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Wow, here it is. Finally. The L.A.S.T. recipe for Tuesdays with Dorie. After four years of baking along, week by week, here we are. I'm not going to go on and on here, because I'm sure everyone feels the same way. I just want to say thanks so much to Laurie of Slush for starting and maintining this group, along with all of the great helpers, and mostly to Dorie Greenspan for writing this

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In October, Ursula of Cookie Rookie chose A Fig Cake for Fall. Alas, no figs were to be found in October. But low and behold, I found some at my local Meijer the other day and I knew exactly what I was going to make for this weeks Tuesdays with Dorie recipe, where we got to chose a rewind.This little cake featured a cornmeal based cake with poached figs. I used red wine for the poaching liquid

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Since we're on the homestretch with Tuesdays with Dorie, we're doubling up on recipes to get them all done by the end of the month. This week, Laurie of Slush chose Unbelievably Good Chocolate Blueberry Ice Cream and Julie of Someone’s in the Kitchen chose Puffed Double Plum Tart.As you can see, I went with the tart. It was beyond simple thanks to the shell being made with pre-made puff pastry.

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Wow, so many tart recipes as we come down the home stretch with Tuesdays with Dorie. Does that mean folks are scared of tarts? With their sugar cookie-like shell, I've found tarts to be much easier than pie.Anyway, this week Kayte of Grandma’s Kitchen Table chose Honey Almond Fig Tart. In addition, Nicole of Bakeologie chose Earl Grey Madeleines, which I didn't make but I'm sure were terrific.I

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Jessica of Cookbook Habit chose Alsatian Apple Tart for this week's Tuesdays with Dorie recipe. I'm so happy this recipe was finally chosen. I came so close (twice!) to choosing this but I got lazy both times and opted for cookies instead. So, thanks Jessica!This tart was really simple to make. Sliced apples were placed in an unbaked tart shell and a custard mixture was poured over top. Then bake

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Di of Di’s Kitchen Notebook chose Mini Madeleines for this week's Tuesdays with Dorie recipe. (Valerie of Une Gamine dans la Cuisine also chose Fall Butternut Squash Pie, but it seems my childhood experiences of being made to "clean my plate" have scarred me for life when it comes to squash. Needless to say, I didn't make the pie.)Madeleines are a cake-like cookie, baked in a special pan. They

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Becky of Project Domestication chose Flip-Over Plum Cake for this week's Tuesdays with Dorie recipe.Yah, I know, those don't look much like Plum Cake, do they? That's cause they're not. After baking the cake, sharing it with friends and family and enjoying it very much, I can't believe I forgot to take a picture of it!! Duh. Anyway, the cake was fanTAStic. It almost seemed to be more of a crumble

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If you saw the movie, "It's Complicated", then you might remember the scene that inspired my friend Monica to ask our little baking club to try Chocolate Croissants. (Coincidentally, Croissants just happen to be this month's Daring Bakers challenge.)If you didn't see the movie, it goes something like this: the owner of a gorgeous bakery pops into the silent bakery late at night after shmoozing

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Wow, has it really been three months since I've blogged? Chalk it up to a long and busy summer. Thanks to an extra goofy school year schedule, the kids got out of school in late May and didn't go back until Sept. 6. (Pretty sure someone was conspiring against us stay home moms, but I have yet to prove it.)I barely baked at all this summer, aside from the occasionally requested batch of

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I feel like I won the lottery this week! and I kind of did. Believe it or not, after three years of baking, chopping, caramelizing, and mixing, all of the Tuesdays with Dorie (TWD) bakers have had a turn picking the weekly recipe and we're (kind of) starting over. Instead of going back to the beginning of the list, however, Laurie, founder of TWD, has opted for a "pick a name out of the hat"

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Cindy of Everyday Insanity chose Blueberry-Brown Sugar Plain Cake for this week's Tuesdays with Dorie recipe.Simple, cinnamony, with a big hit of blueberry; this was a perfect snacking cake.Perfect for this time of year too, with fruits becoming more plentiful (and cheaper!) in the stores.I would definitely make this again.Thanks so much to Cindy for a great pick and Dorie for a great recipe. If

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Wow, somehow I'm behind 4 recipes! Guess I've been baking, but not posting.In the interest of time, I'll just do a quick catch up, then.This week, Peggy from Peggy the Baker chose Caramel Pots de Creme for the Tuesdays with Dorie recipe.Sounds fancy, huh? Really, it's caramel custard and man-oh-man is it heavenly. So simple too. I baked 1/2 recipe exactly as specified and it worked great. The

