All you need are some pizza dough rounds, cinnamon and sugar, and a sauce to enjoy them with! I love frying. Truly love it. But since I do try to cook most things in moderation I don’t pull out the fryer that much. Come Chanukah and my small, cheap, and powerful fryer sits on the…
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A Completely Incredible Apple Cobbler Cinnamon Bun Pie (Yes, That’s the Name!)
Yes. It’s all that but also it tastes even better than it sounds Every once in a while you stumble upon a recipe that is so unique, and so good, you know it belonged to some grandmother in Hungary. You can picture that grandmother wearing her apron in her old-fashioned kitchen as you bite into…
The Pecan & Pumpkin Crunch Dessert We’re Enjoying This Fall
Once October hits, anything with pumpkin and cinnamon simply sounds tempting and comforting. Are you looking for a dessert that’s a bit different? Perhaps something you could prepare ahead, bake fresh, and serve warm in the sukkah? Here it is! Don’t be skeptical when you’re adding those ingredients to the mixer! The final result…
Have a Freshly Baked Babka Every Week – Here’s the Shortcut
If you’re making challah, you can make a babka, too. Just prepare a large batch of dry babka filling and you’ll have fresh chocolate babka every week! Babka is a big job, right? Make a dough, make a filling, make a mess – you know what I’m talking about. But it doesn’t have to be….
The Healthy-Ish Apple Date Crumble (That Just Happens to be Gluten Free Too)
It’s still dessert, but this apple date crumble will have you feeling good as you end the meal. Salads should be healthy. Desserts, not. I’ve learned that it’s very hard to make a completely healthy dessert that’ll give you that after-the-meal satisfaction that desserts are supposed to bring (there are some rare exceptions). Rather than…
What Do You Have in the Freezer for Yom Tov? Oh, Just Some Crumbs.
Get your crumbs ready now and your Yom Tov desserts will be mostly done. Many of our favorite desserts involve some kind of crumb topping. Fruit desserts are very popular, especially now when Rosh Hashanah means apples … and then Sukkos is the time we love those warm desserts. But you know what’s really great…
Easiest Fruit Pie That Will Be In Your Oven In 5 Minutes
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…
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….