Admittedly, when I nominated this recipe all I saw was peanut butter, chocolate and cookie. I did not notice the number of additional steps:) Since I voted for this I decided to dive deep and do all the components. Brittle, Praline Sprinkle and Spread To make the brittle, recipe calls for a nonstick baking sheet…
Author: Diane Zwang
Twice-Flavored Scallops
I am not a scallop lover but my mother-in-law is so I knew she would be happy with this week’s selection. I put my husband in charge of sourcing scallops and he found a deal through Amazon Fresh for $15 per pound, nice! To maximize flavor I marinated my scallops for 6 hours. I made…
Mushroom-Bacon Galette
I have been wanting to make this galette for some time but I needed a special occasion for it since my family does not like mushrooms. I had some friends over for dinner and this was the perfect appetizer to pair with wine. Dorie’s buttery galette dough is the star, so good. I chopped my…
Subtly Spicy, Softly Hot, Slightly Sweet Beef Stew
The timing of this beef stew was just right, it was cold and I had a red bottle of wine to use up. I made one substitution, I did not have any gochujang so I used red Thai chili paste instead and I forgot to buy cranberries. I planned ahead and read the directions well…
Potato-Parm Tart
I love a good tart, sweet or savory, and this was a great tart. Everyone loved this side dish including my son. Anything with a crust, cream cheese, Parmesan cheese and potatoes is a winner in my book. My comments were great, make again and that is just what we are going to do. To…
Eggplant Tartines
Our latest adventure in Everyday Dorie, an eggplant tartine which is an open faced sandwich. The roasted eggplant is made into a kind of baba ganoush, this recipe is supposed to include fresh ginger which I did not have so I left it out. I did purchase the pomegranate molasses which was not a usual…
Honey-Apple Scones with Spelt
As I have mentioned before, scones are beloved in my house and get made often. This current recipe from Baking with Dorie included some of my husband’s favorite flavors honey, apple and orange. It also included spelt flour a kind of wheat flour that we used in another recipe recently. This is not a traditional…
Holiday Fish Soup
I am posting late as I wanted to make this soup for my mother-in-law’s birthday which was after the first of the year. I had the benefit of reading the reviews of those that had already made this holiday soup. I decided to follow suit and just buy what we normally eat which ended up…
Chocolate Babka
I had the good fortune to make chocolate babka before, I made the version from Jerusalem A Cookbook by Ottolenghi and Tamimi. Yeasted bread is a make ahead affair and doubly so with a filling and topping. The end result was well worth the wait. I took Kim’s advice and made two loaves and froze…
Coffee-Anise Stars
Nothing says holiday baking more than a cut-out cookie. I rummaged through my stash of cookie cutters and found not only a star but a moon too. These are a plan-ahead cookie as the dough needs to chill at least one hour in the freezer or 3 hours in the refrigerator. I made my dough…
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