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It was a double-loafer weekend. Loaf cake, that is.Carol from The Bake More chose Basic Marbled Loaf Cake for this week's Tuesdays with Dorie recipe.Amy of Amy Ruth Bakes decided on Dressy Chocolate Loaf Cake last June but I didn't get to it then.I used my handy-dandy home-made loaf cake splitter-in-halfer thingamajiggy* and made half a recipe of both cakes in one pop.* the thingamajiggy is a

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Valerie of Une Gamine dans la Cuisine chose Cornmeal Shortbread Cookies for this week's Tuesdays with Dorie recipe.This was a perfect recipe for Easter week because it was simple and the cookies were delicious.They were buttery with just the right amount of sweetness, plus they had an added crunch thanks to the cornmeal. I really loved them and was glad I only made 1/4 recipe.The only change I

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We've had a run on totally awesome Tuesdays with Dorie recipes the past two weeks. This week, Jeanette of The Whimsical Cupcake chose A Tourtely Apple Tart. Before that, Sarah of Teapots and Cakestands chose Strawberry Rhubarb Double Crisp.Both were so good, both made me want to eat the whole thing BY MYSELF.The apple tart was interesting in that we cooked the apples down first, almost to a "

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This week, Jessica of Domestic Deep Thought of the Day chose Coffee Ice Cream Tart for Tuesdays with Dorie. I changed this up a bit and used vanilla ice cream and peanuts rather than coffee ice cream and almonds. I was really surprised at how good this tasted. It was seriously delicious. I LOVED the peanut butter flavored ice cream and the sandy, sweet tart crust.Sorry, but I gotta go! I have

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Tianne of Buttercream Barbie chose Pecan Powder Puffs for this week's Tuesdays with Dorie recipe. Oh, except that mine were ALMOND Powder Puffs. They were awesome. And crumbly. I loved them. If you'd like to see the recipe, please check out Tianne's blog (see link in first paragraph) or find yourself a copy of Dorie Greenspan's book, "Baking, From my Home to Yours".

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The March 2011 Daring Baker’s Challenge was hosted by Ria of Ria’s Collection and Jamie of Life’s a Feast. Ria and Jamie challenged The Daring Bakers to bake a yeasted Meringue Coffee Cake. These are a close cousin to cinnamon rolls, but with a few twists (literally!). Before the fillings are layered on the rolled out dough, meringue is slathered on. Then comes the filling, which can be

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Ruh roh! Somehow two Tuesdays have gone by without me posting my Tuesdays with Dorie treats. I baked them... just didn't post them!Anyway, this week, Suzy of Suzy Homemaker chose Honey Nut Brownies and last week, Lauryn of Bella Baker chose Citrus Currant Sunshine Muffins.First up, the brownies... from the discussion forum I heard that these "brownies" tasted more of honey than chocolate. Those

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Jill of My Next Life chose Corniest Corn Muffins for this week's Tuesdays with Dorie recipe.I was thinking about an old co-worker as I made these. (I'll call him Joe, to protect the innocent.) Joe was Irish, like, from-Ireland Irish, complete with an adorable Irish accent.Joe had this thing about corn.And it wasn't "A Good Thing", as Martha would say. It was a bad thing.Joe despised corn. The

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Christine of BlackCatCooking chose Chocolate Pots de Creme for this week's Tuesdays with Dorie recipe.This dish is much like pudding in taste and texture, but unlike pudding, it is baked in the oven rather than on the stove top. That's OK with me, I'm not a big fan of standing by the stove and stirring, stirring, stirring...Something strange happened to my pots de creme. For some reason they

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Mike of Living Out West chose Toasted Almond Scones for this week's Tuesdays with Dorie recipe.Wow, I really can't say enough about these scones. They were easy to make, they were soooo light and fluffy and they rose nicely. The taste was delicious(although I did add another couple tablespoons of sugar) and the toasted almonds added a nice crunch.I will definitely make these again. Next time I'd

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Caroline and Claire of Bake With Us chose Chocolate Oatmeal Drops for this week's Tuesdays with Dorie recipe.As you can see, I decided against making these in their intended form... drops, or cookies. After hearing about spreading, thin, greasy cookies, I thought "uh, no, not on my watch".Since I've cut way back on sweets, I definitely don't want to waste my sweet tooth on thin cookies. Ewww!

