Cross-Cultural Desserts
Here you'll find recipes for desserts that easiy can fit into any Eastern European cuisine.
Gingerbread House Dough Recipe
This gingerbread house dough recipe, while edible, is not meant to be eaten. It is firm and sturdy enough to support decorations.
This gingerbread house dough recipe, while edible, is not meant to be eaten. It is firm and sturdy enough to support decorations.
Instructions for Rolling and Cutting Gingerbread House Dough
Gingerbread houses are easy to assemble if you don't distort the pieces when baking. Here's how.
Gingerbread houses are easy to assemble if you don't distort the pieces when baking. Here's how.
How to Assemble a Gingerbread House
Follow these step-by-step instructions for assembling a gingerbread house.
Follow these step-by-step instructions for assembling a gingerbread house.
How to Decorate a Gingerbread House
Decorate a gingerbread house as fancifully as you wish or keep it simple and elegant.
Decorate a gingerbread house as fancifully as you wish or keep it simple and elegant.
Gingerbread House Memories Part 1
Gingerbread houses can be fun to make and easier than one might think if you follow some simple rules. Learn from my experience and disasters.
Gingerbread houses can be fun to make and easier than one might think if you follow some simple rules. Learn from my experience and disasters.
Gingerbread House Memories Part 2
Gingerbread houses can be fun to make and easier than one might think if you follow some simple rules. Learn from my experience and disasters.
Gingerbread houses can be fun to make and easier than one might think if you follow some simple rules. Learn from my experience and disasters.
Royal Icing Recipe - The Glue That Holds a Gingerbread House Together
Royal icing is the mortar that holds a gingerbread house together.
Royal icing is the mortar that holds a gingerbread house together.
Instructions for Filling a Pastry Bag
Using a plastic pastry coupler and ring makes switching tips so much easier.
Using a plastic pastry coupler and ring makes switching tips so much easier.
A Gallery of Gingerbread House Pictures
Gingerbread houses have a universal appeal and are perfect for Christmas, but they are appropriate for any celebration and make wonderful centerpieces.
Gingerbread houses have a universal appeal and are perfect for Christmas, but they are appropriate for any celebration and make wonderful centerpieces.
How to Make Traditional Nutroll
Making nutroll the Old World way is a dying art. But church-affiliated women's guilds across the country keep the tradition alive and well. They are constantly in search of the next group of ladies who will take up the baton when they are gone. Men are welcome, too!
Making nutroll the Old World way is a dying art. But church-affiliated women's guilds across the country keep the tradition alive and well. They are constantly in search of the next group of ladies who will take up the baton when they are gone. Men are welcome, too!
Double Crust 10-Inch Pie Dough
This pie crust makes enough dough for a 10-inch double crust pie.
This pie crust makes enough dough for a 10-inch double crust pie.
Double-Crust 10-inch Sweet Pastry Dough
Sweet double-crust pastry dough is perfect for rustic Eastern European tarts and desserts.
Sweet double-crust pastry dough is perfect for rustic Eastern European tarts and desserts.
Pumpkin-Sauerkraut Muffins Recipe
This Pumpkin Sauerkraut Muffin recipe is a moist breakfast treat or dessert.
This Pumpkin Sauerkraut Muffin recipe is a moist breakfast treat or dessert.
Russian Tea Cakes Recipe
Russian tea cakes are actually cookies and are popular among Eastern Europeans.
Russian tea cakes are actually cookies and are popular among Eastern Europeans.
Apricot Dessert Bars Recipe
This dessert recipe for Apricot Bars is a showcase for apricots, a fruit loved by Eastern Europeans.
This dessert recipe for Apricot Bars is a showcase for apricots, a fruit loved by Eastern Europeans.
Honey-Dipped Cookies Recipe
Honey-dipped cookies are popular throughout the Balkans in Eastern Europe.
Honey-dipped cookies are popular throughout the Balkans in Eastern Europe.
Kolachky Recipe
Kolachky, another name for kolaczki, are flaky pastries filled with fruit, poppyseed, almond or cheese.
Kolachky, another name for kolaczki, are flaky pastries filled with fruit, poppyseed, almond or cheese.
Brandied Fruit
Enjoy the taste of summer year-round by preserving fruits in brandy. Brandied fruit is delicious on ice cream or pound cake.
Enjoy the taste of summer year-round by preserving fruits in brandy. Brandied fruit is delicious on ice cream or pound cake.
Blueberry Sauce Recipe
Blueberry sauce is delicious on cakes, ice cream, pancakes, even with game meats like venison.
Blueberry sauce is delicious on cakes, ice cream, pancakes, even with game meats like venison.
Eastern European Blueberry-Almond Cake Recipe
Blueberry Almond Sour Cream Cake recipe uses three ingredients beloved by Eastern Europeans.
Blueberry Almond Sour Cream Cake recipe uses three ingredients beloved by Eastern Europeans.
Blueberry Dumpling Dessert
Blueberry dumpling dessert has a sweet biscuit topping similar to the savory type used on stews and is similar to a fruit cobbler.
