I Heart Cooking Clubs Potluck Week. I was inspired by Ina Garten’s cooking show on the theme of make ahead breakfasts. I was looking for something to make for Mother’s Day and I thought the ease of this dish would be good. I showed my husband the recipe and he approved (we were cooking for…
Strawberry Shortcake Cookies
Tuesdays with Dorie Dorie’s Cookies We had a family discussion about cookie versus cake. My son looked up the definition of a cookie “a small sweet cake, typically round, flat, and crisp”. Dorie’s Strawberry Shortcake Cookies almost fit this definition except crisp. This dessert became my family’s Memorial Day treat, it fit the bill of…
Springtime Cookies and Curd
Tuesdays with Dorie Baking Chez Moi Springtime cookies and curd was a lovely dessert to usher in the new season. The base of this parfait dessert is double-butter double-baked petit beuree cookies. This is a cookie I have not heard of before nor have I tasted. It was a sweet, crunchy cookie that had multiple…
Vanilla-Brown Butter Madeleines
Tuesdays with Dorie Dorie’s Cookies This is my third recipe of madeleines I have made from one of Dorie’s cookbooks and so far they have all been a hit. The latest with a fresh vanilla bean and brown butter was delicious. By chilling the dough over night in the pan, I was able to get…
Apple Matafan
I have never made or tasted a matafan. Dorie describes it as a large apple pancake. In the division of labor in my house, pancakes come under my husband’s job description. I gave him the recipe and said “you’re in charge”. Good timing too as I ended up sick this weekend and probably would not…
Kamish
Kamish, Mandelbrot or almond bread; no matter what you call it, it is a delicious cookie. Dorie says “think of them as the Eastern European version of biscotti” and that is exactly what we thought. Mine even look like biscotti compared to Dorie’s version. These cookies were easy to prepare but you do need plenty…
Blueberry Bran Muffins
When I think of the phrase “when healthy meets delicious” I think of Ellie Krieger, I believe that is her tag line. For this weeks challenge at I Heart Cooking Clubs I decided on Ina Garten’s blueberry bran muffins. With a whopping 2 1/2 cups of wheat bran in the recipe, it packs a punch…
Light and Springy, Creamy and Great Cheesecake
If you haven’t made Dorie’s Light and Springy, Creamy and Great Cheesecake then you should. I have made it twice now and it is by far my most favorite cheesecake. This light and airy cheesecake is made with cream cheese and ricotta cheese and is whipped a whopping 12 minutes between all the ingredients. My guests…
Viennese Sables
Butter, sugar, flour, the perfect trifecta. These simple butter cookies are my first try at Viennese Sables. When I soften butter for cookies I usually get it too warm but in this recipe it worked. Very warm softened butter is creamed with confectioners’ sugar which was easy to do by hand with a spatula. Additional…
Mocha-Ricotta Puffs
Tuesdays with Dorie Dorie’s Cookies My Mocha-Ricotta Puffs are darker than Dorie’s since I used dark chocolate cocoa powder. These are a wonderful mocha cookie, I noticed the chocolate and coffee but not the ricotta. They turned out as Dorie described crunchy around the edges and soft centers. I ended up cooking mine less time…
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