Vasilopita is a Greek tradition on New Year’s Day. It is a sweet, bread-like cake that is only made for New Year’s and is only eaten on New Year’s Day. Recipes for this cake-bread differ depending on the family or the region of Greece but in general, it involves flour, eggs, butter, and sugar and is usually finished with a sprinkle of confectioners’ sugar.
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Lebkuchen are honey-sweetened cookies often dipped in chocolate and packed with almonds and ground hazelnuts. It is also loaded with holiday spices and dressed up with honest-to-goodness homemade candied lemon and orange peel (not the junk from the grocers), and as I said, often dipped in a chocolate shell that keeps it moist and soft.
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Hanukkah is known as the festival of lights. This Jewish holiday commemorates the miracle of the temple lamp’s oil lasting for eight days when there was only enough for one night.
And as with other Jewish festivals, food takes center stage with latkes (potato pancakes), sufganiyot (round jelly doughnuts), challah, and other foods to celebrate the miracle of the Festival of Lights. With eight nights to celebrate this festival, there are opportunities to experiment with sourdough recipes, entertain, and start a new family food tradition or two.
Challah is a must-have during Hanukkah, and is made from an egg and honey enriched dough, but uses no milk and no butter. This is a moderately easy recipes to follow, but the braiding can be a bit tricky
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So here we are right in the middle of our #ChristmasCookie Exchange, and along comes National Brownie Day? Who even knew that there was a #NationalBrownieDay and that it fell right after #NationalCookieDay. But no need to worry, after we will tell you how to make this sourdough brownie recipe, we will share steps into making this into a Chocolate Crinkle Cookie recipe as we continue with Day 5 of the #12DaysOfSourdoughCookies.
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