Tag: walnuts

• Brown Butter Date Blondies

  Hi, everyone. How are you all? I can’t believe the last time I posted here was months ago. It was last year! I apologize. I thought I’d have much more time and opportunity to blog here in Israel, but sadly, I have next to none. Oh, well. I come bearing luxury blondies! Apology accepted? Winter…

  Chaya

  January 30, 2017

  Delectables

  baking, blondies, browned butter, chocolate chip, dairy, dates, eggs, food, pecans, photography, recipes, seasonal, walnuts, winter, writing

• Blackberry Pie with Rye Walnut Crumble

  I have been seduced by the big box of blackberries at the store- seduced by their navy color and their promise of sweetness. I tell myself it is March- almost Spring, practically Summer!- and a berry party is deserved, is basically required, season be damned! The box is bought. At home, the blackberries taste of disappointment.…

  Chaya

  March 14, 2016

  Delectables

  blackberries, butter, cinnamon, crumble, dessert, food, fruit, ice cream, march, oats, photography, pi day, pie, recipes, seasonal, spring, summer, walnuts, writing

• Brown Butter Pistachio Baklava

  I discovered baklava in a chaotic, sun soaked market in Jerusalem. All around me, vendors shouted, loudly hawking their wares, and people selected their goods quickly, haggling briefly and hurriedly bagging their treasures. In contrast, I stood still, lost in fascination. In front of me, sticky, syrupy diamonds were laid out on trays, sprinkled with…

  Chaya

  December 22, 2015

  Delectables

  baklava, brown butter, dairy, december, delicious, dessert, israel, middle eastern, orange zest, pecans, pistachios, recipes, seasonal, sugar, vanilla bean, walnuts, writing

• Chocolate & Walnut Meringue Cookies

  These cookies are my Bubby’s. They are her specialty, her legacy. No family gathering is complete without them, and special occasions are marked by the presence of these, tangible signs of her love. At family events, my cousins and I gather around a tray of these cookies and chat about life while snacking on them…

  Chaya

  December 4, 2015

  Delectables

  butter, chanukah, cocoa, cookies, december, delicious, dessert, dough, family, food, holidays, meringue, photography, recipes, seasonal, walnuts, writing, yeast

• Apple Walnut Cake

  Since Rosh Hashana’s tomorrow night I’m sharing a recipe for Apple Walnut Cake, which perfectly suits the holiday. Rosh Hashana is when we celebrate the Jewish New Year and we have the custom of symbolically dipping an apple into honey for a sweet new year. It’s one of the things I look forward to every…

  Chaya

  September 23, 2014

  Delectables

  apples, cake, cinnamon, delicious, dessert, fall, food, new year, photography, recipes, rosh hashana, seasonal, september, walnuts