Comments on: 17 flourless dessert ideas

By: Kate

Kate — Mon, 25 May 2009 04:32:14 +0000

Dear Deb,
I have been a big fan and reader, but simply had to write today to say an enormous thank you for posting about flourless desserts. We have just learned that our four year is wheat intolerant (in addition to lactose intolerant) and I have been scouring the internet for recipes that aren’t of the second-class-citizen variety. This little boy loves to eat. He once prompted a chef to come out of her kitchen because she wanted to meet the little boy who had ordered the prune and rabbit pie. In the grand scheme of things, this is not a big deal. If all he cared about was hot dogs and bologna sandwiches, it would only be an inconvenience. But missing out on things he really loves makes him sad. The fact that he never complains makes me that much sadder for him. THANK YOU for sharing so many great recipes – it will make his world a lot tastier, and both of us a lot happier.

By: nona

nona — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 06:29:09 +0000

Just wanted to tell you that we made the chocolate walnut cookies today for Passover – used a little vanilla sugar in place of vanilla extract since I didn’t find any Kosher for Passover extract, and made our own confectioner’s sugar. They were fantastic! Next time I might try a little less sugar since they are sweet, but delicious! A keeper. thanks for posting. Hope you are enjoying the holiday and thanks for making ours sweeter

By: haruspex

haruspex — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 02:59:49 +0000

Mmm. These were delicious (and could be eaten by our guest who avoids both gluten and butter). But they were awfully hard to get off the parchment!

By: Kate F

Kate F — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 17:09:33 +0000

i’ve made these payard cookies two years in a row! last year i made them with regular confectioners’ sugar and they were such a hit that i was asked to make them again this year. i whipped up a batch last night but used superfine cane sugar blended together with potato starch and was unable to detect a difference! in fact, my boyfriend said last night that this was the first time he’s ever willingly eaten passover food before passover!

By: Paige

Paige — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:34:04 +0000

Has anyone attempted the chocolate caramel matzo with margarine rather than butter? I would never use margarine except I would like to bring them to a seder and they need to be kosher. Thanks!

By: Barbara

Barbara — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 16:57:51 +0000

Dessert Nirvana! I had forgotten about the merangue cookies: I used to make brown sugar and cinammon kisses…the was BC: before children! Now that they are old enough to get out of the way or help, it’s time to bring them back. We make the mazah brittle, too, but we call it Crack ’cause it’s so darned additctive! My son & BIL are both Passover babies, so one of them almot always falls into the Passover Birthday cake. I’ve been looking for a new good chocolate one. Can’t wait to try David’ Idiot Cake…love the name already. Thanks so much for the ideas. Now I’ll take a look at what else you’ve got. I see a side line about bialys…YUM! Happy Passover!

By: Beth

Beth — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 12:06:03 +0000

Maybe we’ll skip the sedar meal and just have a selection of desserts…..

By: ms.v.

ms.v. — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 03:59:37 +0000

I found the recipe for the chocolate walnut cookies on Epicurious (from Self magazine, funnily enough!) I swapped out finely chopped hazelnuts for the walnuts: They tasted like Nutella cookies. Yum. Mine didn’t spread like yours did in your pictures…could it be because the nuts were chopped up more? I can also confirm that the recipe halves well, for those of us with no self control.

By: rebecca

rebecca — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 21:50:24 +0000

Deb, I enjoyed finally meeting you the other week! Thanks so much for sharing all these wonderful Passover recipes. I’m looking forward to trying some of them next week. I grew up on the caramalized matza. Back then we called it something like “matza brittle” or “matza chocolate brittle”. YUUUUUM!

By: Shari

Shari — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:09:13 +0000

I made the lemon cheesecake last year for Passover and it was fantastic! It was so good that I made it for a dinner party many months later! I know my family is expecting it again this year.