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Sharon from Simply Southern chose Bourbon Bread Pudding for this week's Tuesday's with Dorie recipe.I love bread pudding, but I've never been able to get it quite right when I try to make it myself. This recipe was probably the closest I've gotten to a good bread pudding. I did underbake it a little so the bottom was a tad "squishy".If I make this again, I will make sure to bake it long enough

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Christine of Happy Tummy chose Great Grains Muffins for this week's Tuesdays with Dorie recipe.These are supposed to be half-way healthy, what with the whole-wheat flour, oatmeal, and cornmeal in the mix. Healthy... unless you go renegade and add chocolate chips instead of dried fruit.D'oh!Yea, about that. I knew my kids would NO WAY eat these with raisins or other dried fruit. And I thought they

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Whew! January is almost over, which brings me back to the world of blogging.Hi. Hello. I've missed seeing all the lovely blogs and even lovlier baked treats. I needed a break from blogging, but I kept up with the baking. It's been a fantastic month of Tuesdays with Dorie recipes, too. There hasn't been one stinker in the bunch.Here we go in reverse order... first up, or I guess that would be last

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Hey there. I'm taking a break from blogging this month.I'm going to keep up with Tuesdays with Dorie and hopefully a few other blog events. I'll post them in one big round-up at the end of the month.Until then, happy baking!! Quack, quack.(Check out Mary at the Food Librarian for directions on Broken Glass Jello.)

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Jill of Jill’s Blog chose Cardamom Crumb Cake for this week's Tuesdays with Dorie recipe.Cardomom is a really interesting spice. It almost reminds me of "fall spices" with pepper mixed in. You'll often find it as an ingredient in Chai tea. The thing about Chai tea... I usually love it when I first start drinking it, but then I can only drink about half of a cup. For some reason, the flavor just "

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Amber of Cobbler du Monde chose Apple-Coconut Family Cake for this week's Tuesdays with Dorie recipe.I almost didn't make this since I've been busy lately. But, with the snow piling up outside and a chilly kitchen, I thought it would be a nice way to warm up my kitchen. Yep, I baked this because I was cold.I'm glad I did.This was a moist, appley cake with a nice touch of coconut. Not

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I couldn't decide whether to go fancy or rustic with this week's French Fridays with Dorie recipe, Sweet and Spicy Cocktail Nuts.These tasty treats were fantastic. What I loved about them was that the flavor came at you in stages. While no one flavor overwhelms, the first sensation is warmth, probably from the cinnamon, then a sweetness, then a hint of savory and finally a tiny little kick from

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Hindy of Bubie’s Little Baker chose Translucent Maple Tuiles for this week's Tuesday's with Dorie recipe.(I also made the chocolate shortcakes from last week. You can see those a little further down. )The tuiles bake up super thin and lacy.It takes a quick hand and just the right amount of cooling to get the tuiles off of the pan in one piece, without scrunching them up.They're super crunchy,

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I am waaaaaay behind schedule this week. Not only did we host Thanksgiving dinner, but my parents came to visit (yeah!) and we also had my son's birthday party (I won't bother showing you a picture of the 12 brownies (from a box) with candles in each one.... boring).So anyway, I'm going to get caught up on the sweets and treats I made last week.We did a "rewind" (i.e. previous recipe) for

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I have to admit that 99% of the potato gratin I've eaten in my life came from a box. I might as well get this out of the way and admit too, that I really liked those boxed potatoes. A lot.So I was both excited and curious how these would compare when I approached this week's French Fridays with Dorie recipe, Potato Gratin.Since it's too early as I type this and I'm half asleep, I'm going to get

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Whitney, April, and Elizabeth of Celestial Confections chose the Cranberry Lime Galette for this week's Tuesdays with Dorie recipe.Perfect for November, wouldn't you say? Heaping full of cranberries, apple, and brown sugar, and accented with ginger and lime...I don't know why I don't make more galettes. They couldn't be much simpler.And the smell? If I could bottle that smell and sell it, I'd

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Perfection is such an elusive thing, isn't it? Especially when it comes to baking. And pumpkin pie. When I say "almost perfect" about this pie, I mean 98% of the way toward perfect. My 2% of criticism is a minor point, really. Easily fixed. I thought it needed a little more cinnamon. That's all. Throw in another teaspoon and yes, this would be THE perfect pumpkin pie (at least according to my

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This week, for French Fridays with Dorie, I made the Roast Chicken for Les Paresseux. (Les Paresseux means "lazy people".)In keeping with the theme, I think I will be one of those "les paresseux" and make this a short and sweet post. In a word, the chicken was delicious. It was also moist and full of taste from the variety of spices, garlic, and of course, salt and pepper. Dorie definitely has

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Jessica of Singleton in the Kitchen chose Not-Just-for Thanksgiving Cranberry Shortbread Cake for this week's Tuesdays with Dorie recipe.Think "Giant Soft Sandwich Sugar Cookie with Fruit Filling". That pretty much sums it up.A layer of shortbread is pressed into a spring-form pan. Or maybe grated into a spring-form pan.Some of the TWD crowd were discussing a method of first freezing the

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November is going to be an interesting month at French Fridays with Dorie. The members voted on a number of recipes and the top four vote-getters are the recipes for the month. The twist is that members get to pick the order in which they bake the chosen recipes.One of the more intriguing recipes of the month is the one I chose for the week, Pumpkin-Gorgonzola Flans.A savory flan, it has few

