Quatre-Quarts is a French cake that I love so much. Quatre-quarts means four quaters, because you need four ingredients for the dough and these 4 ingredients – eggs, flour, sugar and butter – are supposed to have the same weight. The French Pound cake is so easy to prepare. You can add dried fruits (raisins, cranberries…), orange…
I’ve never made homemade applesauce. Why? I do not know! Yesterday I made Apple Compote. It smelled so good in my kitchen! It’s sweet and delicious! It’s a good way to eat apples! I used a mix of Honey Crisp and Pink Lady. Apple sauce is a good dessert, and perfect for a breakfast too. It is easy to make…
What a Beautiful Bread! Thanks to Sawsan from “the Chef in Disguise”, she challenged us to make a Cinnamon Sweet Bread or a Nutella Twists. I chose Nutella Twists. This Bread is fantastic to make. I enjoyed making it and eating it! My son ate a lot of Nutella Twists. After a long day at…
Sablés are delicate butter biscuits, crunchy and crumbly. The French word sable means “sand”, which refers to the sandy texture. When I eat a sablé , I cannot resist to eat another one, and another one ….. I asked my kids, “do you want to eat one before I finish them all”, Ah Ah Ah! I loved French sablés. I remember…
Have you ever seen “Julie and Julia” by Nora Ephron? This movie is based on two true stories, about real-life women who never met, Julia Child and Julie Powell. Julia Child, expatried in France in 1949 decides to learn the art of French cooking. As for Julie, she decided to create a blog in 2002 in New York “Julie and Julia, 524…
Whaouh! What a marvelous recipe my daughter made by herself today! She said : Mom, I need to go shopping to buy: squares Pretzels, Kisses and M&M’s. What do you want to do? Pretzel Kisses, Mom! I have never eaten Pretzel Kisses before. It melts in the mouth, it’s really delicious. It was really fun to…
