My friend Helene introduced me to the Tarte Normande, a delicious apple dessert baked in a custard. She took it to a gathering and I fell in love with it. It’s a nice alternative to the every day apple pie. Tarte Normand hails from Northwest France, Normandy. Its temperate climate is prime for growing apples….
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Scailtin – Irish Whiskey Milk Punch
Is it milk punch, or milk with a punch? Given its name it must be the latter. In any case, scailtin (Irish whiskey milk punch) is a great drink for a cold winter night. For this recipe I used Jameson because for some reason it seems to be more popular than Bushmills. This old Irish…
Aunt Lou’s Old Fashioned Hermit Cookies Recipe
Hermit Cookies is the first recipe from the Aunt Lou Archives we attempted. The results were successful! Hermit Cookies have a curious name as well as past. According to my research, they make their first appearance in a cookbook published in 188O by the ladies of Trinity Church called Champlain Valley Book of Recipes. These…
Tarte aux Pommes – French Apple Tart
Tarte aux Pommes is a classic French Apple Tart. The combination of chopped apples made into a sauce with a nice liqueur and apples slices gives this dessert a nice contrast of textures. The glaze is really easy to make and gives a beautiful patisserie style appearance. All of this sits on a simple shortbread…
Cinnamon Snaps – A Cinnamon Lovers Cookie
In this post I am offering another installment from my Aunt Lou Archives series – Cinnamon Snaps – a close cousin to the ubiquitous Ginger Snaps cookies. At first, I was somewhat skeptical about these cookies. Cinnamon Snaps just sounded a bit plain, but my husband convinced me that we had to try them…
Tusenbladstarta – Thousand Leaves Torte
Tusenbladstårta, translated means thousand leaves torte or in English spelled as Tusenbladstarta. It is a delicious Swedish dessert that looks very impressive, but it is really easy to make; your guests will think you spent hours and hours cooking. Okay, so it doesn’t have a thousand layers, how about 6! Nevertheless it is very good…
