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Pillowy Lemon Poppyseed Cookies

Yep, I am on a lemon-roll! This installment of Ahu’s Lemon Addiction brings you these beauts – Lemon Poppyseed Cookies that are more like pillows than cookies – they are so light and fluffy! Easy to make and even easier to eat – get this cookie into your baking rotation!  By the way, you can get a large quantity of poppy seeds for fairly cheap and they can be used for everything from these cookies, to cakes to even bagels. *checks teeth*

Lemon Poppyseed Cookies

Pillowy Lemon Poppyseed Cookies

I love both lemon and poppyseed, so I thought why not combine them – lemon for it’s brightness and poppyseeds for their crunch! Just don’t forget to check your teeth after eating them. [continue reading…]

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Lemony Kale Hummus

Kale is everywhere these days…. even in this Lemony Kale Hummus! But I have kale-confession to make before we get started… I resisted the kale movement for a long time – I don’t like giving in to food trends but I’m realizing foods can become trendy because they’re actually good. Shocker!

Ahu Eats: Lemony Kale Hummus

Lemony Kale Hummus

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DIY Time: Homemade Vanilla Extract

Attention bakers: stop wasting your hard-earned money on tasteless, expensive vanilla extract! I’m here to save you money and show you that with about 5 minutes of active time, you can make incredibly delicious and fragrant homemade vanilla extract that will cost about 40% less than the store-bought crap stuff!

Ahu Eats Homemade Vanilla Extract

Homemade Vanilla Extract Day 1

All you bakers out there probably cringe every month (or more often) when stocking up on vanilla extract – because the bottle is SO TINY yet the price tag is SO BIG! What is up with that?! [continue reading…]

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