So… I finally baked it. The little Mondamin baking tin has been waiting patiently. I found the old cookbook, found the exact recipe printed on page 15, and finally had everything I needed to make the Wiener Nuss-Kuchen. Well. Almost everything. The recipe calls for hazelnuts. I used walnuts. I know. 😂 After all that … More I Finally Baked the Mondamin Cake!
Some recipes simply stay. This one has been in my kitchen since 2010. I don’t even remember exactly where I first found it, but somehow it has stayed with me all these years — one of those simple recipes that is worth keeping. These are simple oatmeal and peanut butter cookies, made without eggs. Ground … More Oatmeal – Peanut Butter Cookies
Advent here in Latvia is nothing without gingerbread cookies. The sweet, spicy aroma fills the house, making it feel like Christmas no matter what. The key to achieving those perfectly crisp and melting-in-your-mouth Latvian gingerbread cookies is the spice blend—without it, they’re just not the same. Everyone else used store-bought gingerbread spice mix, but not … More Grandmother’s 1940 Gingerbread Spice Mix