Dark Eyes Cookies

These are the perfect cookies to accompany a cup of tea…or coffee and they are very easy to made!! For this recipe you will need: For the dough: 375 gr unsalted butter/ margarine; 2/3 cup of sugar (fine-grained); 3 and 1/2 cup flour; 1 tsp vanilla extract. For the filling: 3-4 strawberry/raspberry/ apricot jam –…

Cinnamon Rolls with Caramel and Walnuts Topping

Maybe it scares you the title but actually it’s pretty easy to do and the result… it’s very yummy!! To tell you the truth I started this recipe a night before. I prepared the dough and  it stayed in the fridge the whole night! The next morning I just put in the cinnamon filling and let…

Figs with Pine Honey

If you are in a hurry but you still want to impress your guests, here is an extremely easy to make dessert, very light and good looking. For 2 servings you need: 4 fresh figs; 125 gr mozzarella cheese; 2 tbs of pine honey/or thyme honey/ any type of  honey; 3 tbs of butter; mint leaves…

Pumpkin pie – An autumnal dessert

Hey, the autumn is here… so it is definitely the time for a pumpkin pie! We had guests for dinner last evening. Some very dear friends accompanied us, so the menu included a spicy pumpkin cream soup, that was very appreciated, chicken with garbanzo beans, and for dessert, what else!?… pumpkin pie! For now, I’m giving…

Panna Cotta – An easy to make dessert

If you want a quick and easy to do dessert…and in the same time to impress your guests…panna cotta is the answer. This is a world-famous dessert and it comes from the Aosta Valley- Italy being extremely popular to the northern regions. It is very easy to prepare, but its success depends on the quality…

Plums dumplings

This is one of my favorite recipe and it’s relatively easy to make. And because the fall is knocking already on our doors is the perfect recipe for this time of the year. I’m sure that you will find plenty of plums, just in a short trip to your local market. This recipe is for…