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  • Honey cookies - duvshaniyot - for Rosh Hashanah

    Vered Guttman|Sep 19, 2025

    This story originally appeared on The Nosher. Apples dipped in honey and honey cakes are popular across the Jewish world around Rosh Hashanah. But if you grew up in Israel, you most likely came across a unique variation of honey treats: duvshaniyot. These dense, dark, round honey cookies are a must in many families' High Holidays nosh rotation. The modest duvshaniyot (their name derives from the Hebrew word dvash, meaning honey) seem to have been part of the Israeli repertoire forever and you ca...

  • Iraqi Haroset Dessert Truffles recipe

    Vered Guttman|Apr 7, 2023

    This recipe originally appeared on The Nosher. These dessert truffles are play on the classic Iraqi haroset of date molasses (known also as date honey or silan) and chopped walnuts. Pressed baking dates are available at Middle Eastern and some kosher supermarkets, as well as online. Alternatively, you can use pitted dates (details in the recipe.) Ingredients 1 cup chopped walnut pieces 13 oz package pressed baking dates or 10 oz pitted medjool dates 8 oz dark (semisweet or bittersweet)...