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Granola Two Ways

Wednesday 16 Mar 2011 | 4 Comments
Filed under: Breakfast, Sweets Tags: almonds, Coconut, granola, honey, Nuts, pistachio, poppy seeds, silan, tehini

By Danya Weiner What is there to update when it comes to granola? I’m sure everyone has their own special recipe for homemade granola. Sometimes, when I’m on a healthy kick, I make a large batch of homemade granola, and it’s almost always finished within a few days. The first time I made granola I totally burnt it. The second time I totally burnt the raisins, and I learning that they should be added only after baking. The third time I got it just right, after learning that you have to be on oven-watch, because it has the tendency to burn in an instant. During the Sugat competition I did some hefty online research on Arab cuisine. I came upon a blog, “Taste of Beirut”, which has tons of authentic Lebanese recipes, and some recipes which bring together the Arab cuisine with that of the West. A Lebanese granola recipe caught my attention and I decided to try it. The combination of tahini and silan (date honey) is definitely not new, but to use it as the “sauce” on oats, mixed...
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Coconut Bread

Thursday 17 Jun 2010 | 5 Comments
Filed under: General, Sweets Tags: Coconut

I have a special connection to Australia. I get inspiration from the top Australian chefs and I've had clients that have called me Danya W-like Donna Hay- the food photography guru. (For those who don’t know about Donna Hay- check out her website at www.donnahay.com.au). The first time I came in contact with an Australian cookbook (from which the post on sticky date pudding was taken) was when my dear family from Sydney gave me Bill Granger's (the Australian equivalent of Jamie Oliver) "Sydney Food" as a present. That book turned out to be one of the most useful cookbooks in my kitchen, mostly when I want to make really special breakfasts. The photographs are amazing, the styling really clean, which is just my taste and the recipes are right on point. When I visited Sydney in 2005, the first thing I did was go to eat breakfast at Granger's restaurant, called "Bill's". This is the first recipe I'm sharing from his book, but definitely not the last. Bill calls this recipe Coconut Bread,...
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Chocolate, Coconut and Almond Cookies

Thursday 7 Jan 2010 | No Comments
Filed under: Sweets Tags: almonds, chocolate, Coconut

I especially love these cookies, not because they are extremely addictive (ok, maybe partially), but because the fact that they are simply "savior cookies" – that's how I call these cookies- one of the steps of preparation, just before baking, calls for freezing the dough (don’t worry, it actually gives them an advantage- you don’t need to roll out the dough), and once freezing the cookies are semi-ready. When guests pop by unexpectedly, or when you have an intense sweet craving, you just take the dough out of the freezer, slice to circles and bake immediately. In 20 minutes, you have fresh baked crispy and sweet cookies, without any hassle. You probably asked yourselves why should I have a cookie dough "log" in my freezer? Well, it's because I don’t take chances and always double the ingredients and make two logs, one that I bake right away and one that I keep in my freezer when I need a "savior". Ingredients for 20 cookies: ⅔ cup (90 grams) all purpose flour ½ cup (100 grams)...
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