Focaccia I
Focaccia is a flat, leavened bread native to Italy. Ingredients Procedure Sprinkle one teaspoon of the yeast over ½ cup of the water in a medium bowl. Stir to mix, and let stand 10 minutes. Stir in ¾ cup flour,…
Techniques Baking
Passover Carrot Almond Cake
This carrot almond cake is kosher for Passover since it uses matzo meal instead of wheat flour. Ingredients Matzo cake meal (for pan) 4 eggs, separated and at room temperature ½ cup light brown sugar 1½ cup finely grated carrot…
Cinnamon Bun
A cinnamon bun (or a cinnamon roll) is a type of pastry made with cinnamon, sugar and butter. Ingredients Procedure Pastry Combine flour, baking powder and salt. Cut in the shortening. Add the milk, stirring with a knife until the…
Challah
Ingredients Procedure Dough Put bread flour in a bowl. Mix in the ½ cup of sugar and the salt. In a small bowl or large measuring cup, add the 1 ½ cups of warm water. Mix in the 1 tablespoon…
Eclairs
These long, puffy buns are filled with cream and topped with rich chocolate icing. The buns are made with choux pastry, which is made by bringing butter and water to the boil, tipping in the flour and then beating in…
Ka’ak (Savory Ring-Shaped Biscuit)
Ka’ak (Arabic: كعك), is a biscuit traditionally baked while clinging to the wall of a clay oven, or on the floor of a masonry oven. The dough is enriched with oil, sugar, black cumin, and yeast, and flavored with condiments,…
Fudge Brownies
Fudge brownies are dark, dense, fudge-like brownies. They contain more cocoa than cake-like brownies and as a result they are slightly more bitter and have a more “dark chocolate” taste. Ingredients 110 g (1.2 dl or ½ cup or 4…
Passover Orange Walnut Cake
Ingredients 5 eggs 1 cup white granulated sugar 1 cup oil 1 cup matzah meal Orange extract 1 cup ground walnuts Procedure Preheat oven to 350°F. Beat eggs and add sugar, mix. Mix in oil and add matzah meal. Add…
Passover Hazelnut Chocolate Loaf
Ingredients 1 cup hazelnuts 6 ounces semisweet or bittersweet chocolate 5 ½ tablespoons (125 g) unsalted margarine ½ tablespoon potato flour or rice flour (for those who eat kitniyos) 4 eggs, room temperature 1 egg white, room temperature ½ cup…
Malawach (Flaky Flatbread)
Malawach is a layered, flaky flatbread that is popularly eaten in Israel, and now made popular in other regions. It is typically brushed with oil or fat and cooked flat in a frying pan. Ingredients 1 kg white all-purpose wheat…
Kubaneh (Yemenite Pull-Apart Bread)
Kubaneh (Arabic: كبانة ; Hebrew: כֻּבַּאנֶה), is a leavened bread baked in a greased pot with a tightly-sealed lid, where it cooks in its own vapors. Traditionally eaten by the Jews of Yemen on Sabbath days and holidays, the pot is…
Jahnun (Yemenite Layered Pastry)
Jachnun is a Yemenite pastry made of worked dough (made without the use of yeast) and traditionally eaten hot during the Sabbath morning meal, after being left to bake all throughout the night within a sealed pot in an oven.…