As I’ve mentioned before, baking has a therapeutic effect on me; it calms me down and destresses me. When I need that kind of baking therapy I usually go for a muffin recipe, and that is what happened last week. I don’t know what it is about muffins, but I find them very calming. That […]
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Yesterday I thought it would be a good idea to try and make meringues for the first time ever. I was staying with my parents, and they had friends coming over, so some meringues would make a nice treat to go with a cup of coffee, I figured. I looked up a nice recipe on […]
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I thought it was high time to give my Cookie Rookie project another go, so today I put together a recipe for a new cookie! After having had a tiny bit too much sangria last night, I wanted something easy, delicious and very unhealthy — so, chocolate seemed like the perfect idea! I named these […]
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The origin of my love for baking remains slightly mysterious up to this day… Meaning I just don’t remember it clearly anymore. I seem to recall buying my very first baking book on a whim, and I think it started from there. This week I didn’t have any time to bake, since the new semester started […]
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I love lemon. I’m pretty sure it’s my favourite flavour for just about anything: sweets, ice cream, tea… It’s also a great flavour to add to things like salmon or chicken. And then, of course, you’ve got the baked goods. If you go back through the recipes I’ve posted on here you’ll notice I add […]
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About a week ago I felt the familiar itch to bake something. After all, it had been over a week! Seriously, before I started this blog I didn’t even bake once a month (I think) and now I can’t go without baking something for a week. How quickly things can change… I wanted to bake […]
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I thought apple turnovers were a Dutch delicacy, until I Googled them this morning. Turns out, they’re quite international! I didn’t do any extensive research on them or anything, but Wikipedia didn’t mention any specific origin, and Google gave lots of non-Dutch recipes, so that made things kinda clear. The reason I thought they were […]
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Christmas has come and gone again, and I hope everyone has had a great one! In the Netherlands we’ve got First Christmas Day on December 25, and Second Christmas Day on December 26. In other words, two days of great food and fun! On First Christmas Day my entire family came to celebrate Christmas at […]
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Last Friday a friend of mine hosted a party: The Grand Dessert Happening (literal translation of the Dutch “Het Grote Toetjesgebeuren”). It’s basically a party to which everyone has to bring some sort of dessert or baked good. The first edition was in June, and it was so much fun! One table was completely packed […]
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Remember the little project I started a few weeks ago, called Cookie Rookie? Well, since those raisin and hazelnut cookies turned out really good, I decided to try a new recipe this weekend! I had a real craving for chocolate, so it didn’t take me very long to decide what kind of cookies I would […]
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Books Baking and Blogging 