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Nicole of Bakeologie chose Peanuttiest Blondies for this week's Tuesdays with Dorie recipe.This was basically a peanut butter chocolate chip bar cookie, with a little cinnamon thrown in for good measure.Did you every watch Sesame Street as a kid? There was the "Which One of These is Not Like the Others?" segment that I remember liking.I was reminded of it when I tried these blondies.Chocolate

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Dear Baking Groups,Please send a wheelbarrow for my family to cart me around in.Signed,- the Queen of ChubOK, it's not quite that bad, but after a week of apple pie, donuts, and cinnamon rolls haunting my counters, I felt it was time to cut back.I cut this week's French Fridays with Dorie recipe, Marie-Helene’s Apple Cake, down to 1/4 recipe and baked it in a 5" pan. Good thing, since this cake

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The October 2010 Daring Bakers challenge was hosted by Lori of Butter Me Up. Lori chose to challenge DBers to make doughnuts. She used several sources for her recipes including Alton Brown, Nancy Silverton, Kate Neumann and Epicurious.This was my first time making donuts. I guess I was thinking donut-making was far more complicated.It's not.A standard yeast dough is rolled out and the donuts are

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Emily of Sandmuffin chose All-American All-Delicious Apple Pie for this week's Tuesdays with Dorie recipe.The fun thing about apple pie is that you can change it up by using different varieties of apples. I used a combination of Honeycrisp, Granny Smith, and Red Delicious.Granny is the only one of those that you hear being recommended for apple pie. The others bake up soft, as you can tell by

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In this, the fourth installment of French Fridays with Dorie, we tackled a dish some of us couldn't pronounce, Hachis Parmentier. Which is fancy-talk for shepherd's pie. The shepherd's pie of my childhood consisted of a layer each of hamburger, corn, and tater tots. I know, classy, huh?Compared to that, Hachis Parmentier is very classy. The bottom layer consists of sausage and beef, first cooked

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Janell of Mortensen Family Memoirs picked Caramel Pumpkin Pie for this week's Tuesdays with Dorie recipe.Basically, this is pumpkin pie with a healthy dose of home-made caramel mixed in with the typical ingredients.At first, I wasn't too crazy about it. But that might have something to do with the fact that I got distracted and walked away from my first batch of melting sugar. Big mistake! Big

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Up this week for French Fridays with Dorie is Vietnamese Spicy Chicken Noodle Soup.I know it doesn't look like much, does it?Don't let the simple look of this soup fool you, though. It was packed with flavor galore. Coconut milk, onion, garlic, cilantro, coriander, peppercorn, and lime - they're all in there.And it was fantastic!I followed the recipe except for a few minor deviations. First were

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Cakelaw of Laws of the Kitchen selected Fold-Over Pear Torte for this week's Tuesdays with Dorie recipe.But honestly, doesn't it look more like some sort of potato-filled quiche?That's what I kept thinking when I was sampling the first piece.Fortunately, it was a lot more interesting than eggs and potatoes. It seemed to fall somewhere between a really dense cake and a custardy tart. And the most

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Up this week for French Fridays with Dorie is Gerard's Mustard Tart.Mustard tart? Yeah. OK.I guess.I can do tarts and I like mustard well enough... so, hey, I figured I'd give it a whirl.Dorie's main version included carrots and leeks with the mustardy custard filling. A tomato version was given as an alternate and since it IS tomato season and I just happened to have a pile of tomatoes fresh

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Lynne of Honey Muffin chose Double Apple Bundt Cake for this week's Tuesdays with Dorie recipe.This moist and tasty cake was a HUGE hit this Sunday when friends and family came over for the football game (go, Bengals!) My husband pulled the old "I'm inviting people over for the football game, and oh by the way, can you feed us?" Not in those words exactly, but you know the routine... the puppy

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OMG, am I crazy or what? I don't have time for another blog event!Yea, um. About that...Welcome to the premier post for French Fridays with Dorie! (Too bad Dorie's name isn't Florie... "French Fridays with Florie" would sound awesome, LOL) This time around, we're baking through Dorie Greenspan's newest book "Around my French Table".Dorie herself picked the recipes for October. (Thanks, Dorie!)

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I know, I know! I'm two recipes behind on Tuesdays with Dorie. ("Late" seems to be the norm around here these days.)Anyway, this week, Leslie of Lethally Delicious decided on Tarte Fine. I've really been looking forward to this recipe... it just seems so utterly simple and tasty. And French.If I have time, I really enjoy making my own puff pastry. I find all of that rolling and folding relaxing.

