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Easy Homemade Caramel Sauce

homemade caramel sauce

Man, it’s cold in Vienna! As much as I hate the cold, fall and winter are the best seasons for baking. So I have been keeping warm in front of my oven. Although, I really hope we didn’t skip fall this year and I’m crossing my fingers for a mild November ;)

But now back to the recipe, that is such a versatile classic, you should make and enjoy it all year around. Whether you want to stir a spoon of it in your coffee, drizzle it on your hot chocolate, mix it in your favorite frosting, pour it over ice cream or simply spoon it out of the jar (my personal favorite!), this Caramel Sauce will be your sweet companion all year long! Continue Reading…

Breakfast/ Recipes/ Sweets

Marzipan Pumpkin Seed Rolls

marzipan pumpkin seed rolls

Have you ever tried marzipan in combination with ground pumpkin seeds? If not you are missing out! Marzipan Pumpkin Seed Rolls are a scrumptious Austrian twist on classic cinnamon rolls. My mom invented these sweet, fluffy rolls, with a perfectly sweet filling made of ground pumpkin seeds and marzipan. The pumpkin seeds give the rolls a subtle nutty aroma and the marzipan lends the perfect amount of sweetness. I don’t know why they haven’t become a Styrian classic yet!  Continue Reading…

Breakfast/ Gluten-free/ Recipes/ Sweets/ Vegan

Homemade Nutella

homemade nutella

Don’t we all have a love/hate relationship with Nutella? We love it when it is sitting in our pantry, waiting for us to be spooned straight from the jar, but hate it when we feel guilty afterwards about having eaten half of it in one sitting. And haven’t we all done that, in the middle of the night, in our PJs?!

What if I could tell you that there is a healthier alternative, that doesn’t make you feel as guilty and that tastes just as delicious as the store-bought kind, if not even more!

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