I think I almost killed some snowmen today. I actually wanted to make Cookies for Cookie Friday with nice good looking snowmen on top, but somehow they started to melt… no idea why?! Maybe it’s the climate change? But no… Trump says that is fake new :P Well… I guess we have to live with these half-melted Snowman Cookies. Still good!
Cheers! Don’t worry I haven’t started to drink while I am writing recipes and articles, either did I develop such a habit while baking ;) But there is a reason for the “cheers” – the new Tullamore D.E.W XO plays an important part in these Caribbean inspired Shortbread today, so I guess you can serve a glass with it. Right?! Well then… cheers again!
It is cold outside. From now on you can bake again stuff that is bigger and more indulging. All I say “Winter is coming!”. Not only on Games of Thrones ;) You have to be prepared for the cold temperatures and the snow outside. That’s why Andrea from Zimtkeks & Apfeltarte and myself decided to choose “chocolate” as our topic for this years last “Bake Together – The Baking Surprise”. Normally I would use this as an excuse to bake something overly crazy with loads of chocolate… but I could hold myself back and used only about 1 kilogram of chocolate in this Brownie Double Chocolate Mousse Cake. Here in Germany, we would say “a breath of nothing”…
Here in Germany, we have some bakes and sweets that have kind of weird names – even for us Germans ;) People eat things like “Liebesknochen” aka. Lovebones or “Schweineohren” aka. Pigs Ears (that is something sweet, not actual ears from pigs) or “Katzenzungen” aka. Cat Tongues (yeah I know… weird). The name of today’s “Christmas Cookie Friday” cookies can easily be put into the same category of weirdness: Engelsaugen aka. Angel Eyes. In general a nice name, but when you look at the cookies and imagine angels with that kind of red eyes?! Oh boy… ;)
Cinnamon in bakes is always a good idea, right?! I could eat cinnamon rolls all day long. In combination with some nuts they get even better I think. That’s why I made my Cinnamon Sticky Buns today with pecans. So good. So sticky ;) In case you are going to bake these fellas one day, you will see yourself. Awesome combination! The minute they hit the oven you can smell them in the complete house. I’m drooling already just thinking of it ;)
I love my job, but in between I love to bake and try new things in the kitchen. A lot of my friends and colleagues encourage me to bake - for a very simple reason: they get the leftovers - and it seems they like it most of the time ;)
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