What Are Fairy Cakes?

What a fairy cake is completely depends on who you talk to.

What Are Thumbprint Cookies?

Thumbprint cookies are soft butter cookies that have a divot in the center (made by pressing your thumb into the dough). The divot in the cookie dough is typically filled with jam.

While these cookies are incredible all year long, they’re also great as a quick and easy Christmas cookie!

People tend to think that making jam is a huge ordeal. You’ll be shocked to see just how simple it is.

Homemade Jam Making Myths – Debunked

1. You need fresh fruit to make jam. Just about everyone I know who makes jam has a garden. They make jam to squirrel away the summer’s bounty in jars for enjoyment all year long. I made this cranberry jam because I like jam. I used frozen cranberries and intend to consume it all right away.
2. Jam making is an all-day event. I made this cranberry jam in ten minutes. That’s just ten minutes, people!
3. You need special equipment and sterilized jars to make jam. Sure, if you plan to eat your jam next year, you’d better be careful about how you prepare and package it. I don’t want to hear about anyone dying from botulism because they stuck this jam in their basement in an unsterilized glass jar for two years. But, if you plan to eat your jam within two weeks, you can store it in your refrigerator with no sterilization needed.

What Are the Key Ingredients in Cranberry Jam

Cranberries

This recipe works with fresh or frozen cranberries. There is no need to defrost the frozen cranberries first. You can use them straight from the freezer.

Purim is almost here and it’s time to start thinking about hamantashen (the triangular cookies that are supposed to remind us of evil Haman’s hat). Hamantashen, like all Jewish foods, can be made with a variety of different doughs and fillings. Family traditions are influenced by great-grandmothers who toted recipes from the old country.

It’s “pie” time for a change, so I’m twisting tradition by creating this hamantashen pie. The pie’s top crust is a veritable hat shop with its selection of triangular hamantashen. However, the whole hamantashen pie, not just the crust, tastes like the famous cookie.