My son was home for a visit so I used this opportunity to make the ‘labor of love’ Brioche Sticky Buns from Baking with Dorie. The recipe is a two day process since the brioche dough needs to rest overnight. Once the dough is chilled, it is pretty straightforward on making the buns. Roll out…
Author: Diane Zwang
Trufflish Nuggets
This cookie is made in a food processor and includes whole skin-on almonds, unsweetened coconut, dark chocolate, cinnamon, sugar, and is glued together with some egg whites. All the ingredients are blitzed into a paste, then scooped and baked. I decided to go for broke on chocolate flavor and I used my Hershey’s Special Dark…
Mix-It-Up Citrus Loaf Cake
Dorie’s mix-it-up citrus loaf cake can be made with any citrus fruit, I had lemons on hand so lemon it is. Even though Dorie states it “bakes to a deeply golden brown”, I think I baked mine 5 minutes too long but I just called it extra caramelization. This loaf cake had citrus flavor with…
Clam Chowder Pie
Dorie’s idea to put clam chowder into a pie was spot on. We enjoyed this decadent dinner. This pie is packed full of ingredients: clams, bacon, celery, red bell pepper, garlic, peas and corn, scallions, dill, heavy cream, Old Bay Seasoning, Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco and eggs. I made a few substitutions, I did not have…
World Peace Cookies 2.0
We have made World Peace Cookies before, once from Dorie’s Cookies and once from Baking From My Home to Yours. These chocolate sable cookies are not only delicious but complex. Ingredients include all-purpose flour, rye flour, Dutch-processed cocoa (I used regular cocoa), butter (lots of it), brown and white sugar, pinch of cayenne which we…
Pears, Nuts and Rye, Oh My
I voted for this recipe since I am still working my way through a bag of rye flour and I have been mostly happy with Dorie’s rye recipes. The title of this recipe really says it all but here are a few substitutions I made. I used only one pear since my husband is not…
Whole Wheat and Flax Daily Bread
While some people follow dry January, abstaining from liquor, I try and “abstain” from desserts which can be quite difficult when you’re in a baking group. What I do love is bread especially wheat bread with seeds and there is nothing like the smell of freshly baked bread. Since we had just made White Bread…
Pistachio-Matcha Financiers
I am team cake when it comes to Financiers, Dorie labels them cookies. These pistachio-matcha financiers are the perfect green for the holiday season. These butter-laden cakes are sweetened with sugar, have all-purpose and whole wheat flour, pistachios for crunch and color, matcha powder for taste and color and 6 egg whites (and of course…
Baked-in-a-Skillet Gingerbread
I would have loved to try this in a skillet but I was traveling and taking this to-go so the springform pan worked better for me. This gingerbread cake is a wallop of flavors. It includes both all-purpose and whole wheat flours. Warm ingredients of molasses and brown sugar. Crystalized ginger a third of a…
Cocoa-Cranberry Linzer Tart
We have made a few things similar to this dessert. We have made Cocoa Linzer Cookies from Baking Chez Moi and Thanksgiving Bars from Dorie’s Cookies. This is the first time we have made a linzer tart. The cocoa dough includes all-purpose flour and almond flour, cocoa and chopped chocolate. The filling includes fresh cranberries…
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