Blueberry dumpling dessert has a sweet biscuit topping similar to the savory type used on stews and is similar to a fruit cobbler.
Blueberry Summer Pudding
Summer puddings are popular across the board in Eastern Europe including Britain. They make good use of leftover bread and ripe fruits.
Summer puddings are popular across the board in Eastern Europe including Britain. They make good use of leftover bread and ripe fruits.
Mixed Berry Summer Pudding
Summer puddings make good use of stale bread and summer's bounty of fruit.
Summer puddings make good use of stale bread and summer's bounty of fruit.
Peach Dumpling Dessert
Peach dumpling dessert has a sweet biscuit topping similar to the savory type used on stews and is similar to a fruit cobbler.
Peach dumpling dessert has a sweet biscuit topping similar to the savory type used on stews and is similar to a fruit cobbler.
Pickled Peaches Recipe
Pickled Peaches are perfect as a condiment/side dish or a dessert year-round.
Pickled Peaches are perfect as a condiment/side dish or a dessert year-round.
Peach Pie Recipe
This Peach Pie recipe is a delicious way to use an abundance of fresh peaches.
This Peach Pie recipe is a delicious way to use an abundance of fresh peaches.
Strawberry-Rhubarb Pie
Strawberry-rhubarb pie is a great way to use an abundance of rhubarb in the spring and early strawberries.
Strawberry-rhubarb pie is a great way to use an abundance of rhubarb in the spring and early strawberries.
Strawberry Cream Cheese Pie with Almond-Filled Crust
Strawberries, cream cheese and almonds are all commonly found in Eastern Europe. They marry well in this recipe for strawberry cream cheese pie with almond filled crust.
Strawberries, cream cheese and almonds are all commonly found in Eastern Europe. They marry well in this recipe for strawberry cream cheese pie with almond filled crust.
Strawberry Dumpling Dessert
Strawberry dumpling dessert has a sweet biscuit topping similar to the savory type used on stews. It is similar to cobbler and strawberry shortcake.
Strawberry dumpling dessert has a sweet biscuit topping similar to the savory type used on stews. It is similar to cobbler and strawberry shortcake.
Rustic Strawberry-Rhubarb Tart
This rustic Eastern European strawberry-rhubarb tart uses one crust for an easy open-face pie.
This rustic Eastern European strawberry-rhubarb tart uses one crust for an easy open-face pie.
Rustic Plum Tart Recipe
This easy rustic plum tart starts with a flaky cream cheese pastry dough, followed by a plum-almond filling topped with apricot preserves.
This easy rustic plum tart starts with a flaky cream cheese pastry dough, followed by a plum-almond filling topped with apricot preserves.
Rhubarb Cream Tart
Rhubarb finds a home in a tart with a pretty lattice top in this Eastern European dessert.
Rhubarb finds a home in a tart with a pretty lattice top in this Eastern European dessert.
Almond Roll
Almonds are plentiful in Eastern Europe and many Eastern European countries like Poland, Hungary, Lithuania and more make a cake roll with almond filling.
Almonds are plentiful in Eastern Europe and many Eastern European countries like Poland, Hungary, Lithuania and more make a cake roll with almond filling.
Almond Torte
This is another cross-cultural dessert that uses Eastern Europe's bounty of almonds.
This is another cross-cultural dessert that uses Eastern Europe's bounty of almonds.
Vanilla Charlotte
Vanilla Charlotte Dessert is a cross-cultural pastry commonly found in the Eastern European kitchen.
Vanilla Charlotte Dessert is a cross-cultural pastry commonly found in the Eastern European kitchen.
Bread Pudding with Orange Sauce
Bread pudding is the universal way to use up leftover or stale bread. In this case, Bohemian "hoska" or Polish "chalka" (a rich, eggy, braided yeast bread similar to French "brioche") is used.
Bread pudding is the universal way to use up leftover or stale bread. In this case, Bohemian "hoska" or Polish "chalka" (a rich, eggy, braided yeast bread similar to French "brioche") is used.
Cream Cheese Pound Cake
The cream cheese in this buttery pound cake makes it a winner on its own or dressed up with strawberries and whipped cream.
The cream cheese in this buttery pound cake makes it a winner on its own or dressed up with strawberries and whipped cream.
Twice-Baked Cookies
Eastern European Jews call this twice-baked cookie "mandelbrot," but every country has its version. Italians have biscotti, Brits and South Africans have rusks, and beschuits (zwiebacks) are popular in the Netherlands. This buttery recipe is perfect dunked in coffee.
Eastern European Jews call this twice-baked cookie "mandelbrot," but every country has its version. Italians have biscotti, Brits and South Africans have rusks, and beschuits (zwiebacks) are popular in the Netherlands. This buttery recipe is perfect dunked in coffee.
Buttermilk Rum Cake
The dense crumb on this buttery cake drinks up the rum syrup for a spirited dessert.
The dense crumb on this buttery cake drinks up the rum syrup for a spirited dessert.