Tuesdays with Dorie Dorie’s Cookies The savory cookies or cocktail cookies as Dorie calls them have been a hit or miss in my house. I was apprehensive about this one. I recently cleaned out my spice drawer throwing away all expired spices. My smoked paprika was one of the casualties. I was confident that I could…
Tag: Chocolate
Chocolate-Coconut Tart
Tuesdays with Dorie Baking Chez Moi I took my fellow baker’s suggestions when making this tart. I made the tart dough and coconut filling the day before then baked and filled the tart the next day. It was quite easy to assemble just need time to chill the tart for four hours. As Dorie mentions,…
The Cake That Cures Everything
I Heart Cooking Clubs Monthly Featured Dish Cake From Ruth Reichl’s My Kitchen Year. I have made this cake twice now. Once for an employee’s birthday at work and once for a family celebration. It has been a hit both times. I think this may be my new go-to chocolate cake recipe. This cake lived…
Chocolate Cream Puffs with Mascarpone Filling
Tuesdays with Dorie Baking Chez Moi For this recipe I managed to get 23 cream puffs using a two teaspoon scoop. I think this worked in my favor as I was serving these for a crowd. I feared I would not have enough filling but I had exactly what I needed. I used dark chocolate…
Devil’s Food Wafflets
Tuesdays with Dorie Dorie’s Cookies We love waffles, mostly for breakfast and they are only yeast-raised waffles, light and crisp. We own a VillaWare waffle maker which is considered an essential gadget in our house. My husband and I both cook and bake but we have divided duties in the kitchen, waffles come under my…
Chocolate-Raspberry Thumbprints
Tuesday with Dorie Dorie’s Cookies Chocolate seems to be the theme of the month. Good thing I love chocolate. These were a pretty easy cookie to make. Dorie’s Do-Almost-Anything Chocolate Cookie Dough is rolled into balls, then indented to make room for jam. I used strawberry jam since that is what I had on hand…
Cold Chocolate Cremeux, Wine-Poached Cherries and Lots of Crumbs
Tuesdays with Dorie Baking Chez Moi I am just back from a whirlwind three week vacation. I am getting used to this time zone and the inter-workings of my kitchen again. I wasn’t planning on making this recipe as I wasn’t sure my brain could handle it after vacation but cherries were on sale so…
Frozen Hot Chocolate
I Heart Cooking Clubs Chilly Delights I have been waiting for the perfect time to make this frozen hot chocolate. With record heat in much of the country, a sweltering weekend day was the time for this frozen treat. Made with bittersweet chocolate, cocoa, half and half and whole milk; this is not a light…
Cast-Iron Pan Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
Tuesdays with Dorie Dorie’s Cookies I loved the idea of a cookie in a pan and this dessert did not disappoint. I served this as part of our Independence Day celebration dinner. This cookie is chocked full of stuff; chocolate, dried apricots and sweetened coconut. I served it a la mode which made it extra…
Cocoa-Tahini Cookies with Sesame Crunch
Tuesdays with Dorie Dorie’s Cookies We loved everything about these cookies. As soon as I took them out of the oven everyone ate two. This is my first time baking with tahini and it won’t be my last. For the sesame crunch I decided to make from scratch since I could always use the practice…
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