Blue Lane Cookies

Recipe adapted from the book Desserts ( Random House of Canada, 1998)  by Bonnie Stern, Canada’s top food authority. Falling in love with a cookie is not difficult to do. Falling in love with a cookie that is so easy to make and delicious, well, that's icing on the cake. The ruglach cookie (aka: rugelach) is one of my favorite cookies. There is something about it that reminds me of times-gone-by. Sure we all love our chocolate chip/sugar/snicker-doodle cookies that can be whipped up with our eyes closed. But the ruglach is delicate and sweet and you can picture grandma making it in the kitchen....tirelessly working for hours to make these cookies! Oh how.... awwwww it is! The truth is, my grandmother never made these cookies. They are not even from my heritage. I was born in Yugoslavia and I believe the ruglach cookie is from Jewish decent. Does it matter? Nope! I am not a cookie discriminator. And the best part, these cookies are so easy to make that you will start to mak

This is a traditional Serbian cake served with coffee (or any beverage) in many Yugoslavian households.   This recipe has been in our family for a very long time. Moist and not too sweet, it is always made with tart cherries as it was with generations beforehand.  Delicious! The Serbian name is “Višnjak Torta” – Cherry Cake Moist Cake With Tart Cherries 3 cups all-purpose flour  2 Tsp baking powder ¼ Tsp salt 3 eggs 1 ¾ cups sugar 2 Tsp vanilla 1 cup buttermilk* ½ cup vegetable oil 2 cups frozen tart cherries thawed** 2-3 Tbsp flour Powdered Sugar for Dusting Preheat oven to 375 F. Have a greased 9”x13” baking dish ready.   In separate bowl, mix flour, baking powder and salt. Using a stand mixer, mix eggs, sugar, and vanilla until pale and well combined.  Then add buttermilk and oil, and mix. Gradually add the flour mixture. Mix on low speed. Will be thick consistency, muffin like batter.   Place thawed and drained cherries in their own bowl. Add about 2 Tbsp of flour and s