There is a lot to like about this dessert. The recipe comes from Dorie Greenspan’s Baking Chez Moi. As far as healthy dessert goes, this one…
To me, there is no bigger wish for the New Year than world peace. The original recipe of these cookies comes from the French renowned…
Dorie told us to vary the ingredients: spices, nuts, dried fruits or go with some strong tea, and have fun with this cake. I like…
Making cookies is a seasonal thing to me. The spirits of giving. The holiday buzz. Sugar and spices. They are all nice to bake with. Pfefferneusee,…
What is your guilty pleasure? Usually I put nuts, fruits and vegetables in my desserts to make the likes of apricot cake, pecan pie, beet chocolate…
This Dorie Greenspan’s custardy apple squares remind me of another custardy fruit dessert, clafoutis, in which whole summer fruits, such as cherries and peaches, are…
Is it a tart or is it a pizza? Dorie Greenspan says that everyone in France thinks that apple tart flambée is a pizza, except…
Who could have thought of using blueberries and corn with the iconic Philadelphia cream cheese to make a cool summer tart like this? I have…
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Tomato Tart Goat Cheese Herb Salad with Homemade Crème Fraîche & Ricotta
The fresh and sunny glow of summer tomatoes is fully echoed in this dish. I can’t decide whether this is really a salad or a…
Summer galette puts a smile on my face for the wide variety of juicy and delicious fruits I can use in it. This is the…
July 4th is right around the corner. I need to come up with a dessert to bring to a celebration party far away from home. So…
Another fancy cake from Dorie Greenspan’s Baking Chez Moi (page 103) is a challenge I can’t resist. Le Fraisier is the French cake that celebrates the…
Tarte Tropézienne, a popular cake in Saint-Tropez pastry shops, was described by Pierre Hermé to be mythique. At least that was how Dorie Greenspan recounted…
What is jammer galette? Not until I’ve read Dorie’s instructions in Baking with Chef Moi several times and made them this weekend that I finally got…
Matcha financier baked in muffin tin I like matcha. I like financier. And I like white chocolate (the bonne idée). They go so well together with…
This recipe is adapted from Dorie Greenspan’s Odile’s fresh orange cake in Baking with Chez Moi. Like all things in life, there are so many ways…
wheat stalk braid around the oval loaf This is a sad looking pain de campagne despite my best efforts. Worst bread I’ve ever made; I don’t…
I adore molten chocolate or lava cakes and have been collecting and saving the recipes. But I have never attempted to make them until now.…
An everyday cookie jazzed up and transformed into a holiday treat, imbued with seasonal theme, is what this stained glass cookie is all about. Ideal for…
I’ve been prolific with brioche postings. Who can resist playing with this rich, buttery, fine-textured, yeasted dough? When I find another glorious brioche creation, there won’t…
Putting fresh or frozen cranberries in a tart gives me pauses. Are cranberries too tart and acidic for sweet pastry? After baking along with Dorie Greenspan’s Baking…
Sometimes the best recipes are the simplest. This hazelnut baby cake is a good example of that. At first glance, it is a basic quick bread…
How do you like eating the beloved apple pie as finger food? Or if you like to touch and taste food in your hand, the way…
Any cakes that are made with buttery almond and chocolate get my attention. To make something resembling the natural stripes of a tiger is surely an…
The name is a mouthful and its identity, questionable. This recipe probably comes from the Alsace region in Eastern France adjacent to Germany. I don’t know…