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Sweet & Savory Baking Recipes

From breads to treats, cookies and other sweets, you'll find all sorts of sweet and savory baking recipes!

Some favorites are these classic Italian wedding cookies And these fig and walnut rugelach.

And for something savory,  try the roasted garlic focaccia or the savory garlic rosemary challah bread that is one of our most popular recipes!

 

  • Italian rainbow cookies are also called seven layer rainbow cookies because of their distinct layers.
    Classic Italian Rainbow Cookies
  • Light and slightly sweet lemon olive oil cake with powdered sugar.
    Lemon Olive Oil Cake with Greek Yogurt
  • Kanafe is shredded phyllo with melty cheese in the center and soaked in simple syrup.
    Kanafe with Ricotta and Shredded Phyllo
  • Sweet blueberry borekas with sweet honey tahini glaze.
    Sweet Bourekas with Blueberries, Apples and Honey Tahini
  • dust the blueberry peach clafoutis with powdered sugar and serve by the slice.
    Peach and Blueberry Clafoutis
  • Mini cannoli cups with mascarpone and ricotta and topped with candied cherries, pistachios and mini chocolate chips.
    Mini Cannoli Cups
  • Potato and leek galette with thyme.
    Potato Leek Tart
  • Garlic focaccia bread with herbs and honey.
    Roasted Garlic Focaccia
  • Savory zucchini galette with fresh thyme.
    Savory Zucchini Galette
  • Chocolate chip pizookie served with vanilla ice cream on top.
    Skillet Chocolate Chip Cookie
  • Savory puff pastry cheese straws with olive tapenade.
    Puff Pastry Cheese Straws with Tapenade
  • Rainbow hamantaschen cookies filled with apricot jam and dipped in chocolate.
    Italian Rainbow Cookie Hamantaschen
  • Gluten free hamantaschen recipe.
    Gluten Free Hamantaschen for Purim
  • Polish poppyseed roll called makowiec, dusted with powdered sugar on top.
    Polish Poppy Seed Roll (Makowiec)
  • Pear ginger cake recipe with olive oil and cinnamon.
    Pear Ginger Cake
  • Pear tart tatin with puff pastry.
    Pear Tart Tatin with Puff Pastry
  • heirloom tomato caprese tart with basil.
    Peach Caprese Tart with Puff Pastry
  • Brisket empanada served with bright green passion fruit chimichurri.
    Brisket Empanadas with Passion Fruit Chimichurri
  • Cheese and tomato flatbread with balsamic glaze.
    Herbed Flatbread with Goat Cheese and Cherry Tomatoes
  • Plate of homemade pistachio baklava doused in a honey syrup.
    Turkish Pistachio Baklava with Orange Blossom Syrup
  • Small plate of cherry pistachio rugelach with a small bowl of chopped pistachios off to the side.
    Cherry Pistachio Rugelach
  • Potato knishes with sesame seeds on top.
    Spinach and Potato Knish with Caramelized Onions
  • Caramel eclairs with caramel sauce on top.
    Salted Caramel Eclairs
  • 2 small cooked pumpkin souffles.
    Spiced Pumpkin Souffle
  • Mini Pumpkin Swirl Cheesecakes
  • Easy Puff Pastry Apple Strudel
  • Every year I make a fun new rugelach recipe. I have all sorts of different flavors and fillings. And this year, I am channeling all the fall vibes. Pumpkin rugelach is rolled with sweet candied pecans with warm flavors of cinnamon, cardamom and bright orange zest.
    Pumpkin Rugelach with Caramelized Pecans
  • Sweet dried figs, cinnamon and honey cook down together and are spread onto strands of this round fig challah. Once baked and cut unto, the dried fruit mixture peeks out into beautiful swirls.
    Round Fig Challah for Rosh Hashanah
  • Savory Herb and Cheese Rugelach
  • Heirloom Tomato and Garlic Focaccia
  • Heirloom Tomato Galette with Arugula Pesto
  • Matzo Crisp with Pears and Pistachios
  • Mini Spinach Artichoke Puff Pastry Bites
  • Olive Oil Challah with Olives and Rosemary
  • 15 Jewish Cookie Recipes
  • Kadaif (Kadayif) Shredded Phyllo with Pistachios
  • Plum Cake with Vanilla and Cinnamon
  • Stuffed Apple Challah with Cinnamon Streusel Topping
  • Blueberry Lavender Peach Cobbler
  • Tomato Cobbler with Rosemary and Gruyere Biscuits

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