Christmas

  • Sunflower/carob/poppy rolls (makovnjača, suncokretnjača i rogačnjača)

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    rollinggarden

    Every weekend I bake some kind of dessert. I try to make something different every week, I try to mix traditional cakes with more modern desserts. This weekend I wanted to make something traditional, and what’s more traditional than our…

  • Still no gardening

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    rollinggarden

     It’s been almost a month since I did any real garden work. First, there was a long rain period and now it’s been over 14 days that I’m dealing with Covid. The Covid actually didn’t bother me too much and…

  • What’s New year without Baklava?

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    rollinggarden

    One of the most popular New year pastries in the Balkans is Baklava. Almost every house has its own recipe and almost every house claims their Baklava is the best one.Of course, we also have our own recipe. I can’t…

  • Šape- Croatian Christmas cookies

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    rollinggarden

    Every country has its own traditional Christmas cookies.In parts of  Northern and Eastern Croatia, there is nothing more traditional than baking “šape” for Christmas.Šape (paws), little cookies that every house could make were one of the favorite Christmas sweets.They got…