Joy the Baker

This dessert was born out of the current circumstance of my life.  Big things are changing for me in the next few months.  While it all feels good and exciting, I have to admit that big change makes me anxious.  You might think that when I get anxious, I bake.  That makes sense, right?  Well I actually clean (a lot!) when I get nervous.  I called this afternoon’s kitchen scrubbing extravaganza “spring cleaning”.  That’s how I justified my nerves.  It is almost spring, after all.

My spring cleaning, in turn, reminded me of strawberries.  I love strawberries, and impatiently await their arrival in April.    Clearly, I couldn’t wait until April.  Once my kitchen sparkled, I went out in search of strawberries, to make my spring themed day more complete.

With the strawberries I created Browned Butter Cardamom Spiced Sugar Paper.  Sugar Paper is just a fancy name for Fillo dough layered with butter and sugar and spice.  This dessert was a wonderful respite to my cleaning frenzy.  With spring comes change.  Somewhere in the cleaning and baking, I began to feel more comfortable with that.

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