As Rosh Hashanah approaches this year, I am being drawn to cooking with the traditional foods – dates, honey, apples… So, I decided to make a date challah for this Shabbat. Here’s what it looked like when I did the original post in 2013: I made just a couple of tweaks when I made it…
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Date Challah for Rosh Hashanah
Last year, I saw a post on The Smitten Kitchen for Fig, Olive Oil & Sea Salt Challah that simply captivated me. It sounded wonderful and looked absolutely beautiful. I decided to try a variation on it for the High Holidays this year using dried dates (since I still have so many from our trip…
Cammy’s Honey Spiced Apple Muffins
For Cammy’s contribution to our Rosh Hashanah celebration, he made the apple cupcakes from Joan Nathan’s The Children’s Jewish Holiday Kitchen. We call them muffins because they seem better to us as a breakfast treat rather than as a dessert. The warm spices evoke thoughts of the oncoming fall. They are best drizzled with honey, but go…
Raisin Challah
We are preparing for Rosh Hashanah, so it is time to bake some raisin challah. Although I use a recipe I found years ago in Joan Nathan’s The Children’s Jewish Holiday Kitchen, I am not yet ready to tackle it with Cam. Look for that post in a year or two. I am perfectly capable of making…
Andrea's Garden Cooking 