Tuesday, May 17, 2011

In the Kitchen

Katharine Hepburn once said, “If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.”

Well, in that case, I am very pleased. Because I spent the afternoon baking chocolate-hazelnut rugelach.

Here’s how it went down:

Mixing the dough (I had no idea how much butter goes into rugelach).

The filling: chocolate, vanilla, sugar, and chopped, toasted hazelnuts.

Rolling up the dough and filling together. Holy cuteness. 

Baking away.

And then I had the best excuse to keep on cooking: After all that chocolate and sugar, I needed real food.

Prepping dinner.

Potato, asparagus, and parmesan cheese flatbread brushed with extra virgin olive oil and seasoned with fresh ground black pepper and kosher salt.

I love doing what I love. 

2 comments:

  1. Currently suffering severe sugar deprivation. A buttery chocolate rugelach, or a dozen, would make me really. Great post, keep on baking!

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  2. Thanks! Rugelach are so much fun to make (and to eat!). I'm looking forward to trying other fillings, like apricot nut.

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