Monthly Archives: June 2016
Chocolate amaretti almond cookie
I had just baked a large tin of little brittle amaretti when I started to think about my variation on the salam de biscuiti cookie from Romania. These small almond cookies seemed perfect to use for my version of …
Salam de biscuiti cookie from Romania
It is not difficult to guess where the name of this cookie comes from. Salam di biscuiti literally means salami of biscuits in Romanian. This chocolate roll with little pieces of plain cookies does look a lot like a nice …
Crunchy donut cookie
The taste of the traditional chin chin cookie from Nigeria made me think of the Dutch traditional ‘oliebol’, a donut-type treat eaten in The Netherlands on New Year’s eve. You can have them plain or filled with raisins, currants and …
Chin chin cookie from Nigeria
A very dangerous cookie, this fried little morsel from Nigeria! The little cookies are usually flavored with just two simple ingredients – nutmeg and lemon zest – and they are extremely addictive. Somehow lemon and nutmeg is a winning combination …