,Inc/Maria Liberati by maria liberati

Madeleines by Christine

I had been longing to make madeleines or small French Sponge Cake for quite some time. All this while, I postponed the idea of making madeleines because I could not find the shell shaped molds typically designed for madeleines. I thought I would not be exactly baking madeleines if I didn't bake the cake in pans with shell-shaped…

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…

Spinich and bacon quiche by hollyfri

Artichoke & Cream Cheese Frittata by Patrick Travis

The frittata is one of the easiest ways to cook eggs. Its not only easy, it also makes for an elegant presentation. I cooked this for my family's Christmas brunch. We started with a very tasty J.J. Prüm 2005 Wehlener Sonnenuhr Spätlese, fresh boiled bagels my wife made, toped with smoked salmon and cream cheese and all the…

Bacon and Sausage Quiche by Keri Wylie

New Orleans French Toast by Paula Lenz

New Orleans Style French Toast This is not your typical French toast recipe. This is made New Orleans style using thick slices of bread soaked in a custard batter. The bread is browned lightly in a pan and then baked to a golden brown. This recipe is just one of the countless French-influenced dishes of New Orleans and one of the…

Spinach and Zucchini Quiche by Julia Ann Souders

A colorful vegetable quiche of spinach, zucchini, orange bell peppers and mushrooms. A delightful luncheon dish. Recipe adapted from Nicholas Mosse, an Irish tableware pottery company. 2007-2014 Netta Belle's Choice cookbookinabox "Reg. U.S. Pat. & Trdmk. Off." All rights reserved.