Anna | September 29, 2006
Life got in the way of a pecan pie baking spree, but I did manage to make four. Out of the four, I was able to nail down a really good, straightforward, classic pecan pie recipe. This is based on a recipe from “Cooking Pleasures” magazine. What I like about it [...]
Anna | September 28, 2006
The hardest thing about making pecan pie is choosing the right recipe. To get started, I used recipes which had high reviews and lots of butter in the filling.
This was the first recipe I chose. It was good, but you’ll probably want to add 15 minutes to the cooking time. [...]
Anna | September 25, 2006
Last night, my next door neighbor (who is relatively sane) and whom I’m quite sure had no idea it was National Good Neighbor Day, showed up at my doorstep with a bag of pecans. Her mother in law, who has a yard full of pecan trees, had given them to her. And as [...]
Anna | September 24, 2006
Happy National Good Neighbor Day!
And of course you know what that means — an excuse to bake something for the neighbors.
Frankly, I’d probably be a better neighbor if I stopped taking cookies over to them.
Anna | September 23, 2006
As I mentioned below in the comment section, the texture of the flan smooths out considerably after a few hours in the refrigerator. Here’s a cross-section shot. I think this would also be good with banana cake.