Korena in the Kitchen

Chocolate, Cookies & Squares, Recipes

Cocoa-Cinnamon Palmiers {and what to get the foodie on your list}

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December 12, 2014

As the foodie in my family and circle of friends, over the years I have received a good amount of useful, useless, awesome and/or strange kitchen gadgets for Christmas. And while I always appreciate a gift and the fact that someone thought of me when they saw those silicon pot…
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Daring Bakers Challenges, Other Baked Goods & Sweets, Recipes

Daring Bakers: Paris-Brest

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November 29, 2014

The November Daring Baker’s challenge took us for a ride! Luisa from Rise of the Sourdough Preacher challenged us to make Paris-Brest, a beautiful pastry celebrating the Paris-Brest bicycle race. My favourite Daring Bakers challenges are the ones where I get to pretend to be a fancy-pants pastry chef, so…
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Fruit, Other Baked Goods & Sweets, Recipes

Maple Cheesecake with Roasted Apples

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November 14, 2014

Now that fall is here, ’tis the season for everything pumpkin-pie-flavoured – but I have a confession to make: I don’t actually like pumpkin pie all that much. I make it every year for Thanksgiving because tradition, yo, but it’s probably my least favourite kind of pie. I’d much rather…
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Cakes & Pies, Chocolate, Daring Bakers Challenges, Recipes

Daring Bakers: Sachertorte

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October 27, 2014

The October Daring Bakers’ challenge was brought to us by Korena of Korena in the Kitchen. She took us to Austria and introduced us to the wonders of the Sachertorte. This month I was thrilled to be hosting a Daring Bakers’ Challenge for the second time. My favorite challenges are…
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Bread, Breakfast & Brunch, Recipes

Whole Wheat Sourdough Croissants

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October 21, 2014

Almost a year ago exactly, David Lebovitz posted a recipe for whole wheat croissants on his blog. I have been meaning to make them ever since, and I finally found an excuse to do it for this month’s Sourdough Surprises project. I haven’t baked with the group for a few…
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Main Dishes, Recipes

Thanksgiving Turchetta, Etc – aka The Best Turkey Ever

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October 19, 2014

Thanksgiving here in Canada has come and gone, and with it came time with family and lots and lots of food. After the success of last year’s de-boned, rolled, and stuffed turkey, I knew wanted to try something equally – if not more – amazing. Enter the turchetta: a rolled…
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Bread, Breakfast & Brunch, Fruit, Recipes

Blackberry Cinnamon Buns

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October 2, 2014

Several weeks ago we were invited to Nate’s aunt’s house for a “bun throw”, which, as it turns out, has nothing to do with actually throwing buns – it’s more of a family brunch. Nevertheless, I figured buns were appropriate, so I made cinnamon buns. But not just regular cinnamon…
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Cakes & Pies, Chocolate, Recipes

French Chocolate Cake

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September 14, 2014

The building where I work has a really nice high performance gym, and I’m lucky to have a flexible-enough work schedule so that I can work out there three mornings a week. However, along with warm-up, cool-down, showering, and making myself look presentably professional for work, this only leaves about…
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Eating Out, Tea Parties

Tea and Flowers

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September 8, 2014

Lynette’s birthday in August meant another tea party for us. We headed to the Butchart Gardens, which is well-known for its spectacular flowers and less well-known for its afternoon tea, which is really quite excellent. Not only do you get a lovely afternoon tea experience, you also get to browse…
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Bread, Daring Bakers Challenges, Other Baked Goods & Sweets, Recipes

Blackberry Cream Cheese Ensaimadas

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August 29, 2014

Ensaimadas, a coiled Spanish pastry of enriched yeasted dough, were the second half of August’s Daring Bakers Challenge, and I’m happy to share that these blackberry and cream cheese filled babies are probably the best thing I’ve made in a long time. Thank you Swathi for this recipe!
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I’m Korena: cook, baker, dirty-dishes-maker. My favourite things include flour, butter, sugar, and chocolate.

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