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The September 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Mandy of “What the Fruitcake?!” Mandy challenged everyone to make Decorated Sugar Cookies based on recipes from Peggy Porschen and The Joy of Baking.Mandy added an extra challenge to the challenge by making it themed. We were to make decorated sugar cookies with a theme of "September".I thought I'd make it a little "Diary in Cookies" to

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Sabrina of Superfluous chose Cranberry Upside-Downer for this week's Tuesdays with Dorie recipe.I've got to say this is one of the least attractive desserts I've turned out in a while. Although it looks like a peach-topped mound of goo, there really is cake under there somewhere. Honest! I don't know if I didn't bake it long enough or if it was too much butter/sugar for that size pan. Whatever!

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Sorry, Mr. Piggy, tell all of your sugary friends that the peanut butter cookies are all gone.Sadly.Because these Peanut Butter Crisscrosses were darn-near as good as my favorite recipe, my grandma's. Maybe even on par with hers. (I can't say "better" out of respect for my grand-mum, bless her dear departed soul.)Thanks to Jasmine of Jasmine Cuisine, who selected them for this week's Tuesdays

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Donna of Life’s Too Short Not to Eat Dessert First picked Espresso Chocolate Shortbread Cookies for this week's Tuesdays with Dorie recipe. (Or my version.... "Fridays with Dorie".)I love Dorie's method of rolling out the cookie dough in a large Ziploc bag. I sometimes wonder how much time was spent in recipe development, making sure the quantity was just right to make the perfect thickness of

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The August 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Elissa of 17 and Baking. For the first time, The Daring Bakers partnered with Sugar High Fridays for a co-event and Elissa was the gracious hostess of both. Using the theme of beurre noisette, or browned butter, Elissa chose to challenge Daring Bakers to make a pound cake to be used in either a Baked Alaska or in Ice Cream Petit Fours. The

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Rachel of sweet tarte decided on Crunchy and Custardy Peach Tart for this week's Tuesdays with Dorie recipe.This tart was straightforward enough... sliced peaches are layered in a tart shell and simple, sweet custard is poured over, then it's topped with a layer of struesel.I made half of the recipe, which was perfect for two mini tart shells. I used canned peaches since the peaches available at

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Oh holy cow! Am I a slacker or what? Please bear with me, it's getting to the make-or-break part of summer... the part where I question whether I am truly cut out for motherhood. Or at least summer break.Yea, yea, enough whining, you say. We're all in the same boat here, right? So let's get on with it... last week for Tuesdays with Dorie, Natalie of Oven Love selected Oatmeal Breakfast Bread.The

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The July 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Sunita of Sunita’s world – life and food. Sunita challenged everyone to make an ice-cream filled Swiss roll that’s then used to make a bombe with hot fudge. Her recipe is based on an ice cream cake recipe from Taste of Home.You can see from Sunita's how-to and recipe (on her blog) that this is a thin chocolate cake first layered with cream

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Nicole of Cookies on Friday picked Chewy, Chunky Blondies for this week's Tuesdays with Dorie recipe.What's a chewy, chunky blondie, you ask? Imagine a chocolate cookie dough with heaping piles of coconut, chopped pecans, and toffee bits thrown in and baked in bar form. Yeah, um, it was pretty much a given that these would be awesome. I loved them, the folks at the cook-out I took them to loved

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Kimberly of Only Creative Opportunities decided on Lots of Ways of Banana Cake for this week's Tuesday's with Dorie recipe.Thanks, Kimberly! I just happened to need to bake a cake this week because it just happened to be my birthday (which happens to be Bastille Day, the French national holiday, by the way). Maybe only we bakers understand that it's perfectly OK to make your own birthday cake.

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Hey folks! More chocolate on the menu this week... Karen of Welcome to Our Crazy Blessed Life chose Brrrr-ownies for this week's Tuesday's with Dorie recipe.Brrrr-ownies are a moist, fudgey, peppermint patty filled brownie, named after Dorie's son's affinity for frozen peppermint patties.I know, I know, you can't see any peppermint patties, can you? Well, they're there, I promise! You can't see

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For this week's Tuesday's with Dorie recipe, Dharmagirl of bliss: towards a delicious life chose Tarte Noire. Which is to say, a tart filled with silky chocolate ganache.It doesn't get much easier than pouring ganache into a prebaked tart shell. Ganache, just three ingredients... chocolate, cream, and butter.It's too darn bad I'm not a big fan of ganache, LOL. I don't know what it is... maybe

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... or in this case, No-Raisin Swirl Bread.Am I among the legions of raisin-haters, you ask? Nope, just in with the perpetually forgetful. The raisins were there on the counter, measured out, awaiting their fate, but that's as far as they got. Oops.Can you tell just by looking... how wonderful it was? I had a houseload of kids and neighbor-kids over the day I made this and the stats prove it.

