This past weekend, I made a lot of food for a holiday party, which means I have a few new recipes to share this week! One of this first things I made was this almond snack. Putting out a bowl of nuts or snack mix is easy, but this – roasted almonds with fleur de sel, fresh… Read More Roasted Almonds with Rosemary and Fleur de Sel
When I bake, making the final product look its best isn’t usually my primary goal. I think food is more about how it makes you feel (and how it tastes, of course) than how it looks. Holiday cookies, however, are different. Seeing a festive cookie gets you in the holiday mood and instantly lifts your… Read More Almond Wreath Cookies (Mandelkränzchen)
Let the Thanksgiving prep begin! Last Fall, one of my first posts on Pâte à Chew was Pumpkin Pie with Streusel Topping. I wrote about it a few days before Thanksgiving; it is a recipe I have been making for years, and I wanted to share it before the holiday arrived. Well, for a blog… Read More Caramel Walnut Pie
I actually feel a little guilty for sharing this recipe with you. Let me step back for a minute. Candy isn’t something I’ve made much on this site. I did, of course, make Florentines – a candy-like cookie, but still technically candy. As I mentioned in the Florentines post, candy can be a little intimidating – sugar… Read More Spicy Brittle
The recipe I’m most proud of calling my own is my Chocolate Cherry Biscotti – I’m happy to say that people actually prefer this low-fat, twice-baked cookie to other things that come out of my oven. But I’ve been making them for a few years now, and I wondered if I could create another type of … Read More Almond Biscotti