Busy in Brooklyn | Dessert Blog
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Hi, I’m Chanie and I’m a full time food writer/photographer with four beautiful kids and a hardworking husband. I keep busy in Brooklyn blogging about my cooking adventures.
Busy in Brooklyn | Dessert Blog
1y ago
We’re halfway through Chanukah and the donut fatigue has set in! But don’t you worry – I gotchyu!! First on the list, is definitely my pizza dough zeppole. It’s so easy, you don’t even need a recipe! I rolled out some pizza dough (Trader Joes!), then cut it into roughly square shapes, then deep fried until golden. I dusted half ..read more
Busy in Brooklyn | Dessert Blog
1y ago
Cannoli!! I always manage to spell it wrong (that’s 2 n’s, not l’s, and the plural form is also cannoli!), even though I’ve made them before, in the form of these adorable Torah cannoli! Of course my love for this fabulous dessert was reignited on my recent trip to Italy, where I saw cannoli in many forms in bakeries and ..read more
Busy in Brooklyn | Dessert Blog
1y ago
Ah, sachlav, the warm and milky pudding drink that gets me through the winter, and transports me to my favorite place on earth… Israel. Sachlav is an #oldiebutgoodie here on the blog and I’ve been making it forever. But I dreamed up a sachlav donut a couple of years ago and I’m so glad I finally made it happen!! These ..read more
Busy in Brooklyn | Dessert Blog
1y ago
Why is it that so many people have leftover cranberry sauce after Thanksgiving. I LOVE cranberry sauce. I can eat it by the spoonful. Is it just me? Not really a fan of the traditional cranberry sauce recipes with a cup of sugar though. They’re too sweet for my taste, and I don’t want to mask the amazing tartness of ..read more
Busy in Brooklyn | Dessert Blog
1y ago
I’ve never been a big smoothie drinker, and mostly because I just find it a hassle to have to blend everything up. You have to shlep out the blender, clean it after, and all for a drink? It doesn’t seem worth it. But a new product on the market has totally revolutionized the smoothie industry – Swirbie! The fruit comes ..read more
Busy in Brooklyn | Dessert Blog
1y ago
I gotta hand this one to my son, who came up with this glorious concoction all by himself during our grocery haul on Friday! He gets it from his momma :) I let him work out the details on his own, pick out the ingredients at the store, and then plan it out when we got home. Lets not talk ..read more
Busy in Brooklyn | Dessert Blog
1y ago
Oh. My. Gawd. Blame it on quarantine but we’ve all got cocktails on our minds, AmIright?! I mean, I may or may have not been sneaking some Frangelico into my iced coffee in the morning, and I’ve been known to kick back a glass (or two) of red in the evenings. But THIS? This is something else. Inspired by the ..read more
Busy in Brooklyn | Dessert Blog
1y ago
Babka straws were the surprise one hit wonder (ok there was more than one!) from my cookbook Millennial Kosher, and they never get old. It’s that back pocket recipe we all need for a last minute dessert, a Shabbat morning treat or a food gift for a new neighbor. I’ll never forget happening upon a bakery stand at a Farmer’s ..read more
Busy in Brooklyn | Dessert Blog
1y ago
It’s so weird to be posting post COVID-19. It’s like there was life before the Carona virus and life after the Carona virus and they just aren’t the same. And I don’t mean just because we are quarantined, and our kids are being homeschooled, and we’re all juggling this new reality of social distancing, nonstop cooking, cleaning and keeping the ..read more
Busy in Brooklyn | Dessert Blog
1y ago
Nine years. NINE. WHOLE. YEARS. Somebody pinch me!!!!!! It’s almost like I’ve been pregnant with a blog, and now what? I’ve had a baby? Do I retire now? ha! I’ve always kind of wondered that actually. Do bloggers actually retire? How does that work? Do you just stop posting? Not that it’s on the agenda or anything. I’d like to ..read more