Ka’ik ib’Fisdok, or Pistachio Cookies

October 15, 2012 by Stephanie | 4 Comments

I love pistachios! I think they’re my favorite nut (besides Richie, teehee). So these cookies are great, because they don’t hide the pistachio flavor with almond extract, ick! Don’t get me wrong, I like almonds, too, but there’s something about almond extract that I don’t like. I can pick out the flavor in any recipe, and it’s almost always used as a flavoring in pistachio desserts.

This recipe uses orange blossom water instead, which is optional, and therefore I skipped it, because I didn’t have any. So the four-ingredient cookies turned into three-ingredients cookies! That’s right, three.

Did I mention they’re parve and gluten free? Well, they are! I frozen half, because that’s what I do, and while lots of cookies are best hot out of the oven, these shine when they’re cold out of the freezer.

Ka’ik ib’Fisdok, Pistachio Cookies from A Fistful of Lentils

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups shelled pistachios
2 large egg whites
1 to 2 teaspoons orange blossom water, to taste (optional)
3/4 cup sugar

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 300 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.
Place the pistachios in a food processor and blend until finely ground
Beat the egg whites until stiff peaks form and then fold in the orange blossom water if using.
Gently pour the sugar over the egg whites and fold with a wooden spoon. Add the pistachios and fold until fully incorporated.
Scoop the “dough” onto the cookie sheet, leaving 1 inch in between. Bake for about 15 minutes.
Allow to cool for 30 minutes before removing them from the sheet, or else they may break.

Apple Cake

September 24, 2012 by Stephanie | 4 Comments

This recipe is for a Rosh Hashana apple cake, but I made it a little too late for the holiday. Still, it’s fall, so we’re going to be eating a lot of apples. I have been using Food52 a lot for finding recipes, and I liked how this one was already parevified for me! I mean, it would be delicious with melted butter in place of the vegetable oil, don’t get me wrong, but I served it after a meat Shabbat dinner.

Honey Chiffon Spice Cake: September Kosher Linkup

September 12, 2012 by Jessica | 5 Comments

I have never had a Rosh Hashanah with honey cake. Yes, you read that right. I never ate or served a honey cake during the new year. So why am I sharing this recipe with you? Well, for one, I wanted to try it out. There’s a first time for everything, right? And the second was I was racking my brain trying to think of a honey recipe to share for our Rosh Hashanah linkup. And then I thought to myself, “duh, can’t go wrong with a classic holiday recipe!”

Blueberry Pie

August 16, 2012 by Jessica | 7 Comments

I told you I like baking pies! While I usually stick with whatever fruit has been on the counter a little too long, or my go-to recipe of peach pie with a few blueberries thrown in, there’s always something special about blueberry pie. Yes, it takes a little longer to make, since you have to cook the blueberries separately, but since there’s no cutting or chopping involved, it probably evens out.

Carrot Cake, take 2

August 6, 2012 by Jessica | 4 Comments

Carrot cake is one of the best cakes out there. It’s not because of the healthy vegetable hiding in it, either. It’s because of the cream cheese frosting. Everyone knows cream cheese frosting is the best. So even though we’ve made carrot cake before, I saw this recipe in Cook’s Illustrated and thought it would be a perfect Shavuot treat! Thin layers of cake, nuts only on the outside, and something I could bake ahead of time and freeze, how could you go wrong?

Cherry Pie

August 1, 2012 by Jessica | 4 Comments

I am obsessed with baking pies. Seriously, I baked this same cherry pie two days in a row (it helped that cherries were on sale). The great thing about pie is that it’s amazing as a dessert topped with ice cream. But it’s also great for breakfast. So if you’re having company over, you’ll really have to make two pies to ensure leftovers for breakfast the next day. It also helped that I recently bought a cherry pitter for my dad. And then probably used it more than he did.

Chocolate Swirl Buns

July 29, 2012 by Stephanie | 2 Comments

We hope everyone is having an easy and meaningful Tisha B’av. You know what can pass the time today? Baking! But a not-so-hard baking project. These have to rise a couple of times, giving you a break, but are involved enough to keep your mind off of how hungry you are.

We’ve made chocolate babka before, we’ve made cinnamon babka and we’ve made cinnamon buns. Twice. We even made rugelach when we first started blogging; it’s been three years, and we still can’t find those pictures!

I can’t believe I’ve never thought of filling cinnamon buns with chocolate instead, since chocolate is by far the superior babka flavor! And they’re so similar, buns and babka. A yeast dough, rolled and baked. Breakfast or dessert. Babka and buns basically the same relationship as cake to cupcake. And one person who I fed this to even mentioned rugelach, even that’s less doughy and more cookie-y. Continue reading …

Easy Rice Pudding

July 25, 2012 by Jessica | 6 Comments

This rice pudding recipe is a simple one. It doesn’t have many “extra” flavors, but it’s creamy, sweet while not being too sweet, and everyone loves it, from your oldest guests, to your one-year-old.

We’re no strangers to rice pudding. We’ve made this particular recipes a few times, only to think to ourselves that it’s way too easy to blog about…But who are we kidding? Everyone loves this recipe, why not share it with all of you? It’s our go-to dairy rice pudding. It’s always a hit (last time we made it there were no leftovers)! Want to make some pareve rice pudding? Click here. Continue reading …

Spicy Pineapple Ice Pops – July Kosher Linkup

July 16, 2012 by Jessica | 7 Comments

I love pineapple. When I traveled to Hawaii, I must’ve eaten an entire pineapple for each day I was there. For dessert, in my drinks, stolen off my husband’s plate, wherever I could get pineapple, I would. Of course, you wouldn’t know that from reading our blog, since I don’t think we ever used pineapple in a recipe yet, which is why I chose pineapple for this frozen dessert I will share with you.

Tiramisu Cake

July 5, 2012 by Stephanie | 6 Comments

It’s funny how some weeks can go by that I don’t feel like cooking at all, and then one day I’ll wake up and decide that I want to bake a cake with layers and icing and decorations. And while I’m baking, I’ll need to invite people over to help me eat said cake, so I’ll have to make a big dinner. In my tiny apartment. Did I ever mention that I have a miniature oven? Because I do.

Does that ever happen to you? Continue reading …