Tuesdays with Dorie I am so thankful that Katje Sabin shared this recipe with Dorie. My family and I decided this was the best sugar cookie. These were bursting with lemon flavor with the addition of lemon zest and lemon juice. I have a one teaspoon cookie scoop which allowed me to make the full…
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Lemon Meringue Tart A New Way
Tuesdays with Dorie Baking Chez Moi. Looks perfect but looks can be deceiving. This week’s challenge, lemon meringue tart a new way. This new way did not work for me. The sweet cream tart dough came out perfect as always but the filling did not set up. The lemon filling is comprised of fresh squeezed…
Anzac Biscuits
Anzac biscuit? What? This is a cookie I have not heard of before. Per Dorie, “Anzac is an acronym for Australia and New Zealand Army Corps, which was created during World War I, and because of its antipodal origins, it’s known as a biscuit rather than a cookie”. I also read our very own food…
Carrot Cupcakes
These carrot cupcakes with cream cheese frosting were mostly a hit with the family. The original recipe calls for walnuts but my family does not like walnuts so I substituted pecans. The recipe also includes one tablespoon of finely chopped candied ginger which my husband tasted but I didn’t. I put in a heaping tablespoon…
Black-and -White Marbled Madeleines
Tuesdays with Dorie Baking Chez Moi My first madeleine and I liked it. These are a vanilla and chocolate madeleine. I opted for the bull’s eye effect as Dorie calls it by not swirling the chocolate. Surprisingly my husband did not really like these. I think he is just not a fan of madeleines in…
Salted Chocolate Caramel Bars
Tuesdays with Dorie These bars are a layer of chocolate shortbread, chocolate caramel and pecans as the topping. I served these with ice cream the first night and I think it was too much. I was craving brownies and ice cream but shortbread is not brownies. These were more candy-like, so small portion is the…
Pithiviers
Tuesdays with Dorie Baking Chez Moi. I voted for this one since I knew my father-in-law would love it. He likes desserts made with prunes (prune danish, cookies with prune filling, etc). Pithiviers are named after a city in the north of France and include puff pastry, prune jam and almond cream. This dessert requires…
Lemon Cupcakes with Marshmallow Frosting
This recipe from the Food Network was originally called Rainbow Cupcakes as there are 5 layers of brightly colored cupcake batter. I opted not to use food dye and made the recipe without it. I made one change in the instructions to amp up the flavor of the lemon. The recipe calls for the zest…
"Corked" Breton Galettes
Tuesdays with Dorie I voted for this cookie as I knew my jam loving, sweet husband would enjoy them. Galettes are a plain butter cookie. My first batch I baked the recommended time of 18 minutes and I think I over baked them. I used a wooden dowel about the size of a cork and…
Nun’s Beignets
My husband and I have definite division of labor in the kitchen and one of his jobs is frying. So today’s Nun’s Beignets had his name written all over it. Described as “wonderfully crisp on the outside and soft and eggy on the inside” perfectly fits this beignet recipe. We loved having donuts for breakfast…
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