Korena in the Kitchen

Cookies & Squares, Recipes

Speculaas and Happy New Year!

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December 31, 2012

I can’t believe it’s the end of 2012 already. How did that happen so fast? A lot has happened this year, including Nate and me becoming homeowners. We celebrated Thanksgiving in our new house with both of our families, I baked a bazillion Christmas cookies in our new kitchen (see…
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Chocolate, Cookies & Squares, Recipes

Salted Caramel Macarons and Mexican Chocolate Macarons

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December 30, 2012

Macarons are definitely my current favorite thing to make: somewhat finicky, infinitely variable flavours, and SO TASTY and worth every minute of trouble. I made two kinds this Christmas: salted caramel and Mexican chocolate. Since making a salted butter caramel apple strudel not so long ago, I haven’t been able…
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Bread, Chocolate, Daring Bakers Challenges, Recipes

Daring Bakers: Chocolate Orange Panettone

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December 27, 2012

The December 2012 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by the talented Marcellina of Marcellina in Cucina. Marcellina challenged us to create our own custom Panettone, a traditional Italian holiday bread! Happy post-Christmas, everyone. I hope you ate a lot of good food and were surrounded by the people you love.…
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Cakes & Pies, Recipes

Guinness Gingerbread with Tangy Orange Cream

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December 23, 2012

The holiday season provides great opportunities for baking things other than cookies, so I’m taking a break from Christmas cookie posts to share the delicious gingerbread cake I made last week for a work potluck. I’ve had this in mind for a few weeks since being inspired by Frugal Feeding’s…
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Chocolate, Cookies & Squares, Recipes

Chocolate Hazelnut Sourdough Biscotti with Orange and Cinnamon

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December 20, 2012

Christmas Cookie Post Numero Dos! I’ve only ever made one kind of biscotti before: white chocolate cranberry almond, which I make every year from Christmas. The Sourdough Surprises project this month was sourdough cookies, so I decided to try the suggested sourdough biscotti recipe and ended up with these dark…
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Chocolate, Cookies & Squares, Recipes

Shortbread, Two Ways

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December 17, 2012

Every year at Christmas, I go a little bit cookie-crazy. This year is no exception, so here comes Christmas Cookie Post Numero Uno. Stay tuned for many more. Shortbread is kind of synonymous with Christmas. I don’t have one shortbread recipe that I re-make every year (unlike this biscotti), but…
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Cakes & Pies, Chocolate, Recipes

A Non-Traditional Black Forest Torte

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December 15, 2012

A good friend of ours celebrated a birthday last weekend, and after some not-so-subtle inquiring, Nate and I discerned that his favorite cake is black forest. Which made me happy because I have been looking for an excuse to make this fantastic version with Grand Marnier soaked cherries, espresso whipped…
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Bread, Recipes, Soups, Sides & Snacks

Olive Tapenade & Sourdough Lavash

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December 12, 2012

Third savoury recipe post in a row – this might be some sort of record! I promise I will be back with the sugar-and-butter-laden baking posts soon – there’s a lot of Christmas baking going on these days, plus there was a birthday cake last weekend… In addition to being…
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Pasta Dishes, Recipes

Three-Cheese Tomato and Sausage Pasta Sauce

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December 4, 2012

Happiness is a bowl of pasta. Top it with rich, cheesey tomato sauce spiked with homemade Sicilian sausage and you’ve got euphoria, as far as I’m concerned.
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Bread, Recipes

Whole Grain Levain for Bread Baking Day #54

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November 30, 2012

For a while I’ve been searching for a “country style” rustic sourdough loaf with some whole grain in it to bake as our daily bread, and after lots of trial and error, I finally settled on this formula, based on a recipe from Chez Pim. I was already planning on…
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