Category: Dessert

No-Bake Frozen Cheesecake Affogato


This may just be my favorite recipe creation of all time!! While Affogato is traditionally made with ice cream, I subbed in cheesecake, for the perfect Shavuot treat!!

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No-Bake Frozen Cheesecake Affogato

8oz. Block cream cheese
3/4 cup confectioners sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup heavy whipping cream
Biscoff cookies
Shots of espresso

Method:

In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese, confectioner’s sugar and vanilla until fluffy. In a separate bowl, Whip the heavy cream until stiff peaks form. Fold the whip cream into the cream cheese mixture.

Add crushed Biscoff cookies to the bottom of espresso cups. Top with cheese cake batter, Leaving the center empty. Freeze until ready to serve and fill with hot espresso!

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Tahini Maple Swirl Banana Cake


Tahini Maple Swirl Banana Cake
Adapted from @edeneats

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Tahini Maple Swirl Banana Cake

1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp kosher salt
1/2 tsp cinnamon
3 ripe bananas
2 eggs
1/3 cup tahini paste
1/4 cup pure maple syrup
1/3 cup dark brown sugar
1/2 cup neutral flavored oil
1/3 cup milk (any kind)
1 tsp vanilla extract

Tahini swirl
2 tablespoon maple syrup
4 tablespoons tahini paste
4 tablespoons sesame seeds
Pinch kosher salt

Method:

Preheat the oven to 350°F.

In a large bowl, mash the bananas. Add
in the sugar, tahini paste, maple syrup, oil,
milk, vanilla and eggs and mix well. Add the flour, baking soda, cinnamon and
salt and mix until incorporated.

Grease a round baking pan. If desired, coat in a layer of sesame seeds for extra sesame-goodness!

Mix the swirl ingredients together and set aside.

Pour half of batter in the baking dish and
then dollop half of the swirl on top. Gently
swirl the tahini into the batter, then pour
the rest of the batter on top and finish with
another tahini swirl.

Bake for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick
inserted comes out clean.

So what do you think? Is it a cake or a bread?

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Tahinitaschen

I know how much y’all love tahini so I made TAHINITASCHEN!! Tahini in the dough. Tahini in the 3 (yes 3!) ingredient filling!

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Tahinitaschen

Hamantaschen dough:
1/4 cup tahini paste
2 tbsp canola oil
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1 extra large egg (if you only have large, add 2 tsp water)
1/4 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup all-purpose flour + more for dusting
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/8 tsp kosher salt
3 tbsp sesame seeds

3-ingredient Halva Filling:
½ cup tahini paste
1/4 cup honey
1⁄4 tsp kosher salt

Chocolate Drizzle:
½ cup semisweet chocolate chips
1 tbsp refined coconut oil
Sesame seeds and/or shredded halva for garnish

Method:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheets with parchment paper.
Prepare the hamantaschen dough: In a small bowl, combine the egg, tahini, oil, and vanilla extract. In a separate bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Add the wet ingredients to the wet ingredients, add the sesame seeds and stir until a smooth dough is formed.

On a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough to ¼ inch thick (It helps to cover the deal with a sheet of parchment paper). Cut circles using a cookie cutter or a glass cup.
Place 1 teaspoon of the filling in the center of the circles and pinch closed to form a triangle. Transfer to the baking sheet and bake for 12 minutes or until lightly browned.

Melt the chocolate chips in the microwave or over a double boiler. Stir in the coconut oil. Drizzle the chocolate over the hamantaschen and finish with sesame seeds or shredded halva.

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Hawaij Apple Crisp with Halva Crumble


Fruit Crisp is never about a recipe for me. If I find I have some fruit that’s gotten a little too soft and wrinkly for my taste – it’s time for some baked fruit – with whatever toppings I’ve got in the pantry. Lucky for you (and luckier for me!!) I had tons of halva leftover from a gig and I wanted to use it up. Add some hawaij for coffee – a delicious chai-like Yemenite blend, and it just takes it over the top!

You can get my TK Hawaij for Coffee on Amazon! DO NOT use Hawaij for soup!!

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Hawaij Apple Crisp with Halva Crumble

6 apples, peeled, cored and sliced
1/3 c sugar
1 tsp Hawaij for coffee
Juice of 1/2 lemon
1 heaping tbsp cornstarch
Mix in a large bowl and transfer to a baking dish

In the same bowl, combine:
1 c flour
1/3 c sugar
1/4 c oil
1 tsp vanilla extract or paste
Pinch of kosher salt
2 tbsp sesame seeds
1/2 cup shredded halva
Mix with your hands to form crumbs and spread over apples

Bake at 350° uncovered for 40 min- 1 hour.

Serve with coffee ice cream and shredded halva!

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Greek Yogurt Donut Poppers

On Hanukkah, it’s customary to eat fried foods like jelly donuts to remember the miracle of the oil that lasted for 8 days in the Holy Temple and to commemorate the Maccabees victory over the Greeks. In keeping with this Jewish tradition, I developed a quick and easy yeast-free donut recipe that incorporates Greek yogurt! I know that making yeasted donuts can be time consuming, so these poppers use baking powder as the leavening agent, and they come together in minutes!  Made with just Domino™ granulated sugar, Greek yogurt, eggs, vanilla, flour and baking powder, the poppers are pleasantly sweet and vanilla scented with a crispy exterior and fluffy, cakey interior. You can roll them in granulated sugar, or dust with powdered sugar and serve with raspberry jam, if desired.

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Greek Yogurt Donut Poppers
makes 18 poppers

2 cups all purpose flour
1 ½ tsp baking powder
½ tsp kosher salt
1 cup Greek yogurt
1 large egg
¼ cup granulated sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
4 cups canola oil
½ cup granulated sugar, for coating
raspberry jam optional

Method:

In a cast iron or heavy-bottomed skillet, heat the oil to 325 degrees.

In a small mixing bowl, add the flour, baking powder and salt, whisk to incorporate. In a large mixing bowl, combine the Greek yogurt, egg, sugar and vanilla. Whisk to combine. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix with a spoon until a batter forms. Using a cookie scoop or 2 spoons, drop small balls of batter into the oil, taking care not to overcrowd the pot. Fry for approximately 3 minutes, turning the poppers over until evenly browned. Remove with a slotted spoon and drain on paper towels.  Immediately transfer to a bowl of sugar and toss to coat. Serve immediately, with jam, if desired.

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