Our second assignment for Baking with Dorie are these lovely English Muffins. I have never made English Muffins before but my husband had. We teamed up to make these since it was quite the process. We made these all in one day but probably should have stretched it out over two, we were grilling English…
Author: Diane Zwang
Coco-Almond Thumbprints
For this week’s cookie I had to ignore Dorie’s recommendation not to use almond flour. I have a 3 pound bag of almond flour that I need to use before it expires. The shredded coconut is the only texture my cookies will have. It occurred to me later that I could have rolled them in…
Cherry-Nut Chocolate Pinwheels
Chocolate and cherry the perfect combination. The only ingredient I needed to complete this recipe was the dried cherries. I headed to my local Trader Joe’s for a package. I thought it would be easy but there were several kinds of dried cherries. I ended up choosing Tart Montmorency and that was the right decision….
Caramelized Onion Galette with Parm Cream
I love caramelized onions and I am drawn to them on restaurant menus. I have made caramelized onions before and it is a labor of love. This particular batch took about an hour or so. I complained to my husband that after 40 minutes there was no color and he said you are stirring them…
Miso-Maple Loaf
And we are off and running with Dorie’s latest book Baking with Dorie. The book releases October 19 and Tuesdays with Dorie is celebrating the release with baking one of the recipes. This recipe is a unique take on the loaf cake made with miso, maple syrup and orange. This was delicious and I could…
Umami Burger
This week’s selection required a trip to the local Asian market (Mitsuwa Marketplace) and some help with translation. Needed ingredients were oyster sauce and gochujang. I found the oyster sauce but needed help with the later which was not in English and was shelved as kochijan, I learned something new. Other needed ingredients which I…
Chocolate and Walnut Bars
This week’s selection for Tuesdays with Dorie is a bar aka cake that Dorie describes as “pleasantly dry, sponge texture.” This is Dorie’s version of a Roman dessert she liked. I had to make changes right from the start. I have a Costco size bag of almond flour so I substituted the walnuts for almonds….
Grilled Dry Rubbed Rib-Eye Steaks
We are omnivores so all protein is fair game but out of all the meat I would say we eat beef the least so this week’s recipe was a nice treat. I can’t remember the last time we had steak, restaurant or home. My husband splurged the big bucks for this one steak, $19 for…
Rousquilles
Instead of making little wheels (rousquilles means little wheels) I made hockey pucks. Since 1 3/4 inches seemed so small to me I didn’t feel like doing the center cut out. The first batch I made I cooked the full 18 minutes, this resulted in burnt cookies. So Mardi you are not alone with the…
Cowboy Caviar Salad or Side
I am still struggling to post in a timely manor. I do manage to cook and remember to take a picture, two out of three ain’t bad. This was a nice summer side dish that we served on Labor Day Weekend. To see what others thought head over to Cook the Book Fridays.
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