treats
Ideas and recipes for sweet and savory treats or snacks.
Turrón, a very Spanish sweet
This is a very popular sweet in Spain, especially around the holiday season. It is a fitting end to many a Christmas dinner.
Pepernoten
Pepernoten are eaten in the Netherlands when Sinterklaas and his Zwarte Pieten are coming to Holland to visit all the Dutch kids. His birthday, celebrated on the fifth day of December, is a huge holiday.
Boller, Norwegian cinnamon buns
Here is a Norwegian recipe for cinnamon buns that are traditionally served at childrens parties.
Gingerbread squares
A treat that German settlers brought to Delaware.
Home made chocolate
This recipe makes an 80% chocolate. You can make it to your own taste, however using more or less sugar.
Finnish cookie sticks
A beautiful treat, because these crunchy, almond flavored cookies, from Finish cuisine, look as good as they taste.
Greek butter cookies
Sugar coated butter cookies are very well liked in Greece.
Turkish baklava
Turkish baklava
Baklava is Turkey's most famous dessert. It consists of whole or chopped pistachio nuts enclosed between paper thin layers of phyllo pastry, drizzled with a honey based syrup. It makes a deliciously sweet and nutty dessert or a treat to serve with aromatic Turkish coffee.
Cookies from the city of Basel
If a visit to Basel is not in your near future, you can still capture the aroma from Imbergasslein when you make these Basel style cookies at home.