Banana bread

I guess we all have bananas that turn black on our kitchen counters, and no one touches them anymore. In our family, those bananas are never tossed away! Here’s my banana bread recipe. Hope you like it.

Hannele’s American-style Chocolate Chip Cookies

Chocolate Chip Cookies are one of my family’s favorite cookies. I think this was the first thing I baked with my son. This recipe is from one of my friends when I was an exchange student in the US decades ago. My problem is that some of the ingredients you use in the recipe, were…

Ripatella Grape Tart

This fall has been amazing with the fruits! My hubby and his friends took over 500 kg apples and pears for pressing on Friday and we ended up with 365l of apple juice. 150l of it will be made to apple cider. A new project that the men have. Looking forward to seeing and of…

Hungarian Sour Cherry Soup – Meggykeszőce

I have a friend who works a lot in Hungary. And of course, she is posting beautiful pictures from Budapest and about what she eats there. One day she posted a picture of this red, delicious looking soup. I asked her what is it? She told me that it was a cold soup made from…

Rhubarb cheese cake – Raparperi juustokakku

Rhubarb season is in full swing, and last week, the first local Austrian strawberries came into the market. I had to do something yummy with both of them together. This is the result. My hubby and neighbor approved it. Summer welcome and all the beautiful flavors that go with it! Crust 300 g spelt flour…

Cardamom and Rhubarb Cookies

Oh, how I have been waiting for spring to come! Winter was so long this year (two months or so 😀 ) Lots have happened during the winter time, and that’s why I have been bit quiet on my food blogging,no inspiratin honestly. But I will try to be bit more active again. I found…

Goldeck Grüner Veltliner Gummy Bears (Nallekarkit kuohuviinistä)

I have been toying with the idea, of making sparkling wine gummy bears. I saw in one magazine,an advertisement about them and I have seen those gummy bear molds on sale in Amazon. I did surfing in the internet and found out how simple it is actually make gummy bears yourself. You need only couple…

Grandmother’s Bilberry Pie – Mummin mustikkapiirakka

Bilberry season is in full swing in Finland, where we are on holiday. Forests are full of blue, big, and healthy berries to be picked. This year, there are so many of them that you just need to walk into the forest and pick! Picking wild berries from the forest is every man’s right in…