Sugar Cookies With A Twist

Chicken Teriyaki

Lemon Squares

Roasted Eggplant Spread

1. Preheat oven to 400 F

2. Chose two firm eggplants. Wash well and dry.

 3. Place them on a tray covered with parchment paper.

4. Make a few cuts into the skin of the eggplants with the tip of a paring knife. This is an important step that prevents the eggplants from exploding in the oven.

4. Bake the eggplants for an hour, making sure to turn them on all sides. Take them out of the oven and let them cool.

6. Peel the eggplants and sprinkle them with 1/2 tsp of salt.

7. Place the peeled eggplants in a colander and let them drain in the refrigerator for two hours or longer .

8. After all the liquid drained, spread the eggplants on a wide cutting board and chop them for a few minutes until the desired consistency.

8. Add 1/4 cup of mayonnaise and stir everything together.

9. Taste for salt.

9. Serve as a spread with fresh bread.

Sugar Cookies with Cocoa and Walnuts Filling

These are my favorite cookies in the world! It is my mother's recipe. Everyone loves this recipe! The cookies just melt in your mouth!

Ingredients for the dough:

3 cups flour

2 sticks (2 cups) butter

1 egg

1/4 cup warm milk

1 cup sugar

1 tsp yeast

powder sugar

Ingredients for the filling:

1 cup walnuts (for the filling)

1/4 cocoa (for the filling)

1 egg

1/4 cup sugar

 Preparation of the dough:

1. Preheat the oven to 350 F.

2. Add the yeast to the warm milk.

3. Melt the butter in a sauce pan on low heat.

4. Add the sugar and the egg to the milk and beat well until sugar is dissolved.

5. Stir in gently the melted butter.

6. Add the wet ingredients to the flour and form into a soft dough.

7. Cover the dough in plastic foil and chill in the fridge for one hour

Preparation of the filling:

1. In a blender, chop the nuts.

2. Add the cocoa, the sugar and the egg and mix well into a thick paste.

Getting the cookies ready for the oven:

Roll the dough 1/8 inch thick. Cut into 2 inches squares. Add a teaspoon of the filling in the center of each square and wrap the corners of the square around each other. It will turn into a nice rose.

Bake the roses at 350 F into a pre-heated oven for 25 min., until golden brown. Sprinkle with powder sugar and chill on a rack. 

Quiche Lorraine

Gingerbread Man Cookies

2 cups flour

1 tsp ginger

1 tsp nutmeg

1 tsp ginger

1 tsp cloves

1 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

zest from a lemon

1 egg

1 stick softened butter

1/4 cup honey

1 cup brown sugar

1. Mix flour and all dry ingredients in one bowl

2. Mix softened butter and brown sugar

3. Add the egg and honey to the wet ingredients

4. Combine all ingredients and knead until it forms a soft dough

5. Let dough rest for 30 min. then roll and cut into desired shapes

6. Bake at 370 F for 9 minutes in a preheated oven