So I set myself the challenge to try all recipes in a dutch cookbook for cakes, pies and pastries called the bakbijbel (baking bible). I made a scrambled list of all recipes and the rules are simple: make them in order whenever I feel like baking, and make everything as it says in the book. These were my first two recipes from a while back, italian cantuccini on the right and "arnhem girls" (a regional cookie consisting of puff pastry rolled in sugar) on the left.
I love this specific cookbook because it gives all the recipes for base ingredients, so you make your own puff pastry, bakers cream, jam and even vanila extract.
Looking forward to your bakes