My mother’s 40-year old recipe still creates the best apple pie in the whole world. It’s not a secret: the Dutch are good at making apple pie. A treat for a birthday party, a well-deserved snack with a glass of hot chocolate after a afternoon of shopping in the city, or just because it’s Saturday. I have an amazing recipe that will make you want seconds. This is my mother’s classic Dutch apple pie. It’s got fruit in it, so that part is healthy. Don’t feel guilty if you have a piece, and another piece the next day. Oh –…
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Continue ReadingCrepes, wait, are those the really thin pancakes? OMG, I love those! We all know the American pancakes, and maybe you’ve even tried the Dutch ones. But having crepes (or “craypes”, as Ricky Bobby calls them) in your repertoire means you can up your game. You have breakfast, lunch (or…
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Continue ReadingThese bread rolls are baked all over the world and they have many names: they’re called buns, rolls, baps, kadetjes and bolletjes (little balls). And they are super versatile! This recipe for soft bread rolls will yield delicious yeasted buns, with a hint of sugar and a little bit of…
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Continue ReadingThe Best Air You’ll Ever Have Cream puffs use choux pastry and that makes them amazing, light and airy, filled with a sweet vanilla cream. You bake them 18 at the time, which is good, because that’s also the rate you’ll eat them at. You can buy the pastry but…
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Continue ReadingFire and Water UPDATE – Since I first tried this recipe, I took another look at improving it. I wasn’t too pleased with the color of the bun: a direct result of unbleached flour, making it grey more than white. I replaced the unbleached AP flour with bleached flour. Not…
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Continue ReadingThe Perfect Standard Everybody should have a few standard recipes in their repertoire. Classic, go-to dishes that you know will turn out great every single time. This, for me, is one of them. This simply yet delicious vanilla bundt cake recipe turns our great every single time. Even though you…