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Cathy of The Tortefeasor chose Tender Shortcakes for this week's Tuesday's with Dorie recipe. (If you've never visited Cathy's blog, be sure to stop by. You're in for a real treat with her humor as she chronicles her adventures in the kitchen.)These shortcakes had a lot going for them... they were the perfect sweet biscuit for shortcakes and they were so easy to make... the proof being only one

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This week for Tuesday's with Dorie, Marthe of Culinary Delights selected White Chocolate Brownies.I think everyone went into this with high hopes... the picture of these brownies is one of the more appealing ones in the book. A white chocolate brownie is studded with raspberries and topped with golden meringue. YUM!Unfortunately, the question and answer forum (on the TWD site) for this recipe was

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The May 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Cat of Little Miss Cupcake. Cat challenged everyone to make a piece montée, or croquembouche, based on recipes from Peter Kump’s Baking School in Manhattan and Nick Malgieri.This recipe is all about cream puffs. Kicked-up-a-notch cream puffs. Piled high in a gravity-defying mountain of cream puffs, glued together with sticky (then oh-so

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This week's Tuesday's with Dorie recipe falls squarely in the "wouldn't-have-picked-this-one-on-my-own" category. Thankfully, Spike of spike.bakes would have, and in fact did, select the Banana Coconut Ice Cream Pie.I think I'll whip up a lifetime supply of these little coconut-shortbread crusts because I don't ever want to eat ice cream without one again. This crust was seriously awesome!I guess

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Elizabeth of Cake or Death? decided on Apple-Apple Bread Pudding for this week's Tuesday's with Dorie recipe.This dessert was like a cross between bread pudding and apple pie and it was darn tasty. I had to quickly pawn this off on the neighbors or it would have been breakfast, lunch, and dinner until the bottom of the pan was sadly reached.I decided to make my own challah since I have no idea

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Since I decorate cakes so seldom these days, I figure that when I do, it needs to be duly noted and documented and so forth.My dear, sweet former neighbor and first ever real-live paying "customer" from way back in my cakin' days emailed me recently and asked if I was still "doing cakes" as she wanted something special for her daughter's First Communion. Um, I didn't really know... do I? or don't

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Cristine of Cooking with Cristine picked Quick Classic Berry Tart for this week's Tuesday's with Dorie recipe.I have to admit that I accidentally made this when I added pastry cream to the La Palette's Strawberry Tart many moons ago . What a happy mistake. It's been one of my favorite TWD treats of all time. (It was also one of my favorite "photo shoots"... back in the day when I actually put

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You won't find Burnt Sugar Ice Cream on the menu at your local ice cream truck.Nope, not there.Too bad. This ice cream has "best seller" written all over it.I know. It doesn't look like much. Humble. And brown. But boy, does it ever taste delish! Perfectly caramelly with just a hint of "burnt".Burnt in a good way. Burnt with the teeniest, tiniest hint of bitter to balance the sweetness.Thanks so

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The April 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Esther of The Lilac Kitchen. She challenged everyone to make a traditional British pudding using, if possible, a very traditional British ingredient: suet.For those that don't know, a "traditional British pudding" is a dessert that is cooked by steaming. It's more cake or pie-like than it is like typical American-style pudding. Esther also

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Dear Reader,I'm sorry I haven't had any witty observations about life to share with you lately.I'm sorry I don't have any progress photos that entice you to run into the kitchen (right now!) and bake these.I'm sorry I don't have any heart-warming stories about how these cookies remind me of my grandma.All I have is cookies, chockablock full of chunky, chewy add-ins...... like dried figs, sliced

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Melissa of Love At First Bite chose Sweet Cream Biscuits for this week's Tuesday's with Dorie recipe.This recipe is definitely a keeper. I am thrilled to report that I finally got light, fluffy biscuits. First time ever! The only downside was that they were a little crumbly. With all the talk about not over-working the dough, I suspect I might have been too easy on the dough (hard to believe, I

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This week was a mini-cake double header for me, since we were out of town on spring break last week (more on that later). This week's official cake was Swedish Visiting Cake, chosen by Nancy of The Dogs Eat the Crumbs. I also made last week's cake, Mocha-Walnut Marbled Bundt Cake, brought to us by Erin of When in Doubt…Leave it at 350.In a word, I thought they were both terrific cakes, and if I

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Carmen of Carmen Cooks chose Coconut Tea Cake for this week's Tuesday's with Dorie recipe.When it comes to desserts that are predominantly coconut flavored, there aren't too many takers in this house. My husband sums it up by saying that coconut reminds him of toenail clippings. Not exactly an image that sets the mouth to watering, huh?Coincidentally, the other night hubs called me into the room

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It's Daring Bakers time again! I'm sure you can tell by this fancy-shmancy little gem of a dessert.This is no ordinary, everyday dessert people.From the bottom up this dessert starts with a pate sablee base (think tart crust) which is given a healthy schmear of home-made orange marmalade. Next comes the marmalade spiked whipped cream (could eat that by itself with a spoon, thank you very much).

