Category: 8 Cakes, Cookies and Pies

  • Easy Cream Cheese Danish

    Ingredients 36 mini puff pastry squares (mazor) 8 oz cream cheese; at room temperature ⅓ cup sugar 1 tsp vanilla extract 2 eggs; divided ¼ cup flour; for rolling Instructions Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside In a medium bowl, place room temperature cream cheese and sugar. Using a spatula, cream together the cheese and sugar until smooth.…

  • Blueberry Cake

    Ingredients: 2 cups flour 2 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt 1/4 cup oil 3/4 cup brown sugar 1 egg 1/2 cup milk 1 cup blueberries Topping: 1/3 cup flour 1/4 cup margarine 1/2 cup sugar 3/4 tsp cinnamon Directions: Beat oil, sugar and egg Combine dry ingredients Alternate milk and dry ingredients to egg…

  • Suganiyot

    Ingredients: 2 pckg yeast 1/3 cup sugar 3/4 cup water 1/4 cup orange juice 1/3 cup margarine 1/2 tsp salt 4 or 5 cups flour 3 egg yolks Jelly Powdered sugar Directions: Mix water, sugar, juice and yeast Let stand 10 minutes Melt margarine and add to yeast mixture Beat in eggs and salt Add…

  • Flourless Dark Chocolate Cookie

    Ingredients: 3/4 cup cocoa 2 1/2 cups confectioner’s sugar 1/8 tsp salt 1 tbsp Vanilla 4 large egg whites 2 cups (7 oz) walnuts, coarsely chopped Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees Whisk together first 3 ingredients Combine vanilla and egg whites and slowly add to cocoa mixture, beating at low speed Beat batter at medium speed…

  • Cookie-like Hamentashen

    Ingredients: 1 cup unsalted margarine 1 1/4 cups sugar 3 eggs 1/4 cup orange juice or milk 1 1/2 tsp vanilla 4 cups, approximately, all-purpose flour 1/2 tsp salt 2 1/2 tsp baking powder EGG WASH FILLINGS (Chocolate Hazelnut Paste, Cherry, Apricot, Prune, or Poppy) OPTIONAL: REGULAR OR COARSE SUGAR Directions: Cream the margarine and…

  • Easy and Light Cheesecake

    Ingredients: 2 pie crusts 16 oz cottage cheese 16 oz sour cream 1.5 cups sugar 3 eggs 1/3 cup flour 1 tsp vanilla Directions: Mix all together or blend with hand blender Pour into pie crust Bake at 350 for 45 min – 1 hr (slight browning on top) Add toppings and then refrigerate

  • Cookie Brittle

    Ingredients: 1 cup unsalted butter 1 cup sugar 1 1/2 tsp vanilla 1 tsp salt 2 cups flour 10 oz semi sweet chocolate chips Directions: Preheat oven 350 degrees. Line a 10×15 jelly roll pan with parchment paper. In a mixer cream butter and sugar on medium speed until yellow and smooth. Add salt and vanilla.…

  • Peanut Chews

    Ingredients: 500 gr. peanut butter 350 gr. chocolate 1 1/2 cups honey 250 gr. unsalted peanuts, crushed 6 cups rice crispies 2 packages of white pareve chocolate 5 tbsp peanut butter 2 tbsp dark chocolate Directions: Melt peanut butter, chocolate and honey in double boiler Turn off flame and add peanuts and rice crispies Spread batter on a big tray…

  • Cheese Danishes

    Ingredients (makes 6 balls, each ball makes ’bout 12 danishes. Dough freezes very well): 10 cups flour 2 cups margarine 1 cup sugar 1 tsp salt 4 packages dry yeast 5 eggs 2 Tbsps vanilla 2 cups water Filling (enough to fill 50 danishes): 22.5 oz farmer cheese 2 eggs 1.5 cups sugar 1 Tbsp grated lemon rind (I skipped)…

  • Chocolate Rugelach

    Ingredients: 5 3/4 cups flour 3 sticks margarine 5 tbsp sugar 1 tbsp vanilla sugar 3 eggs 2 oz yeast 1 cup orange juice Filling: 1 cup cocoa 2 1/2 cups sugar 1/2 cup flour 1/2 cup oil 2 tsps vanilla Directions: Knead all ingredients into soft dough. cover dough and set to rise in…