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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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Shortbread dipped in white chocolate flavored with freeze dried fruit

Pastel Dipped Shortbread (Graybeh)

By Maureen Abood On April 6, 2019 · 4 Comments · In Easter, Pastry and Sweets, Your Favorites
Pastel dipped shortbread are melt-away Lebanese butter cookies, dressed up in a dip of white chocolate, naturally flavored and colored with freeze-dried fruit–blueberry for lavender and strawberry for pink. Try my other graybeh recipes: orange blossom-lavendar graybeh, classic graybeh, and almond graybeh. Find orange blossom water here. I’ve been searching for a whole lotta years [...]
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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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Apricot Nectarine Cobbler with yogurt biscuits

Apricot Nectarine Cobbler

By Maureen Abood On August 23, 2018 · 5 Comments · In Techniques
My favorite Apricot Nectarine Cobbler is made with light, fluffy biscuits made moist and tender with laban (yogurt). The apricots and nectarines pair perfectly and require no peeling, a much faster preparation. Try my blueberry cobbler recipe too, with a shortbread-like crust (and a story I hold dear). I’m thinking to change the name of [...]
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Blondie bars with orange blossom caramel

Blondie Bars with Caramel

By Maureen Abood On June 28, 2018 · 9 Comments · In Christmas, Fall, Pastry and Sweets, Stories and Recipes, Summer, Winter, Your Favorites
This favorite recipe for blondie bars with caramel originates with Claire Ptak’s The Violet Bakery Cookbook. I’ve added orange blossom water, which is such a good friend of caramel, and tahini, a good friend of most everything! These bars will become your go-to for picnics, potlucks, and parties of any kind… Couple of months ago, [...]
Read More »
Almond graybeh on a sheet pan

Almond Graybeh

By Maureen Abood On March 8, 2018 · 12 Comments · In Christmas, Easter, Pastry and Sweets, Winter
Almond graybeh is a classic Lebanese butter cookie that is delicate, light, and pure white. Almond graybeh is baked especially for Easter and Christmas. The recipe makes so many cookies (4 dozen!) that it’s perfect for weddings, graduation parties, or anytime you want lots of incredibly delicious cookies to share. I’ve always been a huge [...]
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Lebanese donuts on a rack with syrup glaze

Zalabia, Glazed Lebanese Donuts

By Maureen Abood On January 4, 2018 · 21 Comments · In Breads, Christmas, Pastry and Sweets, Your Favorites
These traditional Lebanese zalabia donuts are made with a yeasted dough, spiced with anise and cinnamon and glazed with flower water syrup. Zalabia donuts are made by Christian Lebanese to celebrate the feast of the Epiphany in January, but we love them whenever we want homemade donuts. We also make zalabia with “leftover” dough on [...]
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Toasted Marshmallow frosting over a chocolate caramel cake, Muareen Abood

Showstopper Chocolate Cake with Caramel and Marshmallow

By Maureen Abood On December 22, 2017 · 13 Comments · In Christmas, Pastry and Sweets, Stories and Recipes, Techniques
This cake makes everyone happy wherever it goes! A super-simple yet very elegant dark chocolate cake is filled with caramel and topped with marshmallow frosting. A hint of orange blossom in the caramel is special. Torch the beautiful white peaks and valleys on your cake for a toasty, s’mores-like effect, one I just can’t get [...]
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Nut-free baklawa in a pan, Maureen Abood

Nut-Free Baklawa

By Maureen Abood On December 8, 2017 · 10 Comments · In Christmas, Easter, Pastry and Sweets, Stories and Recipes, Techniques, Winter, Your Favorites
Your nut-free baklawa recipe is here! A combination of seeds make a filling that competes handily with traditional nut fillings, so anyone with nut allergies or simply avoiding nuts can enjoy this buttery, crisp, fragrant pastry. All of the tips for making traditional baklawa with nuts can be used with this recipe (except…the nuts!). Read [...]
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Simple Syrup for Lebanese Baklawa, Maureen Abood

How to make Lebanese Baklawa

By Maureen Abood On December 2, 2017 · 36 Comments · In Christmas, Easter, Pastry and Sweets, Stories and Recipes, Techniques, Your Favorites
Learn how to make Lebanese baklawa with confidence, ease, and joy! Here you will make phyllo your friend, clarified butter your baby, toasty ground nuts your nirvana. And flower water syrup—that sweet simplicity that distinguishes Lebanese baklawa from all other baklavas—your pure, aromatic nectar. Scroll down to find links to all of the recipes. Let’s [...]
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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 [...]
Read More »
Shortbread dipped in white chocolate flavored with freeze dried fruit

