jewish holiday desserts – Stellina Sweets

Cookie Butter Cheesecake

Just like that, two full years have come and gone. In June 2018, I left my life as I knew it, with the intention of moving to Israel (where I […]

Chocolate

Blonde Chocolate Coconut Macaroons

Don’t let the Mainschewitz Passover Industrial Complex ruin your Passover. Homemade coconut macaroons can be yours so quickly and easily that you’ll never look back. I was never enamored by […]

Cookies & Small Treats

10 Days of Hamantashen, Day 10: Pistachio Nutella Halva Hamantashen

So this is it– the culmination of 10 days and […]

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10 Days of Hamantashen, Day 8: Peanut Butter Pretzel Chocolate Hamantashen

You know what’s been missing from “10 Days of Hamantashen”? […]

Cookies & Small Treats

10 Days of Hamantashen, Day 7: Confetti Cheesecake Hamantashen

Is there ever an age when one no longer gets […]

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10 Days of Hamantashen, Day 6: Double Chocolate Coconut Macaroon Hamantashen

I’ve been on something of a coconut bender lately, so […]

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10 Days of Hamantashen, Day 5: Mexican Chocolate Hamantashen

This hamantashen flavor is brought to you by the letters […]

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10 Days of Hamantashen, Day 3: Ugly-Delicious S’mores Hamantashen

Italians have a cookie called brutti ma buoni, which means […]

Cookies & Small Treats

10 Days of Hamantashen, Day 2: Cinnamon Dulce de Leche

I used to think March was such a blah month. […]

Breads & Doughs

10 Days of Hamantashen, Day 1: Oreo Hamantashen

This is momentous. I’ve been planning 10 Days of Hamantashen for a couple of years, and I’m over the moon at finally getting together and writing up that many dough […]

Breads & Doughs

Chocolate-Halva Babka

As much as I love contemporary baking like layer cakes, cupcakes, and pastries, there are few baked goods that conjure childhood nostalgia like babka. Aside from my mom’s birthday cakes shaped in […]

Creamy Desserts

All it’s Cracked Up to Be: Matzah Buttercrunch Ice Cream

Soooo, anyone else have an extra box or two of […]

Cookies & Small Treats

One Dough to Rule Them All: Chocolate Chip & Vanilla Cream Hamantashen

I know, I know– Purim was last weekend. But I’ve […]

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Unleavened Heaven: Matzah Tiramisu Cake

This year, I wasn’t able to host or attend a Passover Seder, so I wasn’t planning on baking for Passover. I was content scrolling through loads of Instagram food porn […]

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Toasty Twisted Triangles: S’mores Hamantashen

UPDATE 3/8/2020: Stop. Do not pass Go. Do not collect […]