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Mmm, yea, finally we're making cookies again at Tuesday's with Dorie. Jodie of Beansy Loves Cake decided on Dulce de Leche Duos for this week's recipe. Thanks Jodie, these were fantastic!I had planned on including a photo of a big overflowing plate of cookies, but they disappeared so fast I only had two left!By themselves, the cookies weren't terribly exciting, but once they were sandwiched with

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For this week's Tuesday's with Dorie recipe, Rachelle of Mommy? I’m Hungry! chose Soft Chocolate and Raspberry Tart.I made a few modifications to this yummy tart. First off, I halved the recipe, which was perfect for two 4-inch tarts. Since we're not real hip with the trend toward darker chocolate flavor, I used a little extra sugar and I subbed semisweet chocolate for bittersweet. I didn't

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I've got to give a big old pat on the back and thank you to Mike of Ugly Food Dude. He selected Thumbprints For Us Big Guys for this week's Tuesday's with Dorie recipe. (I can't wait to see if he picked the recipe because it has the word "guys" in it. You know... because he's a guy.)I seriously fell in love with these cookies. I could have eaten every single one myself, in one sitting. Good thing

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For this week's Tuesday's with Dorie recipe, Beryl of Cinemon Girl picked Toasted-Coconut Custard Tart.You know, I'm not a huge coconut fan, but I can handle it in controlled quantities.Mounds candy bar = blech!Toasted Coconut Custard Tart = mmmm, very nice!Dorie mentioned that the topping to filling ratio was higher for this tart than for a standard coconut cream pie. That was a plus for folks

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For this week's Tuesday's with Dorie recipe, Michelle of Flourchild chose Honey-Wheat Cookies.The name pretty much sums them up. They were chock full of wheat germ inside and had a healthy dusting of wheat germ outside. A generous amount of honey pairs with the wheat germ so that it almost seems like you're having a healthy snack.To be honest, I went back and forth between thinking these cookies

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OK, folks, this wraps up my Tuesday's with Dorie marathon. I've now baked all of the recipes chosen so far, which is around 110. And let me tell you, I've thoroughly enjoyed it. I have baked things I've never heard of, things I didn't think I would like, things that were utter failures and surprising successes. And I'd say about 80% of the recipes, I've really enjoyed. That's pretty amazing, when

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Mary Ann from Meet Me in the Kitchen picked Berry Surprise Cake in January, 2009 for Tuesday's with Dorie. We were moving around that time and I didn't have the time or cookware to make this.Too bad, because it was a delight. With a genoise cake shell hiding a whipped cream-cream cheese-berry filling and cloaked in more whipped cream, what's not to love?Seriously, this "cake" was all about the

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Kait of Kait’s Plate selected My Best Chocolate Chip Cookies for this week's Tuesday's with Dorie recipe.Chocolate chip cookies are like brownies in that there are so many variations, from cakey to chewy to thick to thin to crispy to soft. It's hard to say that any one recipe is the best, because every one's definition of the best is different.I thought Dorie's chocolate chip cookies (I'm going

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I have to admit that the Fluted Polenta and Ricotta Cake, chosen by Caitlin of Engineer Baker in April, 2008, didn't exactly inspire me. It looked kind of, well, boring... like cornbread in a tart pan.All I can say is that looks are deceiving. The title doesn't let on that this deceptively tasty little cake has sweet, crunchy figs scattered throughout.The cake itself was moist with that slightly

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Half-way through my Tuesday's with Dorie marathon is a recipe I don't feel qualified to discuss... biscuits. (I'm trying to finish up the several months worth of recipes baked before I joined.)I never ate biscuits growing up. My grandma and mom, both bakers, never made them. I don't know why... maybe it's because we come from small Rocky Mountain towns made up of predominantly German folk. I

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This is the last chocolate recipe in my Tuesday's with Dorie marathon. Almost Fudge Gateau was chosen by Nikki of Crazy Delicious Food back in February, 2008.I only got one bite of this little chocolate cake. Wanna know why?OK, I'll tell you. Picture this... I cut a slice, taste it, share the rest with the kids, and then take the cake out to the front porch for some natural light, since chocolate

