Recipe: Cranberry Orange Cookies

It was hard to find a recipe for this type of cookie online. I merged together several recipes and came up with this. They were delicious!


Cookies: 

1 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
1 egg
1 tsp grated orange zest
2 TBS orange juice
2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 scant tsp cardamom (optional and expensive but worth it)
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
2 cups fresh cranberries, chopped
1/2 cup walnuts, chopped (optional)

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Cream together butter and sugars till smooth.
Beat in egg and blend well.
Mix in the orange zest and the orange juice.
Combine flour, cardamom (if using), baking soda and salt in a separate bowl. Stir flour mixture into sugar/butter mixture.
Mix in cranberries and walnuts.
Drop by tablespoon onto ungreased cookie sheets.
Bake 12 - 15 minutes. Cool on wire racks.
Yield: Around 30 cookies

Easy Orange Glaze:

1 cup xxx sugar
1/2 tsp orange zest
1/4 tsp vanilla extract
2 TBS orange juice

Mix together in a small bowl until well blended. Spread onto cooled cookies.

Recipe: Pain d'Epice

Recipe: Pain d'épices

From Reynald's aunt's friend in France (got that?) 

2 eggs

250g of whole wheat flour (or half white and half wheat)

100g   miel (or 4 TBS)

100g organic (not white) sugar (sucre roux)

20 cl milk

1 tsp baking powder (sachet de levure)

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
¼ teaspoon ground cloves
½ teaspoon whole anise seeds

¼ teaspoon ground coriander seed (optional)1 cuillère a soupe d'épices

Je mélange les oeufs avec le sucre, j y ajoute la farine, les épices, la levure, je dilue le miel dans le lait tiède et je le verse sur ma préparation bien mélanger, la pâte est coulante, je faire curie dans un moule a cake 50 min a 150  ou th 5-6.

Recipe: Noémie Chocolate Cake

Noémie made this cake for us several times when she was visiting us several years ago. Yum, yum! 

Ingredients:

Good quality dark chocolate (not US Baker's Chocolate) 200 g Butter (salted) 200 g Flour 100 g Sugar 300 g 6 eggs

Directions:  Mix chocolate and sugar in a pan and melt (using a "bain-marie" or using whatever method you prefer). While it melts, mix flour and sugar in another bowl. Add chocolate/butter when melted. Add the eggs and mix.

Cook 35 minutes at 180°C

Thanks, Noémie!