This Anise Kaak (Kaak bi Yansoon) is delicious, crunchy, not too sweet, and much better than store bought. Ingredients FLOUR: 2 CUPS CUSTARD POWDER: 1/4 CUP BAKING POWDER: 1 TBSP ANISE, GROUNDED: 1 TBSP ANISE SEEDS: 1 TBSP NIGELLA SATIVA + SESAME SEEDS: 1 TBSP EGGS: 4 SALT: 1/4 TSP SUGAR: 3/4 CUP VEGETABLE OIL: […]
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Basbousa with Cream (Basbousa Bl Qeshta)
Creamy and easy to make basbousa Bl Qeshta. Moist, spongy, sweet and melts in your mouth. Ingredients First layer: Medium semolina: 1 cup Sugar: 3/4 cup Vegetable oil: 1/2 cup Eggs: 2 Vanilla: 1 teaspoon Baking powder: 1 tablespoon Cream: 1 can (175 grams) The second layer: Liquid milk: 2 cups Cream: 1 can (175 […]
Barazek – Traditional Syrian Sesame Pistachio Cookies
Barazek is a delicious Syrian cookie with sesame seeds and crushed pistachios. With its light and crisp texture, this little sweet delicacy goes perfectly with a hot drink. INGREDIENTS FOR THE DOUGH: 3 1/2 CUP FLOUR1 CUP GHEE1 CUP SUGAR1/2 CUP WATER1/2 CUP SYRUP PISTACHIOS FOR THE SESAME:250 GRAMS (0.50 LBS.) ROASTED SESAME 1 TBSP SUGAR2-3 […]
Classic French Creme Caramel Recipe
One of the finest and best desserts in the world and yet so easy to make. A creme caramel is a baked custard dessert topped with runny caramel sauce. This used to be the most popular dessert in French restaurants due to the profit margin and convenience of being prepared in advance. A great creme […]
How to Make Vermicelli Basbousa
The Greatest Basbousa with Vermicelli It’s here! Super soft, dense, and melt-in-the-mouth delicious. Ingredients 1 Cup Semolina 1/2 Cup Coconut 1/2 Cup Milk Powder 1/2 Cup Sugar 1 TBSP Baking Powder 170 Grams Cream 1/2 Cup Vegetable Oil 1 Cup Water Pakistani Vermicelli Sweetened Condensed Milk Pistachio, chopped Directions 1. In a bowl add […]
Cooking with Manuela: Cherry Crumble Cake
Before the season is officially over, let’s celebrate the last few days of summer with this light and fluffy cake exploding with sunshine-sweet cherries Happy Labor Day weekend everybody! Let’s take advantage of these last few days of summer, and the last few cherries of the season, and bake this soft and delicate cake, exploding with […]
Sticky rice with Black Bean in coconut milk
This easy Thai dessert is one of my favorite dessert. Actually, it came from the fact that my grandmother loved to eat it, so she always bought it and I always enjoyed it with her. It’s a combination of Black Bean in Coconut Milk and Sticky rice with coconut milk, that both of them are not hard […]
Cooking with Manuela: Peach Crumble Bars
For a quick, easy and mouthwatering summer treat try this fruity and buttery peach crumble bars There is nothing like a bite of a delicious peach-filled dessert especially when peaches are as juicy and tasty as this summer. I simply love their natural sweetness squooshed between two layers of shortbread-buttery crumble. With just the perfect amount […]
Dessert Recipe Ideas to Celebrate this Fourth of July
Nothing says Fourth of July like a delicious dessert exploding with red and blue berries Ready to celebrate?!? Even if parties are not recommended right now, and the beach might be closed, nothing should stop us from whipping up one of these festive, delicious and easy-to-make dessert.What all my suggestions today have in common are berries. And […]
Dates Fudge Dessert With Walnuts and Coconut
This recipe is for a Middle Eastern dates dessert that we have no official name for, so we used the term Dates Fudge since it’s the closest in texture. In essence, it is pitted dates made into a paste, and then battered with melted butter, stuffed with nuts (walnuts, pistachio, or almonds) and then rolled […]