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April of Abby Sweets chose Black and White Chocolate Cake almost exactly two years ago for Tuesday's with Dorie. It was only the 6th recipe chosen for the new baking group.This is a white cake with alternating layers of dark and white chocolate filling. White chocolate whipped cream covers the outside of the cake.The predominant flavor is definitely white chocolate. If you like white chocolate,

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Hi and welcome to Day 3 of my little Tuesday's with Dorie marathon. I've been a busy bee, baking up the recipes from before I joined TWD.Today, I thought we'd stick with the chocolate theme, but mix it up a little bit. Let chocolate be the background, and peanut butter the star. Peanut Butter Torte was on the TWD menu May 6, 2008 and was chosen by Elizabeth at Ugg, Smell Food.If you've ever eaten

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Here we are on Day 2 of "Jacque shows her type A side by baking the recipes from before she joined Tuesday's with Dorie". Yeah.I figure we might as well keep the chocolate train a rollin', so for today's TWD-athon recipe I present Gooey Chocolate Cakes. Leigh of Lemon Tartlet chose these back on April 1, 2008.If you've ever tried or heard of molten chocolate cakes or chocolate lava cakes, you

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This week at Tuesday's with Dorie, Tanya of Chocolatechic chose Rick Katz’s Brownies for Julia. (Yes, that Julia.)And with this post, I'm kicking off eight straight days of TWD recipes. I have slowly but surely been whittling away at the recipes that were baked before I started TWD nearly two years ago (only two left, yeah!). These eight posts will be short and sweet and to the point. Think "

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I'm guessing I'll get my eviction notice from the Daring Bakers blog event any day now. Missing Posts. Very Late Posts.My days are probably numbered.Hopefully they'll show some mercy on the chronically lame baker that I am.I'm glad I eventually did make the January recipe, Nanaimo Bars. I also made the graham crackers that are used in the base, although not the gluten-free version. After just

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Seems like we got in spurts at Tuesday's with Dorie. Like right now, we're smack dab in the middle of a full-on chocolate phase. This week, Kristin of I’m Right About Everything picked Milk Chocolate Mini Bundt Cakes.Although I'm slightly burned-out on cake, I still thought these were really good. They were light and moist and the sweet, nutty swirl really added a lot of interest. Of course, I

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There are some weeks at Tuesday's with Dorie that feel like the weight of the world is resting on your shoulders. Where one bad decision could upset the balance of nature. Like this week, where TWD bakers the world over wrestled with the age-old question, "do chocolate and bananas really go together?"One look at this deep, dark, chocolatey bread and I can hear you saying "what bananas?"Oh,

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This week's Tuesday's with Dorie recipe was Chocolate Oatmeal Almost-Candy Bars, chosen by Lillian of Confectiona’s Realm.These appeared to be quite popular amongst the TWD crowd and I have to say that I whole-heartedly agree. They were REALLY tasty. And definitely candy bar-ish... chocolatey, chewy, and substantial.There was a lot of talk on the TWD forum about the raisins, whether to add them,

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For this week's Tuesday's with Dorie recipe, Teanna of Spork or Foon? selected Mrs. Vogel’s Scherben. Which is fancy-talk for fried dough.Yessiree, it's Friday. Not Tuesday.Yep, it took me 3 days to actually deep fry these babies. Somehow, setting a pan on the stove, filling with oil, turning on the burner and monitoring the temperature on a candy thermometer, and then adding strips of dough once

Jacquehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03444103522765747398noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5355331931051990176.post-6020614962605671132010-01-05T00:01:00.001-05:002010-01-05T14:58:34.637-05:00

Hurray! It's the the 2nd Anniversary of Tuesday's with Dorie! Thanks so much to Laurie of slush, founder of TWD, for this week's pick, Tarte Tatin. And many thanks to Laurie for keeping all of us TWD bakers on track every week too.Tarte Tatin is yet another French dessert that sounds like an intimidating opponent in the kitchen, yet in reality was a breeze to make.And it was to die for!! I would

Jacquehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03444103522765747398noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5355331931051990176.post-53653064197378814272009-12-29T09:55:00.007-05:002010-01-25T22:28:12.341-05:00

For this week's Tuesdays' with Dorie recipe, The Tea Lady of Tea and Scones chose Low and Luscious Chocolate Cheesecake.I didn't know what to expect since I've never made chocolate cheesecake, or even tried it.I thought it was good, but I have to admit it wasn't my favorite cheesecake flavor. (The more I make chocolate-based desserts, the more I'm thinking that chocolate doesn't play well as a

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I knew after missing last month's Daring Baker's challenge (I'm still planning on making those cannoli!) that I needed to step up to the plate and get this month's done.And so, without further ado, I present to you my first ever gingerbread house, er, church.It really wasn't hard at all. I don't know why I haven't tried it before. You make the dough (see recipe below) and let it rest in the

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