Another spanish recipe: Arroz con leche! This one is made with rice (arroz), milk (leche) and cinnamon! And it tastes delicious and sweet. It is the perfect end for a great meal and I don't know anybody who doesn't love it. Our grandmas make it all the time!

Ahhh now I want one! =)

Click here to read the recipe at Hand Made Europe blog!

It is easy to make and yummy, so you can treat your friends with this spanish dessert. Hope you like it!

This time we have: Cream Custard Tarts, one of the most famous sweets of Portugal, the so called “Pastéis de Nata”.


Wow it looks so yummy!!!

Click here to read the recipe at Hand Made Europe blog!

Argh, I wish I was any good at desserts cooking lol

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Here we have a new recipe!

This time for ANZAC biscuits (or cookies), directly from Australia!

ANZAC stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. They came about during the First World War, around 1914/15. The biscuits were originally by resourceful women on the "home front" back in Australia in an endeavour to make a treat for their loved ones, fighting in the war, that would survive the long journey by post to the war front.

This recipe was sent to me by Anna and Shara. Seems Aussies love this cookies! =)

ANZAC Biscuits

1 cup plain flour
1 cup rolled oats (regular oatmeal) uncooked
1 cup desiccated coconut
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup butter
2 tbsp golden syrup (or honey)
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
2 tbsp boiling water

Combine the flour (sifted), oats, coconut and sugar in a bowl.
Melt the butter and Golden Syrup (or honey) in a saucepan over a low heat..
Mix the bicarbonate of soda with the water and add to the butter and Golden Syrup.
Pour the liquids into the dry ingredients and mix well.
Spoon dollops of mixture, about the size of a walnut shell, onto a greased or lined tin leaving as much space again between dollops to allow for spreading.
Bake in a moderate oven, 180C / 350F, for 15-20 minutes.
Cool on a wire rack and seal in airtight containers.

There is another version of the recipe with macadamia nuts! HMMMMM

ANZAC Biscuits with macadamia nuts

75g (1/2 cup) whole macadamia nuts
115g (3/4 cup) plain flour
1 tsp ground ginger
165g (1 1/2 cups) rolled oats
165g (3/4 cup) sugar
45g (1/2 cup) desiccated coconut
2 tbs boiling water
1 tbs golden syrup (if you can't find this honey or maple syrup will do)
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
125g butter, melted

1. Preheat your oven to 160°C. Line 2 large baking trays with non-stick baking paper. Lay the macadamia nuts over one of the trays and cook in the oven for 6 minutes or until lightly toasted. Let them cool a bit then coarsely chop.
2. Combine the flour and ginger in a large bowl. Add the nuts, oats, sugar and coconut, and mix to combine.
3. Combine the boiling water, golden syrup and bicarbonate soda in a small jug. Once the mixture becomes frothy, add the butter. Set aside for 5 minutes to cool. Add the cooled butter mixture to the flour mixture and using a wooden spoon, combine.
4. Place balls of the mixtures (about 1 tablespoon) onto the baking trays, and use the back of a spoon to flatten them slightly. Leave some space between them because they will spread out while cooking.
Bake for 13 minutes for chewy biscuits or 16 minutes for crunchy biscuits (chewy is best trust me) When done, leave them to cool on the trays for 5 minutes because they will be quite soft when they first come out of the over, then transfer to wire racks to cool.


Thank you for the recipes Anna and Shara!

A few days ago I announced a new section in the blog, world recipes!

Being fashionable is more than wearing clothes that look good on you, is also being a great host when you have guests eating at home. And there is nothing more handmade and home cooked food =)

I offered everyone to send me their recipes and already have a few available. I know I announced that the first recipe would be my own, but didn't have time to put together the sangria recipe (lol, like it is THAT difficult haha), so here you have the first recipe in this blog! Baklava, brought to you by the super awesome and multi talented Anna.

Baklava or baklawa is a rich sweet pastry typical from former Ottoman countries (Turkey, Greece, Cyprus, ...)

BAKLAVA
1 cup finely chopped walnuts
1 cup finely chopped almonds
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup unsalted butter, melted
1 tspn cinnamon
1/2 tspn cloves, ground
12 sheets filo pastry

SYRUP
2 1/2 cups water
2 cups sugar
1 cup honey
1 lemon slice
1 cinnamon stick
3 cloves

Combine nuts and sugar, cinnamon and cloves.
Butter a rectangle baking tray. Lay two sheets of the filo pastry onto the tray, brush with butter, and sprinkle on some of the nut mixture. Continue alternating the 2 buttered filo sheets with the nut mixture, ending with two filo sheets on top.

Cut the baklava with a knife in serving size pieces. Pour remaining butter over the top and sprinkle with water.
Place into a moderate oven (180C) and bake for 45 mins.

For the syrup, boil sugar, water, lemon slice, cinnamon and cloves for 1 min. Add honey and boil for extra 2-3 mins, removing honey froth from side of pot as it forms.
Once the baklava has finished in the oven, remove and poor the syrup over it.
Leave it to cool down to room temperature and serve.

Yummy!

I have read that instead of walnuts you can also use pistachios. Try that version too! =)

Thanks a lot Anna for this fabulous recipe! =) Please take a look at her shops to see her creativity: art and jewelry!

HAHA yeah, I do tend to like food... especially sweet things like anything made with chocolate :D

I know there is more food than desserts.... but here I bring you some of the most fabulous food I have found at Etsy... don't kill me please!!!

Sellers are: FatDaddyBakeShop, FatDaddyBakeShop, sugardreamsbakery, worthafortune, bearsbakedgoods, bearsbakedgoods, busybaker, sweetiepiesdelights, sweetiepiesdelights, keepingitsimplysweet, CoveredinChocolate, simplyseasonal, JustBakin, keepingitsimplysweet, DoubleDippedSweets, DoubleDippedSweets

I'd move to the US just to be able to have one of FatDaddy's cakes!! lol Oh and I'm loving those caramel apples and the popcorn.. yummyyyy

Yes, you can tell it's almost time for dinner here in Spain. And I need new recipes to cook cool stuff (not just desserts)!

So I have one idea! I am asking everybody who wants to be featured in the blog to send me a really easy recipe. And I'm thinking easy stuff, and if it is international even better! Salads, sandwiches, desserts, soups, meat, anything! even drinks :)

I'll start next week with our specialty: Spanish omelet & Sangria.
Each week I will feature one of your recipes, and if you have a blog or a shop, a link to it too... so, it's free promotion! c'mon :)

I know this is a fashion blog, but think that having something fabulous for that next dinner with friends can be a fashionable factor too ;) It's not only about dressing nice & handmade, but also eating good & handmade, to maintain this handmade body hehehe right?

Waiting for your recipes! See my contact details at the bottom of the left column. Thanks!