Tag: december

  • white chocolate gingersnaps

    white chocolate gingersnaps

    my fervor for all things christmas is amplified by being a jew. it’s an obsession. it’s my forbidden fruit. the holiday holds a sort of red & green, pine needle & peppermint-scented allure. when hanukkah rolls around, i have to force myself to stifle reveries of stuffed stockings and santa claus back into a dark corner of my mind,…

  • pumpkin profiteroles // quick cream puffs

    pumpkin profiteroles // quick cream puffs

    makes twenty-four profiteroles I really wanted to make sufganiyot tonight. Sufganiyot are Israeli confections – donuts that are deep-fried, filled with custard or (more commonly) jelly, and dusted with sugar. Unfortunately, my mom was set on making latkes and used up all the vegetable oil, so the sufganiyot will have to wait. Cream puffs (profiteroles and cream…