This week on Tuesdays with Dorie we are making picnic pies. Dorie describes a picnic pie as “large, slim, fruit filled pastries, built in low-rimmed pans..” Since I was not cooking for a crowd I decided to use a traditional pie pan. My family was not too keen on a pear pie so I turned…
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Tarte Tatin
My first tarte tatin. I could not believe that I had never made one before but my blog doesn’t lie. This tart is very simple with few ingredients. Sugar is caramelized, I cheated and used the water method, then butter is added to the caramel. Five large apples, I used Fuji, are peeled cored and…
Apple Galette
Our latest baking assignment comes from Baking with Dorie. I had fully intended to make the caramel applesauce for this recipe but since I had an opened jar of applesauce I did not want to make more. I used my jar of Trader Joe’s unsweetened applesauce which I drained a bit before use and then…
Mulled-Butter Apple Pie
The holiday pie baking season is upon us and I could not be more happy. I started our Thanksgiving week early by making this Mulled-Butter Apple Pie for Sunday night family dinner. This pie is different as it includes brown butter that has been steeped with a cinnamon stick, star anise, cardamom pod, black peppercorns…
Szarlotka
Szarlotka is a Polish dessert which Dorie describes as part cake, crumble and a torte. The picture reminded me of the Apple Kuchen we made from Baking Chez Moi. The ‘crust’ is really cake which I called dessert imposter as I kept thinking it should be crunchy like a crust. The filling has three pounds…
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…
Caramel-Apple Crisp
Fall baking season has begun and I am looking forward to it. I took Dorie’s advice and purchased a variety of apples; Fuji, Gala and Granny Smith. I made the crumble a day in advance which made for easy assembly. The caramel sauce was to-die-for and will definitely be seeing a scoop of vanilla ice…
Apple Pandowdy
For this single-crust dessert, I decided to use a leaf cookie cutter. It is hard to see but I thought it was a cute addition to this fall dessert. I tried to keep some open space so the juices could evaporate since there was no thickener in this recipe. Mine did not brown much because…
Apple Custard Crisp
When I joined the group, only two desserts had been made so it was an easy catch-up for me. This was the remaining dessert I had not made. Now that it is fall and apples are in season I decided to make this warm and cozy dessert. This was not our favorite, we enjoy a…
Martine’s Lemon and Apple Tart
I am posting late this week, Thursdays with Dorie?, because I wanted to make this tart for my anniversary which happens to be today. This monumental year of 2020 is having me celebrate all kinds of milestones at home. I can also see my planned vacation, a cruise, vanish before my eyes. But on to…
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