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 –…

Börek

This is a typical Turkish dish generally served in large gatherings. There are at list five different types of  börek in Turkish cuisine and today I will post one of the classics. Making the dough calls for lots of care and patience. It must be rolled out very thinly, and spread with olive oil. The…

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…