All you need is some kitchen staples, fresh (or frozen ) fruit, and a fork. There is this amazing pie that gets baked by my sister and gets eaten by her family every single Friday. I make it my business to stop by and have a slice because it’s just that good. Well, when I…
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Basics: How to Make Syrian Sambousak
This dairy pastry is a staple in every Syrian home on Shavuot (and after every fast). A couple of years ago, I had this great idea of doing a series of posts featuring teens in the kitchen. Some of my daughter’s friends stepped up and demonstrated a favorite recipe for me to photograph. And then…
Our Greatest Baking Hack: Cheese Filled Cupcake Bites
You can always count on Between Carpools to bring you the greatest shortcuts to amazing treats. These cheese bites might be our best ever! Sure there are days when you feel like digging deep and baking up a storm from scratch. But there are probably more days when you’d love to serve a special treat…
This Heavenly Dairy Bundt Cake Will Become A Family Favorite.
Sour cream and butter, what can go wrong? Not much. Start brewing some coffee because this is the type of cake you will want to have with your morning cup of Joe. Dense and flavorful, this is a pound cake dream. The dairy flavors meld with the cocoa, but it’s not overwhelmingly dairy or heavy….
Knafeh: the Syrian Answer to Cheesecake
You can make the best of Israeli shuk street food in your own kitchen. Editor’s note: A few years ago on a trip to Israel, I took a tour of the Machane Yehuda shuk with Tova In Israel. She introduced us to this most incredible dish and there was no turning back. Every time I…
Our List of the Best Desserts You Can Possibly Make for Shavuos
It’s really, really, hard to choose which Between Carpools desserts to make first. Ummm….yeah. When you put all the best, most delicious cakes and desserts in one roundup, it kinda gets really hard to choose what to make. Like impossible. What do you do when it’s just your own family eating the desserts and you…
Two Easy Steps: Turn A Basic Meringue into a Special Treat
Even your kids can take on this job! These meringues are great to have around (read freezer). Just a simple addition elevates these to a treat to serve guests alongside a cup of tea or as dessert. You’ll need: 1 3.5 ounce bar of dark chocolate, melted (see here how to melt chocolate) ½ cup…
The Mango Dessert That Everyone Has Room For
Refreshing. Light. Easy to prepare. Pretty. Can be prepared in advance. This mango coulis recipe is a keeper. Let’s face it. Yom Tov meals are heavy. Matzos are heavy. A nice refreshing dessert is always welcome. We posted our coulis recipe (see here) for Succos and it was such a huge hit we decided we…
How to Serve Chocolate Fondue for a Shabbos Dessert
We love chocolate, we love fruit and we love an easy dessert! Melted chocolate makes any fruit into dessert, and it’s literally the simplest thing you can prepare for a Friday night treat. Pour a bag of chocolate chips into a quart-size freezer Ziploc bag and seal. Place that bag into a small aluminum pan…
Basics: One Bowl No Mixer Cupcakes
There is one basic every family needs. Why cupcakes? Because cupcakes are always a last minute thing. Need to send something to school party? Forgot someone’s birthday is coming up? Kids bored on Sunday? Cupcakes always come to the rescue. When we decided we needed a cupcake recipe for BCP I didn’t have to go…