Two cookies - Banketbakkerij Lamers, Venlo, The Netherlands

The cakes looked amazing in the window, so we had to have some. Well, they were a disappointment.

Trip to Zutphen, The Netherlands

Lovely and lively city center.

Homemade walnut cookies - recipe with step-by-step photos

Ingredients for 16 cookies:

• 150 grams of flour
• 110 grams of butter
• 50 grams of sugar
• 50 grams of ground walnuts
• 30 grams of chocolate chips
• 1 egg
• half of a teaspoon with baking powder
• a bit of salt

Mix the butter at room temperature with the sugar, the egg and the salt.

Separately mix the flour with the baking powder and then incorporate it a bit at the time in the batter.

Incorporate the chocolate chips and the ground walnuts.
The dough will be a bit sticky.

Divide the dough in small flat cookies and bake them at 190 Celsius degrees for 8-10 minutes or until golden brown.

Enjoy!

The original recipe can be found here

Trip to El Toro, Menorca

El Toro is the highest point on the island. From here you can see all the way to the sea.

There were people taking off with their paragliding gear from there.

Hotel review - Grand Hotel Spiaggia ****, Alassio, Italy

The room was big. No noise during the night and that´s probably because there were only elderly people.

Paid private parking, but on the main road behind the hotel you can find free public parking places.

Breakfast was a classical one: coffee and croissants.

Trip to Rapallo, Italy

The city center was nice and clean. We loved the walk along the sea.

Hungarian cheese strudel - recipe with step-by-step photos

The best we made so far. And quite easy to do it yourself.

Ingredients for the dough:

• 280 grams of wheat flour
• 100 milliliters of warm water
• 80 grams of fresh cream
• 50 grams of butter
• 1 egg yolk
• a bit of salt

Ingredients for the filling:

• 800 grams dried cheese
• 5 eggs
• 4 spoons with sugar
• 3 spoons with milk
• some raisins
• butter for greasing

From this quantities you will obtain 4 strudels.

Prepare the dough:

Strain the flour. This way the dough will be fluffy.

In the middle of the flour make a hole and add the warm water, the egg yolk, the salt, the fresh cream and the melted butter.

 

Mix everything until you obtain a firmly, non sticky dough.
Let it rest at room temperature, covered with a towel.
 

Prepare the filling:

Mix the cheese with the raisins, the sugar, the eggs and the milk.

Assembly:

Divide the dough in 4 equal parts.

Spread one on the table, as thin as you can. Preferable very thin :)
Add a quarter of the cheese mixture on top and roll.

Repeat the operation with the other 3 parts of the dough.

Grease an oven pan with some butter and add the 4 rolled strudels.
Above each one, add some more butter.

Put the tray in the oven at 180 Celsius degrees for 30-40 minutes or until ready.

Enjoy!

The original recipe can be found here