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Eggnog with cinnamon swirl in a crystal punch bowl

Authentic Eggnog

By Maureen Abood On December 23, 2020 · 2 Comments · In Christmas, Drinks, Gluten-Free, Winter, Your Favorites
The richness of this authentic eggnog recipe is lightened with a big puff of whipped meringue and whipped cream. You can go non-alcoholic, but the rum really does cut the richness. Authentic eggnog, rich and creamy and heavily spiked, has always for some reason seemed out of reach come Christmas and New Year’s at home. [...]
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Christmas Tree Frosted Cut-Out Cookies

Mom’s Frosted Christmas Cut-Out Cookies

By Maureen Abood On December 13, 2019 · 1 Comment · In Christmas, Pastry and Sweets, Techniques, Your Favorites
Sometimes you just want what Mom made! Here are the frosted cut-out cookies we clamor for at Christmas, a perfect recipe anytime you want a cut-out. The cookies are crisp yet hold shape and taste wonderful, and the frosting is easy, three-ingredient buttercream heaven. I’m really of two minds when it comes to traditional recipes. [...]
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Orange Blossom Pecan Pie slice

Orange Blossom Pecan Pie

By Maureen Abood On November 27, 2019 · 2 Comments · In Christmas, Fall, Pastry and Sweets, Techniques, Winter, Your Favorites
Rich, brown-sugary pecan pie is made better with very toasty pecans and a whisper of orange blossom water. The flavor is as beautiful as it sounds: Orange Blossom Pecan Pie. A shocking moment occurred during the development of this pecan pie recipe. My tester group (Dan and sons) was miffed when I brought plates of [...]
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Vegan Coconut Oil Pie Crust crimped

Coconut Oil Pie Crust

By Maureen Abood On November 6, 2019 · 12 Comments · In Christmas, Fall, Pastry and Sweets, Techniques, Vegan, Your Favorites
Pie crust made with coconut oil is a dream to handle, and results in a rich, tender crust that holds its shape beautifully. A vegan recipe to count on! It’s no secret around here that I’m hopelessly devoted to the pie crust I grew up with, a.k.a.: My Mom’s Best Pie Crust. The flakiness of [...]
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Whipped Feta Dip topped with spices and olive oil

Garlicky Whipped Feta Dip

By Maureen Abood On October 11, 2019 · 8 Comments · In Christmas, Fall, Gluten-Free, Maza, Appetizers and Dips, Techniques, Winter, Your Favorites
Two ingredients and you’re good to go with this garlicky whipped feta dip. The flavor is addictive. Plus, it comes together very quickly and easily. My niece Victoria announced recently that we have 12 Sundays left until Christmas. Her friend Hannah said so. Since then, we’ve dropped to 11 Sundays left ‘til Christmas. I’ve always [...]
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Olive Oil Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese buttercream in a pan

Olive Oil Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

By Maureen Abood On September 12, 2019 · 6 Comments · In Christmas, Fall, Pastry and Sweets, Vegetables, Your Favorites
The olive oil supports the warm flavors of this moist, luscious carrot cake with cream cheese frosting. There is yogurt in the mix as well, for added tenderness. I was surprised a few months ago when we turned on The Great British Baking Show, my brother, who hadn’t seen the show before, really got into [...]
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Pistachio baklava nests on a sheet pan

Pistachio Baklawa Nests

By Maureen Abood On April 13, 2019 · 5 Comments · In Christmas, Easter, Pastry and Sweets, Techniques, Your Favorites
Pistachio Baklawa Nests are light, crisp little phyllo nests drenched in orange blossom syrup. The nests are shaped using a narrow dowel, rolled with lightly buttered phyllo, and topped with orange blossom syrup and raw ground pistachios. Find the pistachios here and the orange blossom water here, at MaureenAboodMarket.com. I took the first one in [...]
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Lebanese Easter Ka'ik with glaze on a rack

Tips for a Better Lebanese Ka’ik Recipe

By Maureen Abood On March 30, 2019 · 32 Comments · In Christmas, Easter, Pastry and Sweets, Techniques, Vegetarian, Your Favorites
Tips for baking better Lebanese Ka’ik, a traditional yeasted Easter bread/cookie that is soft, flavorful, and sweet. For the beautiful molds made of solid walnut, and the Mymoune Rose Water, visit MaureenAboodMarket.com. I’ve shared with you before some of the confounding aspects of our beloved Lebanese ka’ik. I have asked (and continue to ask): is [...]
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Chocolate crinkle cookies with orange blossom on a silpat

Chocolate Crinkle Cookies with Orange Blossom

By Maureen Abood On December 11, 2018 · 12 Comments · In Christmas, Pastry and Sweets, Vegetarian, Your Favorites
Classic chocolate crinkle cookies with orange blossom is a perfect combo: deep, double chocolate flavor with the gentle addition of orange blossom water. Make ahead the dough and freeze the balls to bake off when you’re ready. I haven’t seen a chocolate crinkle cookie on a holiday plate, or made them myself, in a long [...]
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Pistachio baklawa made with olive oil, cut in pieces in the pan

Olive Oil Baklawa with Pistachios

By Maureen Abood On December 2, 2018 · 7 Comments · In Christmas, Easter, Pastry and Sweets, Vegan, Vegetarian, Winter
Olive oil baklawa is a fabulous alternative to classic baklawa, or baklava — the Mediterranean pastry traditionally drenched in butter and flower water syrup. How exciting to have a vegan baklawa (vegan baklava) option that tastes so very good! I won’t say that olive oil baklawa tastes exactly the same as if you’ve made your [...]
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Eggnog with cinnamon swirl in a crystal punch bowl

