Caramel Tart

I hosted my first Friendsgiving of the season, a term I am just now becoming acquainted with, this past weekend. Thanksgiving is by far my favorite holiday. It is the holiday I host for my family and I love all the food. Every year I host what I called a Pre-Thanksgiving for friends that I…

Chocolate Sandwich Cookies

Tuesdays with Dorie is starting a new book, Dorie’s Cookies, which was just released October 25th. I actually have a copy of the book but not at my house. My sister pre-ordered the book for me way back in April and it delivered to her house instead of mine. My sister lives 50 miles from…

Pear Tart with Crunchy Almond Topping

This week for Tuesdays with Dorie I made Pear Tart with Crunchy Almond Topping. I choose three different kinds of pears for my tart. Dorie did not specifically say to do this but since many of her apple recipes call for using different kinds I figure this would be Dorie approved for pears. As many…

Custardy Apple Squares

One of our two baking assignments this month for Tuesdays with Dorie are these Custardy Apple Squares. I decided to make these first as part of our Rosh Hashanah dinner.  This simple cake came together quickly. I used my food processor to thinly slice three apples as I did not have a mandoline. The ingredients include…

Apple Tarte Flambee

Tarte flambee is like a pizza built on a thin base of bread dough and topped with a mixture of cream cheese, plain Greek yogurt, heavy cream, sugar and sliced apples. When I read through the directions for this recipe, it had my husband’s name written all over it. We have a pizza stone and…

Edouard’s Chocolate Chip Cookies

The latest recipe from Baking Chez Moi were these devilishly delicious chocolate chip cookies. It really is hard to eat just one. These cookies are worth the 2 hour chill time required before baking. The addition of almond flour is the unique ingredient that makes them oh so scrumptious. I recommend you make Edouard’s Chocolate Chip…

Esquimaux Pops for Grown-Ups

I took Mardi Michel’s advice and made ice cream balls instead of the pops for this week’s Tuesday with Dorie recipe from Baking Chez Moi. This is a no cook ice cream in which I used a pasteurized egg and the grown-up part is the inclusion of alcohol. I used Chambord as my liqueur selection. …

Philadelphia Blueberry-Corn Tart

I am an Olympic enthusiast. I enjoy seeing the best realize their dreams. This Philadelphia Blueberry-Corn Tart from Baking Chez Moi would do nicely for a patriotic dessert commemorating the start of the Olympic games. I have burned many a crust, so I have learned to use a lower temperature 375 degrees and less time….

Summer-Market Galette

“We like the things that summer brings. It brings the sun. It brings the heat. It brings the things we like to eat.” Summer by Alice Low, Roy Mckie I have quoted one of my favorite childhood books for this summer-market galette. So many nice things about summer including all the fruit. Galettes are easy…

Cornmeal and Berry Cakes

This month on Tuesdays with Dorie we have selected two summer fruit desserts. This week I decided to make the Cornmeal and Berry Cakes from Baking Chez Moi.  The recipe calls for raspberries but I substituted blueberries and I think any berry would work well in these cakes. This recipe came together quickly and easily…