Baking & Pastries

  • Puff Pastry Apple Pie

    There are so many apple pie versions out there! I usually make an apple crumble or a tarte tatin, but Rob requested a classic British apple pie which he remembered his mother making. After some research I came across a recipe and gave it a try. It didn’t turn out…

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  • Crackly Top Brownie Cookies with Sea Salt and White Chocolate Chips

    I was in the mood for chocolate, but also in the mood for cookies. So there was only 1 solution: mix the 2! I didn’t have entirely enough dark chocolate chips, but I did still have a white chocolate bar, so for some extra flavour and texture I roughly chopped…

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  • Creamy Miso Chicken, Leek & Mushroom Puff Pastry Pie

    The creation of this dish went like this: What do I have in the fridge and freezer? Leeks, mushrooms, chicken, miso, Crème fraîche, puff pastry… Can that be a pie? Or is miso weird with Crème fraîche? Let’s google it. Wait, loads of recipes out there for creamy miso chicken…

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  • Small Batch Chocolate Cupcakes with Buttercream Frosting

    Sometimes I really crave chocolate, and it’s great knowing that if I REALLY want/need it, most of the time I have all the ingredients in my pantry to make these tasty cupcakes (ingredients being: flour, eggs, butter, sugar, cacaopoeder, salt, baking powder, baking soda, vegetable oil, vanilla essence, powdered sugar)…

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  • Luscious Lekkere Lemon bars

    Autumn is nearing, but I still have some summer recipes up my sleeve which I want to try out before it happens. So when I came across some amazingly juicy looking lemons on the market I didn’t hesitate: summer in a bit!. With just 7 ingredients these lemon bars are…

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  • French toast made from Frisian Sugar Loaf (Sûkerbôle)

    Last week when I was camping and visiting a friend in Friesland I couldn’t resist taking back a local Frisian Sugar Loaf: sweet, cinammony, sticky and amazing with a lick of salty butter. But it’s not only good just as it is, as French toast it’s ridiculous, and only meant…

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