Tuesdays with Dorie – Tall & Creamy Cheesecake

I served this cheesecake to a group of friends the other day.  One of them asked me, “So what goes into cheesecake?”  And I started responding, “In this one?  Two pounds of cream cheese, a cup and a half of cream..” and then I stopped.  Yes, the ingredient list actually borders on repulsive to me [...]

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Panettone French Toast

I love Christmastime.  I meant to post this recipe before Christmas, of course – but since it has just passed, I’ma bit late, but thought I’d get it out there before it got too late!  Panettone is an Italian bread typically prepared around Christmastime.  Making panettone is a long process, as the dough is cured [...]

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Tuesdays with Dorie – Real Butterscotch Pudding

Again, I have not been posting – a lot of things going on right now and we’re going through some tough times.  But we’ll get through.    Amazingly enough, I was ahead of schedule with my Tuesdays with Dorie baking.  It feels like a very long time ago that I made this pudding, though it [...]

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Tuesdays with Dorie – Buttery Jam Cookies

This recipe was simple enough, but I was a bit perplexed by it as I’ve never used a recipe where the jam is mixed right into the dough.  At first, I thought that the cookies would have a jam filling or topping, but the jam is actually incorporated, giving the cookie a subtle flavor of [...]

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Sour Cream Chocolate Chip Coffee Cake

A few years ago, I fell in love with Moonstruck Chocolates.  I was in college, and they had a little shop downtown that was friendly and a truffle or two were an affordable treat for a poor student.  It was this one truffle kind of struck a revelation for me – the Mayan truffle – [...]

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Tuesdays with Dorie: Grandma’s All-Purpose Sugar Cookies

I have been MIA lately – sorry about that!  My husband and I took a trip to Chicago and we just got back, so things have been a bit crazy!  I  made these cookies last week, since I couldn’t make the linzer cookies (I don’t have any cookie cutters and couldn’t get to the store [...]

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Chicago

Sorry to the other TWders, I didn’t get to bake this week’s Dorie recipe, mainly b/c I don’t own a single cookie cutter and didn’t have time to go out to buy any.    In any case, I already made next week’s so I’ll have that one ready.
Plus, my husband and I are headed [...]

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