A few weeks ago, I was lamenting over not buying some beautiful rhubarb when I had the chance. I really wanted to make an apple rhubarb pie, but ended up with an apple slab pie instead. Still, the rhubarb lingered. I went to a few different markets searching for rhubarb without luck. Until one day,…
Category: Pies | Tarts
Apple Slab Pie
This was the apple slab pie that almost wasn’t. The other day I saw the most beautiful rhubarb at the market. Instead of buying it then, I decided to come back the next day. I hadn’t really thought about making anything with rhubarb, but by morning, all I could think about was a pie. Actually,…
Buttermilk Pie
This year I decided to make a “formal” Easter dinner. It was pretty last minute, and there was lots of scrambling around for ingredients. The menu consisted of pork loin with a mustard apple cider glaze, mac and cheese, homemade dinner rolls, salad, and buttermilk pie. The only recipe I have to share with you…
Blueberry Galette with Cornmeal Crust
It’s Labor Day which means berry season is coming to an end and apple season is about to begin. I wanted to take advantage and make one last berry dessert for a Labor Day bar-b-que with this blueberry galette with cornmeal crust. I’ve been so into galettes this year. They’re easy to throw together, they…
Apple Galette with Ginger
Whenever I go out of town for any length of time, I like to get rid of any perishable foods I have laying around. No one likes to come home to moldy bread! I did have a few apples sitting on the counter that has seen better days and I thought about tossing them out…
Rhubarb Galette
Finally, spring-like weather! It’s so nice to see the sun again and not feel like I’m living in Seattle (I hear it rains there a lot !). Hopefully, I can now put away my comfort food recipes and get back to nice spring desserts, and what better way to start than with a rhubarb galette. …
Salted Maple Pie
The last time I was in Detroit, I went to a new bakery called Sister Pie. I fell in love with the place immediately. Unfortunately, I arrived minutes before the shop was closing and had a very limited selection of pie slices to choose from. One of them was a salted maple pie. I couldn’t…
Chocolate Chess Pie
I was in a pie baking mood, but I wasn’t in a go to the store to buy the ingredients mood. I was lucky enough to have the ingredients to make a chocolate chess pie which is something I’ve never made before. I’m also still trying to understand what a chess pie is. The pie…
Blueberry Slab Pie with Cornmeal Crust
This has been my summer of fruit! I made a vow that I would bake more with fruit this summer and so far I’ve stuck with it. While I was at Trader Joe’s the other day, buying ingredients for another recipe and a few snacks, I saw a huge beautiful box of blueberries. I decided…
Cherry Hand Pies
When I think of hand pies, I think of my mother’s peach fried pies. She would buy a bag of dehydrated peaches, let them soak for a while and cook them gently on low heat with sugar and a few spices. Then she would shape and fry the pies to golden perfection. The filling would…
Peach Tart with Olive Oil Crust
I made a promise to myself this summer that I would make more desserts with fruit. Now that peach season is upon us, I thought I’d try another peach dessert. This time a tart. I found a great recipe from food52 that makes a shortbread crust with olive oil and almond extract. I loved the…
Peach Crisp
I’ve been so obsessed with my cast iron skillet lately! I’ve had it for a few months now, but whenever I see a recipe for a dessert that uses an iron skillet, I want to try it. The other day I came across a recipe for a peach crisp on Bon Appetit. Peach desserts are…
