From a Friend – Chocolate Rugelach

Denufoods, DElicious and NUtritious foods,  has a great recipe for Chocolate Rugelach on its blog using Love’n Bake Chocolate Schmear.  The pastry looks so perfectly formed and delicious.  Thanks!

FROM THE RECIPE FILE – Hamantaschen

Hamantaschen

The joyous festival of Purim, a Jewish celebration of survival begins at sundown on February, 27th 2010 (Saturday). It ends at sundown on February, 28th 2010 (Sunday).  Among the favorite foods of the festival are Hamantaschen. A traditional pastry of the feast, hamantaschen is a delicious triangular-shaped dough bursting with poppy seed filling. (We like it with our Prune Lekvar and the Chocolate Schmear is also delicious in this dough.) 

The dough for these flaky cookies is easy to make. Enlist a friend or two to help roll out and fill the little triangular shapes before baking.  

For the Hamantaschen recipe, click here. 

From a Friend – Hazelnut King Cake

Michelle Meche's Hazelnut King Cake

 Let the good times roll.  Michelle Meche won an inspiration box of Love’n Bake ingredients through a contest we sponsored with Foodie Blogroll.  She was kind enough to send us the link to her post and this message. “I (finally!) made a King Cake using the hazelnut praline that was part of my goodie box.  The recipe makes a traditional New Orleans style King Cake.  The hazelnut praline worked very well as a King Cake filling.  No problems at all and the flavor it lent to the cake was great.”

Don’t forget. Mardi Gras falls on Tuesday, February 16, 2010.  Visit Michelle’s blog for this recipe.

Mardi Gras – Let the Good Times Roll

King Arthur Flour's King Cake Mix

 

King Cake 

New Orleans is gearing up for Mardi Gras, Feb 16, 2010. Our friends at King Arthur Flour have come up with a nifty kit for making King Cake, the signature sweet of Fat Tuesday.  If you’ve a hankering to try your hand at making this brioche-like ring full of sweet almond filling, visit their web site. 

 Click here for the King Arthur Flour King Cake Mix.