Gingerbread Bars

I love gingerbread too.

Gingerbread Bars

Butter an 8 by 12 by 2 in. pan, then line with parchment.

In a mixing bowl combine:
2 ¼ c. whole-wheat flour
2 t. baking soda
1 ¼ t. ground cinnamon
1 ¼ t. ground cloves
1 t. ground ginger

Combine in separate bowl:
1 c. honey
½ c. melted butter
¼ dark molasses
1 egg

Combine wet and dry ingredients.
Pour into prepared pan,
Bake at 350 for 25-30 min.
or till toothpick inserted into center comes out clean.

I iced these with one batch of the Almond Cream Cheese Frosting.

Swedish Kringle

I love this stuff, I can hardly keep my hands out of it. It's a holiday/event treat for me.

Swedish Kringle

I used salted butter in this recipe, therefore I didn’t add any extra salt.
If you use unsalted butter, add ½ t. salt into the mix.

In mixing bowl:
With a pastry cutter:
Cut ½ c. butter+1 T. cold water into 1 c. flour
Till mixture resembles large crumbs.

On a parchment lined baking sheet,
Pat pastry out into two strips, 3 in. wide.

In saucepan combine:
½ c. butter
1 c. water
Bring to a boil.
Add: 1 c. flour
Stir till smooth.
Add:
3 eggs, one at a time
and ½ t. almond extract

Spread dough evenly over pastry strips.
Bake at 350 for 40 min.

I iced these with one batch of the Almond Cream Cheese Frosting.

Almond Cream Cheese Frosting

Almond Cream Cheese Frosting

1 T. butter
2 oz cream cheese
¼ c. honey
1 t. almond extract
Using a mixer, whip all ingredients until combined.

Duchess Cake

Duchess Cake

Combine in bowl:
4 c. whole-wheat flour
1 t. salt
2½ c. fresh citrus zest (from grapefruit, limes, lemons and oranges)

In separate bowl/using a mixer:
Cream 16 oz. of butter, softened
And 2 c. honey
Add:
1 T. Rum extract
And 5 eggs, one at a time
Scraping down the bowl at least twice

Mix in ¼ of the flour/zest mixture,
Repeat until all flour is combined into the butter mixture.
Fold in 4 oz. slivered Almonds

Pour into a parchment lined 10-inch spring-form pan
Bake at 350 degrees for 60-80 min or
till toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.