Basics You Can Make At Home

Add these quick and easy Quark pancakes to your meal plan for a delicious breakfast, brunch or breakfast-for-dinner! Serve with fresh whipped cream, berries, and a drizzle of maple syrup.

Delicious, creamy, rich European style butter…easy to make and so worth making from scratch!

Vanilla sugar is a German baking staple. Well, probably a European baking staple, because I’ve seen it all over Europe. It’s super easy to make at home, and I highly recommend giving it a try. I make a jar of vanilla sugar every fall and use it throughout the year. Vanilla sugar makes a lovely …

Want to make perfect homemade clotted cream? Here are the details about what works…and what does not! Read on for answers to answers to clotted cream FAQ and about the clotted cream experiments that led to my now perfected recipe.

Sugar, water and a slice of lemon are all you need to make this amazingly delicious Golden syrup. Save yourself money and make it at home with this easy recipe and troubleshooting guide!

Quark is a healthy, versatile, and super delicious soft cheese popular in Germany and other parts of Europe. Not only can you bake and cook with Quark (mmmm…German Cheesecake), you can eat it for breakfast, enjoy it as a healthy mid-day snack or turn it into a heavenly dessert. Keep reading for my homemade plain …

Yes, you can make homemade crème frâiche! My easy homemade crème frâiche recipe is effortless — all you need is milk, buttermilk, and a jar. After making crème frâiche at home you’ll never want to buy it again! Wondering What to Do with Crème Frâiche? I’d never heard of crème frâiche until I moved to …

Mascarpone is a creamy Italian fresh cheese that is super easy to make at home using only 2 ingredients! Use in tiramisu, icing, whipped cream, tarts, pasta, and much more.

When I think of Christmas in Europe, I think of fragrant speculaas spice mix (called speculoos in Belgium and spekulatius in Germany). Traditionally, you’ll find speculaas spice in Dutch windmill cookies, biscoff cookies, cookie butter spread, and German spekulatius spice or Dutch speculaas spice cookies. But you can use speculaas spice mix in so many other things! …

This 10-minute Homemade Lemon Curd recipe is quick and easy to make and oh so delicious. Try lemon curd on scones, pancakes or other baked items, swirled into yogurt, Quark or ice cream, or just eat it right out of the jar! I used to buy lemon curd once in a while but now that …