Banana bread
Ingredients: 1 stick butter 1 cup sugar 2 large eggs 1/4 cup milk or 1/4 cup yogurt or 1/4 cup kefir or 1/4 cup water 1 tsp vanilla extract 3…
Baking
Focaccia bread
Ingredients: 4 cups (500g) all purpose flour 2 cups (500ml) water room temp 2 teaspoons (10g) salt 2 teaspons (8g) instant yeast 3 Tbsp oil + 3 Tbsp oil +…
Apple Strudel
Ingredients: 1/2 cup (100g) sugar 1/2 cup (100g) semolina. If you want sweater strudel use more sugar and less semolina. If you don’t have semolina use fine bread crumbs. 1/2…
Vasa’s cake (Vasina)
Ingredients: 3 eggs + 2eggs 3 Tbsp + 2 Tbsp + 2 Tbsp + 8 Tbsp sugar = 15 Tbsp sugar 2 Tbsp + 1-2 Tbsp flour 1/4 cup milk…
Kadaif (Kadayif) with walnuts
Ingredients: – 250g or 1/2lb kadaif in a bag – 250g or 1/2lb grounded walnuts – 100g or 1 stick butter – 1l or 1 qt water – 750g or…
Feta cheese and spinach pastry with phyllo dough
Spread ingredients: 1 package of phyllo dough, use 1lb #4 Apollo, usually 21-22 phyllo sheets 2 eggs 7 Tbsp oil (100ml) 14 Tbsp kefir (200ml), if you don’t have kefir,…
Burek
Ingredients: 1lb phyllo dough. I used Apollo #4 which has 20-22 sheets. Different brands have different number of sheets. Also, same brands have thinner or thicker offerings. From as low…
Baklava with walnuts/pecans
Ingredients: 1 lb thin fillo dough, I use Apollo #4 1 lb fine grounded walnuts or pecans or a mix as I have 3 eggs 8 oz sugar 8 oz…
Wrinkled pie
Ingredients: 1 lb thin fillo dough, I use Apollo #4 5 eggs 12 oz feta cheese 8 oz yogurt or kefir (this is better) 1/2 tsp baking powder 5 oz…
Sour cabbage pie
Ingredients: 1 lb thin fillo dough, I use Apollo #4 1 sour cabbage 1 onion 2 eggs Vegetable or olive oil Instructions: Cut the cabbage into very small pieces and…