girlwithanearring

I have been sitting around lazy on my free time and binge-watching show after show. September was so busy, stressful with work I didn't want to do anything this month. The last time I updated my Youtube Channel was the end of July and it's the middle of October now. Talk about slacking... A week ago, my cousin who was under quarantine because she was in contact with another cousin of ours with Covid -unbeknown to everybody of course- told me to hold an apple pie bake-off!  First and foremost, everyone is fine, thankfully, some are getting better and healing and others are ready to get out of the quarantine.  Why "MINI APPLE POT PIES," you asked? We both have tiny miny mini Staub casseroles and wanted to make something fun. In the video, there are no sound me cutting the apples etc. because we were face-timing the whole time informing each other where we at. We might make this a tradition and make this bake-off on Instagram live. Maybe. For the dough, I used my own rec...

While I am continuing my new coaster experiments { grazing cute lamb  is done and it turned out so cute } I remembered this recipe that I tried couple of weeks ago. There is nothing like orange cake in Winter. Especially, if they rose like these ones... The main reason of my love for this recipe is that you use the whole orange, not just its juice. Nothing is wasted and it smells and tastes so nicely. Ingredients, (25 - 30 cupcakes) 1 small orange, peeled and puréed  1 medium carrot, extra small grated 2 egg 1/2 cup plain yogurt (read the recipe, the amount may change) 1,5 cup sugar 3/4 cup olive oil 2,5 cup flour  1 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp salt 2 tsp cinnamon One pinch of grated nutmeg Preparation, Mix flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon and grated nutmeg in a bowl and set aside. Purée the peeled orange with a hand blender. Put it in a cup and fill up the rest with yogurt. (It must be 3/4 cup orange purée + ...

Finally, Ramadan has begun!!! : ) Tonight is the first "sahur," so I baked these. Ingredients; For the dough; 150gr. butter, softened 3 eggs (one's yolk will be set aside for brushing over the pastries) 5 tbsp yogurt 1/2 cup olive oil 2 tsp baking powder 550 gr. flour plus more for shaping 1,5 tsp salt For the filling; 100 gr. soft white fatty cheese, mashed 1/2 cup parsley, minced 1 tomato, diced 1 green pepper, thinly sliced 1/4 bunch dill, thinly sliced 6-7 black Mediterranean olives, seeded, sliced If you wish; sesame seeds and black cumin seeds to sprinkle Preparation; For the dough; put butter, 2 eggs and 1 egg's white (set aside 1 egg's yolk), 5 tbsp yogurt, salt, olive oil in a large bowl, and then blend with your fingers. Add the flour and baking powder and knead. You will obtain a soft dough. For the fillings ; I made some of them with only cheese and parsley and the remaining with tomato, olives, green pepper and dill mixture. In a...