I developed this recipe for one of my cooking videos. Throughout my travels, people have stopped me to let me know how much they love these lotus bars! These Lotus Bars are from my latest book, Perfect Flavors. Enjoy them and let me know what you think! Lotus Cookie Bars Save Print Author: Naomi Nachman…
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Irresistible Chocolate Cake: Duncan Hines Hack
Bake this Duncan Hines “dump cake” chocolate cake and you’ll be the most popular neighbor on the block. This is the favorite cake of all the block kids and among all of my friends who come over on Shabbos. This type of cake is called a “dump cake” because it starts with a Duncan Hines…
Yes, I’m Sharing My Essential Challah Recipe
When you have the right challah recipe, it just makes every Shabbos and Yom Tov meal right. Sharing a challah recipe comes with anxiety. There is nothing worse than someone trying your challah recipe to find that it doesn’t work out for them. But, we’ve been loving these challahs for the last few years and…
The Best Honey Cake: Decadent. Satisfying. Just The Right Amount Of Gooeyness.
You might need to hide it once it’s baked, though. This honey cake is that good. Does anybody out there also get sentimental about honey cake? Or am I alone in this? Why is honey cake up there in the top 5 of my most favorite comfort foods ever? Is it because my mother and probably…
Went Peach Picking? Too Many Peaches? 11 Great Peach Recipes
We all wait for peach season and sure, peaches are great on their own. But when a peach is this good, we want to enjoy them in more ways than one. So you had a great outing and everyone was happy. The buckets are full of sweet golden goodness. Now that everyone has eaten as…
The Best Dairy Cinnamon Buns with Cream Cheese Frosting
My kids always beg me to make these dairy cinnamon buns. A couple of years ago, while on vacation, I met a friend who was enjoying certified kosher, yet chalav stam, Cinnabons at a mall. When she said that I could not make something that good on my own in a chalav Yisrael version, I…
The Creamiest Cheesiest Babka Buns
Warning: These Cheese Babka Buns are too incredibly delicious. You’ll be dreaming about them long after Shavuos is over. When we originally printed this recipe in Dairy Made Easy, it had about half the filling. I like cheese babka with way more filling, so I doubled the filling (even though I don’t use all of it). It…
The Trick To Keeping Your Kitchen Clean When Making Babka
Babka is delicious. But all that dough being rolled, and filling being sprinkled everywhere also creates a big mess. We have a solution. I’m addicted to baking babka. There is nothing as satisfying as baking a yeast dough…then add some cocoa and sugar for a chocolaty, chocolaty filling and bam! It’s addictive. But there’s a…
Light and Airy Israeli-Style Cheesecake
Want a no-bake, fluffy, smooth, refreshing cheesecake? This is the one! Add this one to the Shavuos menu and it’ll be part of your Yom Tov memories forever. My mother-in-law used to make this cheesecake, and I remember always loving it. So light and airy, almost like whipped cream…it was so different than the typical…
Cheesecake Cookie Bites
These cookies, made with cream cheese and butter, simply melt in the mouth. Cheesecake cooke bites are delectable, light, and delicious. Yocheved is the type of friend and neighbor who always delivers something yummy at your door just at the right moment. Lucky for us, 3 out of 5 of us live in her vicinity….