Pastel Dipped Shortbread (Graybeh)

By Maureen Abood On April 6, 2019 · 4 Comments · In Easter, Pastry and Sweets, Your Favorites
Pastel dipped shortbread are melt-away Lebanese butter cookies, dressed up in a dip of white chocolate, naturally flavored and colored with freeze-dried fruit–blueberry for lavender and strawberry for pink. Try my other graybeh recipes: orange blossom-lavendar graybeh, classic graybeh, and almond graybeh. Find orange blossom water here. I’ve been searching for a whole lotta years [...]
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 »
Apricot Nectarine Cobbler with yogurt biscuits

Apricot Nectarine Cobbler

By Maureen Abood On August 23, 2018 · 5 Comments · In Techniques
My favorite Apricot Nectarine Cobbler is made with light, fluffy biscuits made moist and tender with laban (yogurt). The apricots and nectarines pair perfectly and require no peeling, a much faster preparation. Try my blueberry cobbler recipe too, with a shortbread-like crust (and a story I hold dear). I’m thinking to change the name of [...]
Read More »
Blondie bars with orange blossom caramel

Blondie Bars with Caramel

By Maureen Abood On June 28, 2018 · 9 Comments · In Christmas, Fall, Pastry and Sweets, Stories and Recipes, Summer, Winter, Your Favorites
This favorite recipe for blondie bars with caramel originates with Claire Ptak’s The Violet Bakery Cookbook. I’ve added orange blossom water, which is such a good friend of caramel, and tahini, a good friend of most everything! These bars will become your go-to for picnics, potlucks, and parties of any kind… Couple of months ago, [...]
Read More »
Almond graybeh on a sheet pan

Almond Graybeh

By Maureen Abood On March 8, 2018 · 12 Comments · In Christmas, Easter, Pastry and Sweets, Winter
Almond graybeh is a classic Lebanese butter cookie that is delicate, light, and pure white. Almond graybeh is baked especially for Easter and Christmas. The recipe makes so many cookies (4 dozen!) that it’s perfect for weddings, graduation parties, or anytime you want lots of incredibly delicious cookies to share. I’ve always been a huge [...]
Read More »
Lebanese donuts on a rack with syrup glaze

Zalabia, Glazed Lebanese Donuts

By Maureen Abood On January 4, 2018 · 21 Comments · In Breads, Christmas, Pastry and Sweets, Your Favorites
These traditional Lebanese zalabia donuts are made with a yeasted dough, spiced with anise and cinnamon and glazed with flower water syrup. Zalabia donuts are made by Christian Lebanese to celebrate the feast of the Epiphany in January, but we love them whenever we want homemade donuts. We also make zalabia with “leftover” dough on [...]
Read More »
Toasted Marshmallow frosting over a chocolate caramel cake, Muareen Abood

Showstopper Chocolate Cake with Caramel and Marshmallow

By Maureen Abood On December 22, 2017 · 13 Comments · In Christmas, Pastry and Sweets, Stories and Recipes, Techniques
This cake makes everyone happy wherever it goes! A super-simple yet very elegant dark chocolate cake is filled with caramel and topped with marshmallow frosting. A hint of orange blossom in the caramel is special. Torch the beautiful white peaks and valleys on your cake for a toasty, s’mores-like effect, one I just can’t get [...]
Read More »
Nut-free baklawa in a pan, Maureen Abood

Nut-Free Baklawa

By Maureen Abood On December 8, 2017 · 10 Comments · In Christmas, Easter, Pastry and Sweets, Stories and Recipes, Techniques, Winter, Your Favorites
Your nut-free baklawa recipe is here! A combination of seeds make a filling that competes handily with traditional nut fillings, so anyone with nut allergies or simply avoiding nuts can enjoy this buttery, crisp, fragrant pastry. All of the tips for making traditional baklawa with nuts can be used with this recipe (except…the nuts!). Read [...]
Read More »
Simple Syrup for Lebanese Baklawa, Maureen Abood

How to make Lebanese Baklawa

By Maureen Abood On December 2, 2017 · 36 Comments · In Christmas, Easter, Pastry and Sweets, Stories and Recipes, Techniques, Your Favorites
Learn how to make Lebanese baklawa with confidence, ease, and joy! Here you will make phyllo your friend, clarified butter your baby, toasty ground nuts your nirvana. And flower water syrup—that sweet simplicity that distinguishes Lebanese baklawa from all other baklavas—your pure, aromatic nectar. Scroll down to find links to all of the recipes. Let’s [...]
Read More »
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