Authentic Eggnog

By Maureen Abood On December 23, 2020 · 2 Comments · In Christmas, Drinks, Gluten-Free, Winter, Your Favorites
The richness of this authentic eggnog recipe is lightened with a big puff of whipped meringue and whipped cream. You can go non-alcoholic, but the rum really does cut the richness. Authentic eggnog, rich and creamy and heavily spiked, has always for some reason seemed out of reach come Christmas and New Year’s at home. [...]
Read More »
Christmas Tree Frosted Cut-Out Cookies

Mom’s Frosted Christmas Cut-Out Cookies

By Maureen Abood On December 13, 2019 · 1 Comment · In Christmas, Pastry and Sweets, Techniques, Your Favorites
Sometimes you just want what Mom made! Here are the frosted cut-out cookies we clamor for at Christmas, a perfect recipe anytime you want a cut-out. The cookies are crisp yet hold shape and taste wonderful, and the frosting is easy, three-ingredient buttercream heaven. I’m really of two minds when it comes to traditional recipes. [...]
Read More »
Orange Blossom Pecan Pie slice

Orange Blossom Pecan Pie

By Maureen Abood On November 27, 2019 · 2 Comments · In Christmas, Fall, Pastry and Sweets, Techniques, Winter, Your Favorites
Rich, brown-sugary pecan pie is made better with very toasty pecans and a whisper of orange blossom water. The flavor is as beautiful as it sounds: Orange Blossom Pecan Pie. A shocking moment occurred during the development of this pecan pie recipe. My tester group (Dan and sons) was miffed when I brought plates of [...]
Read More »
Vegan Coconut Oil Pie Crust crimped

Coconut Oil Pie Crust

By Maureen Abood On November 6, 2019 · 12 Comments · In Christmas, Fall, Pastry and Sweets, Techniques, Vegan, Your Favorites
Pie crust made with coconut oil is a dream to handle, and results in a rich, tender crust that holds its shape beautifully. A vegan recipe to count on! It’s no secret around here that I’m hopelessly devoted to the pie crust I grew up with, a.k.a.: My Mom’s Best Pie Crust. The flakiness of [...]
Read More »
Whipped Feta Dip topped with spices and olive oil

Garlicky Whipped Feta Dip

By Maureen Abood On October 11, 2019 · 8 Comments · In Christmas, Fall, Gluten-Free, Maza, Appetizers and Dips, Techniques, Winter, Your Favorites
Two ingredients and you’re good to go with this garlicky whipped feta dip. The flavor is addictive. Plus, it comes together very quickly and easily. My niece Victoria announced recently that we have 12 Sundays left until Christmas. Her friend Hannah said so. Since then, we’ve dropped to 11 Sundays left ‘til Christmas. I’ve always [...]
Read More »
Olive Oil Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese buttercream in a pan

Olive Oil Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

By Maureen Abood On September 12, 2019 · 6 Comments · In Christmas, Fall, Pastry and Sweets, Vegetables, Your Favorites
The olive oil supports the warm flavors of this moist, luscious carrot cake with cream cheese frosting. There is yogurt in the mix as well, for added tenderness. I was surprised a few months ago when we turned on The Great British Baking Show, my brother, who hadn’t seen the show before, really got into [...]
Read More »
Pistachio baklava nests on a sheet pan

Pistachio Baklawa Nests

By Maureen Abood On April 13, 2019 · 5 Comments · In Christmas, Easter, Pastry and Sweets, Techniques, Your Favorites
Pistachio Baklawa Nests are light, crisp little phyllo nests drenched in orange blossom syrup. The nests are shaped using a narrow dowel, rolled with lightly buttered phyllo, and topped with orange blossom syrup and raw ground pistachios. Find the pistachios here and the orange blossom water here, at MaureenAboodMarket.com. I took the first one in [...]
Read More »
Lebanese Easter Ka'ik with glaze on a rack

Tips for a Better Lebanese Ka’ik Recipe

By Maureen Abood On March 30, 2019 · 32 Comments · In Christmas, Easter, Pastry and Sweets, Techniques, Vegetarian, Your Favorites
Tips for baking better Lebanese Ka’ik, a traditional yeasted Easter bread/cookie that is soft, flavorful, and sweet. For the beautiful molds made of solid walnut, and the Mymoune Rose Water, visit MaureenAboodMarket.com. I’ve shared with you before some of the confounding aspects of our beloved Lebanese ka’ik. I have asked (and continue to ask): is [...]
Read More »
Chocolate crinkle cookies with orange blossom on a silpat

Chocolate Crinkle Cookies with Orange Blossom

By Maureen Abood On December 11, 2018 · 12 Comments · In Christmas, Pastry and Sweets, Vegetarian, Your Favorites
Classic chocolate crinkle cookies with orange blossom is a perfect combo: deep, double chocolate flavor with the gentle addition of orange blossom water. Make ahead the dough and freeze the balls to bake off when you’re ready. I haven’t seen a chocolate crinkle cookie on a holiday plate, or made them myself, in a long [...]
Read More »
Pistachio baklawa made with olive oil, cut in pieces in the pan

Olive Oil Baklawa with Pistachios

By Maureen Abood On December 2, 2018 · 7 Comments · In Christmas, Easter, Pastry and Sweets, Vegan, Vegetarian, Winter
Olive oil baklawa is a fabulous alternative to classic baklawa, or baklava — the Mediterranean pastry traditionally drenched in butter and flower water syrup. How exciting to have a vegan baklawa (vegan baklava) option that tastes so very good! I won’t say that olive oil baklawa tastes exactly the same as if you’ve made your [...]
Read More »
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